Educational supervisors oversee doctors who are training in paediatrics, offering career guidance and supporting personal development.
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Membership
Apply for a College roleWe invite members to apply for a College role - including on child protection publications, paediatric training and workforce planning... The deadline for this round is 28 April at 12:00 noon.
Healthy connectionsThe latest issue of your Milestones magazine explores how health professionals can come together to support children and young people – from navigating screen time to adopting a pro-play mindset. -
Education and careers
Our upcoming coursesWe offer a range of courses, including our popular 'How to manage' series on clinical topics, plus safeguarding, effective educational supervision and exam preparation. Many are hosted online. -
Work we do
Our College strategyCovering the next three years and with four strategic goals, our strategy aims to meet our members' priorities to support their working lives and be a powerful advocate for children and young people. -
Resources
National Paediatric Diabetes AuditOur latest annual report highlights the main findings on the quality of care for children and young people with diabetes mellitus in England, Wales and Jersey. Illustration by Phoenix S.
Equal protection from assaultChildren in England and Northern Ireland are the only people in the UK not full protected in law from assault: this is unjust. -
Key topics
Workshop insights for 10 Year Health PlanOver the past months, we've held workshops with children and young people, members and stakeholders in health research. We've now submitted a summary of the insights to Change NHS in England.
Talking about air pollutionWe want to make conversations between child health professionals and families about about air quality 'business as usual'. Our communication toolkit on our Air Pollution Companion has plenty of advice... -
News and events
From Professor Steve Turner...As RCPCH President, Steve shares regular updates with members by email and on this website - such as his regular feature on #WDYCD4Y: What Does Your College Do For You.
Highlights from our conferenceWe've had so many inspiring sessions, engaging discussions and opportunities to connect with colleagues in Glasgow, and online. It's been quite a packed few days!
Worried and waiting - one year onLast March we had published our analysis of paediatric waiting times for outpatients, inpatients and day cases in paediatrics in Scotland from 2012 to 2023. One year on, we examine new data...
College Tutors are responsible for postgraduate medical education in each NHS Trust. As RCPCH representatives, they have a duty to keep up to date with our standards in education and training. We host two meetings a year.
Paediatric Heads of School and Training Programme Directors have an important role in developing, delivering and quality managing paediatric specialty training in the UK.
Examiners assess the performance of candidates in our MRCPCH (membership) and DCH (Diploma of Child Health) Clinical exams, both in the UK and internationally. Hosts are responsible for all local clinical exam arrangements.
The College Specialty Advisory Committees supervise the development and delivery of sub-specialty training and the assessment standards. We signpost committee members to resources and templates.
Assessors for our Specialty Training Assessment of Readiness for Tenure (START) help produce scenarios and assess at this assessment for all UK trainees as they prepare for a consultant role.