Paediatric training

We monitor postgraduate specialty training in paediatrics in the UK. If you're considering a paediatric career or are in the middle of your training pathway, see our paediatric training page, and if you supervise trainees, see our supporting training page.

Committee

Training and Quality Board

The Training & Quality Board (TQB) was founded in March 2021 following a restructure of the Education & Training Division and subsumed the Assessment Board and some responsibilities of the Education & Training Quality Committee (ETQC). The TQB’s purpose is to manage the strategy and operations plan ...

News

Training environments 2017: GMC survey published

26 November 2017

Resource

Shape of Training review response - position statement (2017)

The Shape of Training report provided a timely opportunity to review how doctors are trained to meet changing needs of patients in the UK. We wish to see more integration between paediatric, primary care and mental health training.

Paediatric training

Progress+

Workforce

News

Child safety fears and long waiting times highlighted as Royal College calls for more doctors in the community

6 September 2017

A new report, published today by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and the British Association for Community Child Health (BACCH), highlights an alarming 25% shortfall in the number of community paediatricians.

Document

Regulations and rules for MRCPCH and DCH examinations

This is the regulatory guidance and policy relevant to exam candidates preparing for the MRCPCH (membership) and / or DCH (Diploma of Child Health) examinations. These include general regulations and rules, plus a series of appendices detailing our policies related to: malpractice in exams, reasonab...

Engaging children and young people

Patient involvement

Global child health

Governance and regulation

Examinations

Paediatric training

Resource

Guide to training progression

Download and use our Microsoft Excel workbook to help effectively plan your future training. This is most effective for trainees in specialty training, and is not intended to predict a completion date.

Paediatric training