MRCPCH Clinical Courses Reviews 78

Excellent course

Very useful course providing opportunity to practise examination with lots of paediatric patients with signs, history taking, communication and development stations over two days.

Great variety of cases to practice during the course, including clinical station patients with clinical signs that may otherwise be difficult to gain experience in examining.

The stations were done in shortened time frames which may be a downside for some, but this allowed more patients to be seen/ scenarios to be practiced in the time available.

Overall, a worthwhile course which was incredibly helpful for my exam preparation.

Great course with about 50 cases seen/practised over 2 days! Many of these cases are rare and usually only seen in courses/exams. There were lots of signs and I highly recommend this course to everyone taking the MRCPCH Clinical Exam!

This 2 day course was excellent to consolidate learning and skills for the MRCPCH Clinicals exam, with small group learning and over 50 scenarios throughout the course. It was valuable to see clinical signs relevant to the exam. The tutors were knowledgeable of the exam and gave constructive feedback.

The Tunbridge Wells MRCPCH clinical course provided a valuable opportunity to gain exposure to a diverse range of patients with clear clinical signs and consultants with extensive knowledge of the exam process, which is a significant asset when preparing for an exam of this nature. It is quite intense but very worth it.

Very comprehensive course, covers a lot of patients and clinical signs which was good! I think ideally this would be good as a 3 day course with an opportunity for a mock and detailed feedback and for everyone to have a go at each station e.g. developmental/histories (as there wasn't always time for feedback on examination technique etc or for everyone to do everything, as the course was very time pressured). Despite this, I will still be recommending this course to my colleagues for the exam in the future and feel it has been very beneficial.

The MRCPCH Clinical Course at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital offers an excellent and realistic insight into actual exam scenarios. The two-day programme is very well structured and covers a wide range of essential stations, including clinical examination, developmental assessment, history taking, and communication skills, all supported with real patient interactions. I found this course extremely valuable, and it significantly enhanced my preparation for the MRCPCH clinical examination.

Incredibly thorough course with various consultants assessing our examination, communication and history taking skills in the style of the RCPCH clinical exam.

The course had a large variety of patients who kindly gave their time for our exam preparation and included diagnoses that I had not seen in real life until I attended the course.

The examiners were encouraging but also gave much needed constructive criticism and overall my experience made me feel a lot more prepared for the exam. Thank you!

Good exposure to a variety of rare cases including neurological, abdominal and syndromic patients. A very busy course with experienced examiners who gave helpful advice. Appreciated the opportunity to listen to cardiac murmurs and get tips on improving examination technique. Opportunity to practice stations such as history taking, communication and development in addition to this. It would have been good to have more video station practice alongside the formal teaching session but understandably it was a very busy course. Timings could also have been more strict to give a more realistic feel for the exam but otherwise helpful to still go through with this.

Excellent course instructors , unique cases presented . Tips on technique ,presentation and management was very beneficial to my learning . Quite comprehensive and helpful indeed .

A fantastic course with a great range of clinical signs/conditions to see and examine. Plenty of opportunity to practice communication skills also! highly recommend.

The 2 day course at Tunbridge Wells was full of multiple cases with patients that had clinical signs, allowing participants to practice clinical skills and examinations and focusing on how to pick up clinical signs. The faculty were helpful in that key points were taught in preparation for the MRCPCH clinical exam and would definitely recommend to future candidates who are looking for practice in the run up to the exam

Good hospital and decent varieties of cases for exam

I found the course incredibly helpful - there was a wide range of patients with signs, and the examiners' feedback was valuable. The course ran very smoothly and was well-orgainsed. Thank you!

The Tunbridge Wells clinical exam preparation course is a 2-day exhaustive course giving candidates a good pre-exam exposure to the different clinical cases which are common and/or likely for exams. A good exposure to different neuro and cardiac exam cases apart from abdo/Resp/short stature and Eye cases. The session is a very busy one with good feedback from the examiners.
However one-day mock exam course would be very beneficial before the exams, if the organisers can consider organising one.

Very good opportunity to expose to variety of patients with positive clinical signs which are sometimes rare. I was able to understand the standard of proper exam . Well organised, supportive and approachable faculty.

I have tried other courses but this course was the best
As busy and condensed as it is, it prepares us well for the clinical exam.
Thanks to all the consultants, you were amazing

It was a really really useful experience with lots of cases and advice with feedback. Learnt a lot and made me feel like I had a better way to direct my revision. Thank you very much. Also the food was very yummy!

Very comprehensive course!
Lots of exposure to different clinical cases and history/communication stations.
Great preparation for the development station too!
It is a very intense course. There is no mock OSCE, but the extra time this means you have to see patients with a wide range of signs means it is still very worth it!
You stay within the same small groups for the 2 days, and rotate through your group, but everyone has a chance to listen to each murmur etc during feedback.