Choose paediatrics

A multidisciplinary team, or MDT, is so important in how integrated health care is delivered to children and young people. Each member of an MDT brings their expertise and work together to review a child’s condition, plan ongoing management and ensure that the child receives the best possible person...

This week - 18-22 March - is Neurodiversity Celebration week, and we're sharing stories about how neurodiversity has impacted the journeys of three paediatric trainees. Plus how we as a College is working to support a working environment that is inclusive for everybody.

Join us in promoting our wonderful specialty to medical students and foundation doctors! We have a wealth of resources below such as our own careers booklet, posters and some tips on how to run an online careers event. You can download the social media pack to raise awareness and build our paediatri...

Dr Christine Sloan is an ST4 in Northern Ireland, where training experiences include "endless opportunities... to fulfill our aspirations".

It is with great pleasure to announce that the #ChoosePaediatrics programme has won the Best Engagement or Recruitment Strategy Award 2023.

Can you find your ultimate career in paediatrics? Explore the exciting opportunities this specialty has to offer in our careers booklet. It's packed full of advice and resources from current trainees and paediatricians from all levels giving you top tip information from recruitment to the varied car...

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.

"Kids are fun, fact!", says Dr Hannah Baynes. From helping adolescents make positive change to their health to working, and celebrating, with multiprofessional colleagues, she tells us why she enjoys working in paediatrics.

Dr Felicity Beal is in her fifth year of paediatric training, and tells us about the opportunities she's had, from looking after premature babies to working in general paediatrics, to learning about fascinating sub-specialities, such as caring for children who've had a kidney, liver or small bowel t...

An introduction to Professor David Barker, an obstetrician and epidemiologist - and a gentle and thoughtful man - gave shape to what Dr Simon Chapman had maybe known but been unable to define: why he ended up in medicine. Simon introduces our #ChoosePaediatrics theme of the month: the influence and...