Dr. Maithili Raju

MBBS, MRes, MRCPCH

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PaedsPrep

I’m a London-based Paediatric Speciality Trainee and currently sit on faculty for the Royal London MRCPCH Course.

In my time working towards the final step of the MRCPCH accreditation, I was able to collate some valuable resources that helped me get through this final exam milestone. I’m hoping that some of this material will be useful to you in your own practice.

My experience of the MRCPCH clinicals exam was overall a very positive one! I’d initially intended to sit the hybrid ‘in-person, no patient’ exam in June 2022, but got COVID a week before from an unsuspecting neonate. At the time, this felt like a big setback having to change course to prepare for the ‘in person, with patients’ format when eventually took the exam Feb 2023. Turns out, the many months of revision culminated in some useful notes and practice material which I want to share with you all! I remember spending a fair bit of time organizing myself at the start of the exam study process, trying to get a feel of the timelines involved and gathering useful materials from my seniors.

CREDITS: Massive thank you to my amazing study buddies who got me through the exam and let me use audios featuring their lovely voices on this website Dr. Helena Jones, Dr. Emma Alexander, Dr. Mahreen Sohail, Dr. Dharini Chandrasekaran, Dr. Bharka Manwani, Dr. Sarah McLoughlin, Dr. Rosie Balfour-Lynn & Dr. Janki Patel.

DISCLAIMER: The information on this website is meant to provide an overview of the approach to each station, with some scenarios to help guide revision. It does not replace the official exam resources provided by the RCPCH, established guidelines like NICE or textbooks which might provide you with a more in depth understanding of the pathophysiology of pediatric conditions.

The recordings/examples provided are from my own revision sessions – they’re not intended to be examples of a ‘perfect’ station by any means. Hopefully just an idea of the timings, content that needs to be covered and perhaps an example of one way it can be approached.
None of the scenarios on this website are recordings from real patient interactions and any resemblance to real patients/situations is purely coincidental.