Archives of Disease in Childhood 2008;93:274-277
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The MRCPCH MasterCourse
Robert Scott-Jupp, Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury SP2 8BJ, UK; scottjupp@aol.com
Accepted 18 December 2007
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The MRCPCH MasterCourse was published in April 2007 following a prolonged gestation, which involved a unique collaboration between the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and publishing giant Elsevier. It is aimed both at paediatric trainees preparing for all parts of the College Membership (MRCPCH) exam, and primary care trainees preparing for the Diploma in Child Health (DCH). Purchase of the package provides two substantial paper volumes, an accompanying DVD and 3 years of free access to a linked website. The volumes can be purchased separately.
This multi-author review considers the package from a number of different perspectives.
The eminent consultants who taught my generation of medical students commanded enormous respect (and affection), but one of them, with unusual insight, observed, "we make the same mistake a thousand times and call it experience". The culture of evidence based medicine has reduced scope for the idiosyncratic style of
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