Dear All

Thank you for participating in the session today.

We concluded our Spring course and reviewed what we have covered together.

• Rapid Random Review: 70
• Interactive Zoom Sessions: 24
• Hotseat: 25
• Blogs with details: 24
• Learning points: 110
• One to One Sessions: 10

AG discussed the NEW OLD MRCPCH Clinical exam.

Clinical exam has come round 360 degrees disrupted due to Covid. The Clinical exam was ‘suspended’ for a period followed by FULLY virtual exam. Face to Face exam without children was next and now the exam has reverted to how it was intended to be – FACE TO FACE WITH CHILDREN.

There is one lasting change in the exam and that is in the DEVELOPMENT STATION. It has now changed to a 22 minutes station. It now has two components: History and Development assessment. It is scenario based with candidate required to get appropriate focused history to elicit aetiology, functioning and support followed by development assessment of a domain. Discussion with the examiner is the final interaction on the station.

Questions on what to read:

• NICE guidelines
• Know all ‘Hypos’, ‘Hypers & Status … conditions you know.
• The above will cover almost all emergencies.
• Note difference in emphasis in history at various stations.

We will start the Summer course with Development station on suggestions by all.

Please visit www.mrcpchonline.org to add your comment or points I may have missed.

Anil Garg