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Related Websites and Online Resources: This section features links related to the MRCPCH Part I exam as well as a variety of online resources that candidates may find useful for revision. All resources listed below can be accessed free of charge.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Since January 2004 the MRCPCH Part I examination consists of two papers. Paper One A (Basic Child Health) focuses on the areas of child health that are relevant to those who will be working with children in their medical careers, not just those entering mainstream hospital-based paediatrics. The areas to be tested are those conditions likely to be seen in 6 to 12 months of hospital, community or primary care practice. Paper One B (Extended Paediatrics) focuses on the more complex paediatric problem-solving skills and on the scientific knowledge underpinning paediatrics. This is equivalent to the previous MRCPCH Part I paper. Read about the latest developments here. Check the next MRCPCH Part I exam dates and fees here.
The British Medical Association (BMA) The British Medical Association is the professional association for UK doctors. With 130,000 members, representing almost 80% of practising doctors in the UK, the BMA is the voice of the profession and medical students. Click here to find out more about the BMA.
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) The BMJ aims to publish rigorous, accessible and entertaining material that will help doctors and medical students in their daily practice, lifelong learning and career development. In addition, it seeks to be at the forefront of the international debate on health. The journal publishes original scientific studies, review and educational articles, and papers commenting on the clinical, scientific, social, political, and economic factors affecting health. The majority of the contents is accessible free of charge. Click here to access the latest issue. Alternatively click here to search the latest job advertisements.
The General Medical Council (GMC) was established under the Medical Act of 1858. The organisation aims to maintain the standards the public are expecting of doctors and offers guidance for doctors. Click here to find out more about the GMC.
PubMed is maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and is probably the most widely used search engine / database for medical literature and contains 12 million citations from 4600 biomedical journals worldwide. Articles can be searched for according to author, keyword or subject, while MeSH allows the use of categories (indexing system) to find relevant articles.
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international, non-profit organisation providing up-to-date information about the effects of health care. The site contains a large database of evidence based, systematic reviews about treatments and interventions. However, the Cochrane Library itself can only accessed with password.
The British National Formulary (BNF) The British National Formulary is a compendium used nationwide in the UK. It provides healthcare providers with accurate, up to date information about a wide range of medications. The website contains the newest version corresponding to the printed version of BNF49. The compendium can be searched according to name, component name or indication. Another useful feature - "calculators" - allows to calculate Body Mass Index, Body Surface Index, imperial-metric conversions, creatinine clearance and other parameters.
Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne - Paediatric Handbook Online The site contains the full version of the 7th edition of the RCH Paediatric Handbook, which provides a comprehensive practical guide to the management of health problems in children. Sections include: emergencies, procedures and analgesia, fluids and nutrition, child public health, development, psychosocial problems, medicine and surgery. The emergency section provides background information on a wide range of topics and contains management guidelines and flow-charts for various conditions/presentations. Another useful feature is the "emergency drug and fluid calculator", which - after choosing age/weight - produces a chart with the age-specific limits for vital parameters, appropriate ETT size/length and emergency drug doses. A great resource!
This site is based at the Children's Hospital of Iowa. Much of the contents is aimed at children and their parents, but it also includes some useful features for Health Professionals. The most interesting sections are mainly related to Paediatric Radiology. PaediapaediaTM is an online imaging encyclopaedia which outlines details of various radiological techniques and describes the typical radiological findings according to diseases/categories. The Paediatric Radiology Teaching Files provide short, text-book style articles on various conditions, as well as excellent images (x-ray, MRI, CT, etc.). Other sections are dedicated to pathology, anatomy, psychiatry and several surgical specialties.
Public Health Image Library by CDC (PHIL) The PHIL provided by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) contains a large number of photos, illustrations and a few audio-visual files. The site contains historical images as well as clinical photos related to paediatrics and other specialties. Other images include: histology, cultures, posters (e.g. vaccination campaigns), electron micrographs, images of vectors, x-rays and illustrations. The images are in the public and can be accessed and used free of charge.
The Karolinska Institute University Library The library homepage of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm features an extensive up to date database with a large number of links to websites related to bacterial infections, mycoses, viral diseases, parasitic diseases and immunology. Another section contains links related to congenital, hereditary and neonatal diseases. Sections can either be browsed according to topic - alternatively, a search engine facilitates the search according to keywords.
The National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) This website is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related topics produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA). Key features include: structured abstracts of guidelines, access to full text guidelines/articles and Palm-based PDA downloads. A search engine facilitates the retrieval of the relevant documents. The site contains a large number of investigation- and management-guidelines related to Paediatrics.
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body This website features a complete online version of the classic 1918 publication by Henry Gray which includes 1,247 engravings. A search engine facilitates convenient navigation. A good resource to brush up on your anatomy knowledge.
This website is run by Johns Hopkins University. The starting page features a search engine allowing fast retrieval of relevant images. After entering a particular skin condition the engine displays one full-size image, as well as several smaller ones which can also be displayed in full size. All images are accompanied by a short case description and sometimes relevant hyperlinks are displayed simultaneously. Another interesting feature is the Online Dermatology Quiz. This site is a useful resource for Paediatricians covering conditions such as eczema, seborrhoic dermatitis, haemangioma.
Paediatric Infectious Diseases Web (PID Web) PID Web is an internet portal providing links, information and news for doctors and scientists with a special interest in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Paediatric Immunology, Tropical Medicine and Molecular Biology. The subsections feature links to a variety of resources, organisations and journals. The site also contains a section about upcoming courses and conferences which is updated on a regular basis.
Free Journals BioMed Central, an open access publishing house, offers a range of journals related to Paediatrics on their website - including BMC Paediatrics. The journal features high-quality research articles, case reports, hypothesis and debates. All articles can be accessed in full text (free of charge) - both in html and PDF format. The Internet Journal of Pediatrics and Neonatology
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