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Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in children - online learning

This course helps healthcare professionals assess and manage children who present with possible bacterial meningitis and/or meningococcal septicaemia.

Infectious diseases

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Global child health - our impact

Since our foundation, we at RCPCH have embraced a commitment, beyond our work in the UK, to improving child health in the world's poorest countries. We train, mentor and advise on a wide range of medical issues which affect infant and child care services worldwide. Take a look at what we do, watch v...

Child and adolescent mortality

Community child health

Continuing professional development

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Improving the recognition, diagnosis and management of bacterial meningitis in young infants - online learning

Eight interactive eLearning modules based around the clinical features of disease, clinical decision making, investigations, best practice management and appropriate follow up using anonymised case studies from a UK study on bacterial meningitis in infants undertaken between September 2010 and June ...

Infectious diseases

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Manual of Childhood Infections - The blue book, 4th edition (2016)

Book cover: Manual of Childhood Infections - The blue book, 4th edition

Packed with helpful tips and practical guidance, including lists of alternative diagnoses and useful tables.

Drugs and medicines

Infectious diseases

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Mpox (monkeypox) outbreak 2022 - guidance

This guidance covers the pathway and clinical considerations in the following situations: (1) care of a child or young person (CYP) with suspected Mpox, (2) CYP contact of a confirmed case of Mpox, (3) newborn baby of a mother with suspected or confirmed Mpox. This page was updated...

Community child health

General paediatrics

Infectious diseases

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Paediatric allergy, immunology and infectious diseases - sub-specialty

Specialists in PAIID work with children with infectious, immunological and allergic disorders. We introduce this sub-specialty, with some information on the training time. Read about this clinical area and download the syllabi for both sub-specialty and for generic specialty training. We also hav...

Allergies

Immunology

Infectious diseases

Paediatric sub-specialty

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Paediatric sub-specialty training - application guidance

In the UK Paediatric Training Programme it's possible to choose to sub-specialise during specialty training (ST5-ST7). Applications are made through a competitive recruitment process at ST4 or higher, subject to having completed core training (ST1-ST4) and enough time left to complete the required c...

Allergies

Community child health

Intensive care medicine

Paediatric sub-specialty

Paediatric training

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Principles of RCPCH roles - Code of Conduct

The Code of Conduct is for RCPCH members undertaking work for the College. RCPCH wishes to emphasise the importance of giving leadership to others in the College through adherence to the principles of behaviour and values laid out below.

Volunteering

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RCPCH and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) - Member and volunteer data

In our first 'Working for change'' report in 2021 we committed to annually reporting on EDI data held for our members and staff, along with aggregated disclosure rates relating to protected characteristics. We have collated this data on this page, including records held up to January 2023. We'll upd...

Data

Volunteering

Membership

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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RCPCH and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) - opening up volunteer roles

In 2019, we commissioned a report, with external input, on member representation in our voluntary roles. In our action plan, published in July 2020, we outlined how we would implement these recommendations. This was our first step to improve EDI across all areas of our work. One year on, w...

Leadership

Volunteering

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in children - online learning

Global child health - our impact

Improving the recognition, diagnosis and management of bacterial meningitis in young infants - online learning

Manual of Childhood Infections - The blue book, 4th edition (2016)

Mpox (monkeypox) outbreak 2022 - guidance

Paediatric allergy, immunology and infectious diseases - sub-specialty

Paediatric sub-specialty training - application guidance

Principles of RCPCH roles - Code of Conduct

RCPCH and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) - Member and volunteer data

RCPCH and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) - opening up volunteer roles

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