Progress+ | RCPCH

Our two-level, run through specialty training programme is flexible, fulfilling and fit-for-purpose. See Progress+ curriculum and syllabus documents, FAQs and resources

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Just over six months until Progress+

23 February 2023

Our new two-level training programme comes in from August 2023. If you're feeling overwhelmed or just a bit nervous about this change, don't panic! Dr Cathryn Chadwick, VP for Training and Assessment and Dr Emma Dyer, Chair of the Trainees Committee explain.

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Implementing Progress+: Integrated care posts in Yorkshire and Humber

17 February 2023

Dr Karin Schwarz tells us about the work she and her colleagues have been doing locally in Yorkshire and Humber to adapt and develop posts in preparation for Progress+.

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Progress+ - Top tips for stepping up to the registrar rota

Under Progress+, our updated two-level training programme, we expected that more trainees will be supported to transition to the registrar, or middle grade, rota. In autumn 2022, we asked the paediatric community on Twitter to share their tips to those stepping up. From trusting your intuition to be...

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Progress+ - how will this impact my application to sub-specialty training?

In this 18-minute video, published in September 2022. Dr Blanche Lumb, Trainee Rep for Recruitment, Dr Cathryn Chadwick, VP for Training & Assessment and Dr Kay Tyerman, Officer for Workforce, answer questions about transitioning to the new programme from summer 2023, with a focus on sub-specialty (...

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Progress+ - Learning outcomes poster

Progress+ is our updated two-level training programme. This A3 poster, which you can view or download, outlines the generic learning outcomes - at core and specialty training levels - that are required of all trainees working towards a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Paediatrics.

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Training principle of the month 11: Progression and length of training are personalised

Our last principle looks at the importance of tailoring a trainee's training programme to their interests and needs. We hear from some trainees about their experience of making their training programme work for them and Dr Dhelaria gives her tips on how to make the most of your time in training.

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Progress+ - getting neonates and community experience

20 July 2022

We are aware that there is some anxiety around RCPCH Progress+, which goes live in summer 2023, and the rethink of how trainee paediatricians will gain their neonatal and communities experience. We recognise that these are valid concerns and that this change is coming at an ever increasingly challen...

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Training principle of the month 10: Assessment is used as a learning tool

It is easy to see assessments as a tick box exercise, rather than as the learning tools they were originally intended to be. This month we hear about how assessments can be used effectively through a variety of case studies, a conversation with Head of School for London School of Paediatrics and a ...

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Progress+ for educational supervisors - supporting your trainee through transition

In the first of our new Educational Supervisor series, and published in June 2022, Dr Lizzie Starkey, Assistant Officer for Trainer Development gives an update to Educational Supervisors on preparing for Progress+. She covers what the changes to the training programme will mean for supervisors and t...

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The Great Paediatric Bake Off - episode four!

15 June 2022

Meet the team behind the College’s magazine Milestones, Dr Dita Aswani, Dr James Dearden, Dr Maddy Fogarty-Hover and Dr Seb Gray, as they roll up their sleeves and bake along with Dr Ash Patel.