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 pediatrics 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 pediatricians. MRCPCH is essentially an examination for the pediatric trainees in UK. However over the years it has become one of the most prestigious pediatric examinations with high inter- national reputation. There has been a need for systematic step-by-step guidance for postgraduate trainees in pediatrics aspiring for the MRCPCH. There is also a need for this guidance to be carefully tailored to the needs of postgraduate trainees in pediatrics. 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 pediatrician.

About the Author
Anil Garg is Consultant pediatrician Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Consultant pediatrician Brighton Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, and Associate Clinical Professor American University of Caribbean St. Marteen. Neonatology and cardiology are his special expertise. He is a senior examiner for the RCPCH for MRCPCH and DCH and was Principal Regional Examiner for South East Thames region England. He is currently working with Kent Surrey and Sussex (KSS) Deanery to improve MRCPCH teaching in the region. A very keen educator he has developed and presented novel teaching and monitoring techniques at national and international meetings. He has noted the difficulties that the trainees face in the clinical part of MRCPCH examination and has developed successful study material to improve clinical skills.

Siba Prosad Paul is a specialty trainee in pediatrics at Severn Deanery. He has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals in the UK and internationally. He has effectively taught many candidates for the new format of the MRCPCH examination especially dealing with the difficulties it presents. He is interested in medical education and pediatric gastroenterology.