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A pleasure to judge this year's prize on medical students' and foundation doctors' reflections

26 August 2022

Dr Blanche Lumb has a passion for finding paediatricians of the future, and so is in her perfect role as the new �鶹��ý Trainee Representative for Recruitment. She reports back from her time at June's annual conference, and reminds aspiring paediatricians of our annual prizes.

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Tackling some of the biggest child health issues - President's blog

20 May 2022

Camilla updates on the College’s work to advocate for child health, and how listening to the ideas of medical students and foundation doctors can inspire and energise.

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My top five reasons I enjoy going to work

30 March 2022

"Kids are fun, fact!", says Dr Hannah Baynes. From helping adolescents make positive change to their health to working, and celebrating, with multiprofessional colleagues, she tells us why she enjoys working in paediatrics.

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Why do I enjoy going to work in paediatrics? It's so rewarding

9 March 2022

Dr Felicity Beal is in her fifth year of paediatric training, and tells us about the opportunities she's had, from looking after premature babies to working in general paediatrics, to learning about fascinating sub-specialities, such as caring for children who've had a kidney, liver or small bowel t...

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Bringing together several strands - influence and lifelong impact

2 February 2022

An introduction to Professor David Barker, an obstetrician and epidemiologist - and a gentle and thoughtful man - gave shape to what Dr Simon Chapman had maybe known but been unable to define: why he ended up in medicine. Simon introduces our #ChoosePaediatrics theme of the month: the influence and...

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From GP to Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Intensive Care - children are great patients

5 January 2022

"Like I did, check out the #ChoosePaediatrics programme, consider an application to the specialty, and I hope one day we will work together", says Dr Kish Gandhi, who introduces January's theme of the month - that children are great patients - and tells us how he chose paediatrics after qualifying a...

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Look out for opportunities as you progress through your career - well supported / MDT

2 December 2021

As an undergraduate, Simon Broughton knew he wanted to do paediatrics. Today he's a proud general paediatrician and our Officer for Recruitment. He introduces our #ChoosePaediatrics programme theme for December - a well supported / multidisciplinary team - by looking back at the opportunities he's t...

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A paediatric journey - flexibility in your career and training

3 November 2021

When thinking about a career path, the desire for flexibility is an important consideration for most, and it's something that we at �鶹��ý have put a lot of thought into over recent years. Cathryn Chadwick, Vice President for Training and Assessment tells us about the different ways of flexible train...

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Accommodating your individuality - flexibility in your career and training

3 November 2021

We are all different, with unique circumstances, needs and aspirations - and our updated specialty training programme aims to provide flexibility and individuality, says Dr Jonathan Darling, �鶹��ý Vice President for Education & Professional Development. As part of our #ChoosePaediatrics programme, h...

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All walks of life - a medical student's perspective

4 October 2021

Rebecca Jenkins used to fear the judgements of other people, but by the time she started medical school she was more confident - and open to listening to others' experiences of personal discrimination. Now a third year medical student, she explains how she got involved in the College's Equality, Div...