1. Home
  2. Resources

MRCPCH Clinical Exam Face-to-Face - guidance hub

Clinical Assessments team
Save as PDF
This is a hub for all updates, FAQs, candidate resources and revised documents related to the MRCPCH Clinical exam being delivered face-to-face with or without patients in Short Clinical stations (and scenarios in the Development station). It is for both UK and overseas candidates. For the remaining overseas exam centres for 2022 which will not have patients, please use Section 1 guidance below. All other with patients exam centres please use Section 2.

Last modified
22 November 2022
Post date
24 March 2022
Table of contents
Contents

ANNOUNCEMENT

We would like to inform all UK candidates for the MRCPCH Clinical exam that from the February 2023 exam, patients will be included in the four short clinical stations.  The development station will remain scenario-based.  This guidance webpage has been updated to reflect that.  Please see Section 2 below, Face-to-Face Exams With Patients.

SECTION 1:  Face-to-face exams without patients

The section contains guidance for the face-to-face no patient exam. This refers to the exam delivery format where the four short clinical and the development station are run with scenarios instead of patients.  All other stations remain the same.  This applies only to UAE, Jeddah and Egypt for Autumn 2022 exams.

Webinars and online resources

  • Development MOCK station video - this is a video recorded in MS Teams that shows what the  Development station is like with a scenario rather than a patient.  It was recorded in April 2021.
  • Short Clinical MOCK station video - this is a recording of a mock Short Clinical station based on a scenario for candidates to review and use for guidance 

Additionally, the College has a Get Ready Exams webpage that brings together the various resources from around the College that can help candidates prepare for their exams.

Frequently asked questions

You can view our FAQs 

If you have questions not covered by this document, please email to clinicalexams@rcpch.ac.uk.

Understanding the face-to-face no patient based exam

Preparation resources for face-to-face no patient based exam

Candidate resources for face-to-face no patient exam

 

SECTION 2:  Face-to-face exams with patients

From 1 January 2023, all UK and Overseas exam centres will be running face-to-face exams with patients in the four short clinical stations, a scenario based development station, and history, communication and video remaining the same.  

Webinars and online resources

  • Development MOCK station video - this is a video recorded in MS Teams that shows what the  Development station is like with a scenario rather than a patient.  It was recorded in April 2021.

Additionally, the College has a Get Ready Exams webpage that brings together the various resources from around the College that can help candidates prepare for their exams.

Frequently asked questions

You can view our FAQs 

If you have questions not covered by this document, please email to clinicalexams@rcpch.ac.uk.

Understanding the face-to-face patient based exam

Preparation resources for face-to-face patient based exam

Candidate resources for face-to-face patient based exam