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Training & Quality team

We are an experienced team of professionals with a wealth of skills and backgrounds, passionate about driving quality improvements in paediatric education and training.

We focus on the production, quality and implementation of the paediatric training curriculum and we offer support to trainees on several aspects of their training, including certification and the development of the training programme.

We have two areas:

Quality & Training Projects sub-team

We set standards in paediatric education and training through the development and quality assurance of postgraduate paediatric curricula, including Progress+ and SPIN (special interest) modules. We support College Tutors, Educational Supervisors and Training Programme Directors. And, we work with deaneries to ensure quality in education and training and ensure adherence to General Medical Council (GMC) standards. We also have oversight for strategic development of ePortfolio

We also run the Annual Quality Cycle to quality assure the work of CSACs and Head of Schools. To support this work, we administer College Specialty Advisory Committees (CSACs) for the 17 sub-specialties, Training and Quality Board and Less Than Full Time Training Advisors Network.

For questions about the above, contact us on qualityandtrainingprojects@rcpch.ac.uk

Training Services sub-team

We support all doctors with a role in paediatric training in the UK, including trainees, trainers and regional administrative support. We register trainees for training with the College, maintain, and troubleshoot RCPCH ePortfolio and administer RCPCH START (assessment). We recommend trainees to the GMC to complete their training and enter the specialist register via Certification of Completion of Training (CCT) or Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR).

We also manage the RCPCH SPIN (special Interest) modules and cohorts for those who want additional training and experience in a clinical area.

To support all this work, we administer committees that drive the College's work related to training, including: Heads of School Committee, Trainees Oversight Committee and Trainee Network, Portfolio Pathway Committee, START Committee, and Academic Training Committee

If you have any queries related to the services listed above, please contact training.services@rcpch.ac.uk.

Recent content

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RCPCH ePortfolio guidance for supporting training

RCPCH ePortfolio is the online learning tool for you and your trainees to review activities and monitor progress throughout the Progress+ curriculum. It is easy to use and stores everything trainees do in their timeline. RCPCH ePortfolio is on the risr/advance platform (formerly Kaizen).

Paediatric training

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Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration - Combined Programme (CESR (CP))

Doctors with prior training from outside a GMC (General Medical Council) approved programme, and who had not obtained the EU minimum time in GMC approved posts before receiving their outcome 6 ARCP, may have entered the Specialist Register through the Combined Programme certification.

Paediatric training

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How to submit a data request for education and training research

Each year, paediatricians or those working in medical education request some RCPCH exam or assessment data so they can undertake research or, often, analyse as part of their M.Ed. dissertations.

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Academic training

Academic training posts offer paediatricians the opportunity to do crucial research in child health. Take a look at our guidance and links to further resources.

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Externality process for regional ARCP panels

Deaneries in the UK are responsible for the education and training of health and public health workers at a regional level. In the externality process, assessors attend and review a random sample of at least 10% of the outcomes of annual reviews as well as recommendations on performance and training...

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Looking after yourself – good practice for trainee paediatricians

This guidance is intended to answer some of the most common concerns and queries arising from the high profile case involving a paediatric registrar in the UK. It advises on regular reflection in your practice, impact of understaffed shifts, return to clinical work after absence, legal aspects and s...

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Training guide

From recruitment to certification... this is your RCPCH guide to paediatric specialty training in the UK. It covers your annual review of competence progression (ARCP) and the varied options for your training.

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Paediatric training

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Assessment guide

This guide is for trainee paediatricians in the UK. Most of the assessments you can undertake are formative - they assist in your development and indicate possible improvements - and are called Supervised Learning Events. Some are summative and are called Assessments of Performance. These are availa...

Paediatric training

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Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Paediatricians are legally required to be listed on the Specialist Register at the General Medical Council (GMC) when they take up a substantive, honorary or fixed-term consultant appointment in the NHS. As a postgraduate doctor in training (trainee), you must apply to the College for confirmation o...

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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.

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