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A pleasure to judge this year's prize on medical students' and foundation doctors' reflections

26 August 2022

Dr Blanche Lumb has a passion for finding paediatricians of the future, and so is in her perfect role as the new RCPCH Trainee Representative for Recruitment. She reports back from her time at June's annual conference, and reminds aspiring paediatricians of our annual prizes.

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A non-academic trainee experience of paediatric research

25 August 2022

Dr Rhianna Netherton is a paediatric trainee who has written a blog piece on her experience as a non-academic trainee doing research in paediatrics.

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Advocating for child health: a reflection

16 August 2022

Officer for Scotland, Dr Mairi Stark, reflects on the roles of paediatricians as advocates for children and young people as discussed in a recent podcast featuring Dr Mike McKean, Vice President for Policy.

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Building collaborative foundations and enabling you to thrive - reflecting on our disability workshop

10 August 2022

At RCPCH Conference earlier this summer, our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) member reference group ran its first ever disability workshop. Facilitator Dr Sophie Jackson explains the planning, hopes and ambitions for the workshop.

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Impact of youth worker on Diabetes care of young people with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

4 July 2022

The multi-disciplinary team at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust developed a project which aimed to demonstrate and evidence the effectiveness of employing a youth worker in their Trust and are sharing the impact of employing a youth worker who supports children and young...

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Looking back, moving forward - reflections from a Chair

4 July 2022

As Dr Laura Kelly prepares to move on from her post as Chair of the Trainees Oversight Committee and Network - a period in which so much was done virtually - she considers the group's many acheivements.

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How I used the RECIPE mnemonic as a planning tool for retirement

27 June 2022

Using her own experience, Dr Mandy Goldstein shares thoughts on how you can best plan ahead for your retirement, noting, "as medics we are also teachers, managers, financiers, mentors, disciplinarians."

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Retire and return - the steps I took

25 June 2022

From your pension to the department your work in... Dr Helen Roper shares the steps she took in navigating the process to continue working in the NHS.

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Reflecting on my retirement

23 June 2022

Dr Robert Scott Jupp takes us through his retirement journey and the many volunteering roles he has since undertaken. "Finding things to do which are both enjoyable and stimulating was, for me, the most important means of adjusting to a new way of life."

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You are the medicine that this planet needs - a letter to RCPCH &Us young volunteers

13 May 2022

Dr Guddi Singh, a paediatric doctor in London and public health campaigner, organised an event at last year's RCPCH Conference, 'Child Health on Trial', featuring young people from RCPCH &Us. Did they know the real impact they'd made? Guddi wrote them a letter earlier this year.