The Diploma in Child Health Volume 1

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health's (RCPCH) Diploma in Child Health is intended to recognise a doctor's special knowledge and experience in the medical care of children, and to contribute to their continued professional development. This practical study guide, written by a member of the RCPCH and a senior examiner for the diploma, is essential reading for anyone taking the examination and provide advice and step-by-step guidance to steer postgraduate trainees towards success.

The Science of Paediatrics: MRCPCH Mastercourse (MRCPCH Study Guides)

This book is "innovative and original in assisting the reader to apply the principles of science to paediatric practice". Professor Neena Modi, President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The Science of Paediatrics, MRCPCH Mastercourse, provides essential background preparation for the MRCPCH Theory and Science examination. It contains an up-to-date review of the application of science to everyday paediatric clinical practice, whether it is interpreting clinical signs or investigations, prescribing drugs or identifying best management. Although this understanding is essential in order to make informed clinical decisions, it is difficult to obtain as it is not usually covered in clinical textbooks. This practical study guide, written by a member of the RCPCH and a senior examiner for the diploma, is essential reading for anyone taking the examination and provide advice and step-by-step guidance to steer postgraduate trainees towards success.

The Diploma in Child Health Volume 2

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health's (RCPCH) Diploma in Child Health is intended to recognise a doctor's special knowledge and experience in the medical care of children, and to contribute to their continued professional development. This practical study guide, written by a member of the RCPCH and a senior examiner for the diploma, is essential reading for anyone taking the examination and provide advice and step-by-step guidance to steer postgraduate trainees towards success.

MRCPCH Clinical Examination: A Practical Guide

The Royal Colleges in the United Kingdom have a unique history of assessing the postgraduate medical trainee in a fair and rigorous manner. The RCPCH continues to provide a robust and scrupulously fair system of postgraduate assessment in paediatrics that leads in the end to a hallmark of quality for the candidate who successfully qualifies for his MRCPCH. Obtaining the MRCPCH is an important landmark in the career trajectory of many paediatricians. MRCPCH is essentially an examination for the paediatric trainees in UK. However, over the years it has become one of the most prestigious paediatric examinations with high international reputation. There has been a need for systematic step-by-step guidance for postgraduate trainees in paediatrics aspiring for the MRCPCH. There is also a need for this guidance to be carefully tailored to the needs of postgraduate trainees in paediatrics. The book provides excellent practical advice in easy to understand language to assist the reader not only in passing the examination but also in being a good paediatrician.

MRCPCH Applied Knowledge in Practice Examination

Edited by Dr Robert Dinwiddie, former RCPCH Vice Chair for the Applied Knowledge in Practice Examination, this publication brings together almost 40 different authors to demonstrate how theoretical knowledge can be used to tackle clinical cases in paediatrics.

Readers will not only understand the depth of knowledge expected for the examination, but will also be able to make clinical judgements based on the presentation and physical findings of commonly occurring case scenarios.

For those is unfamiliar with MRCPCH Applied Knowledge in Practice questions and the examination format, this publication includes questions similar to those used in the actual exam and gets to the heart of what the examiners are looking for in candidate performance.

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MRCPCH Clinicals