Clear MRCPCH exams in Mumbai, not UK

Now doctors in the Asian region aspiring for Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) can appear for both written as well as clinical exam in India. Earlier candidates had to appear for the clinical exam in the UK.

Since 2009, only the written exam was being conducted in India by Mumbai-based Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital. Henceforth, candidates can also appear for the clinical examination at the Mumbai hospital. Thus, candidates in the Asian region will not have to travel all the way to the UK to take the clinical exam for earning a "MRCPCH (UK)" qualification, as was the case earlier.

Appointed as the Asian hub for the exam, Kokilaben Ambani hospital is expected to hold clinical exam for MRCPCH for the first time in India on June 16 and 17, 2012. After clearing the exam, doctors would be able to use the designation "MRCPCH (UK)" with their names to add value to their professional practice.

The exam will be supervised by a team of senior Consultants from the National Health Service (NHS) in UK led by Dr Ramesh Mehta, the Principal Regional Examiner of South Asia for the Royal College together with the Education and Assessment Lead, Graeme Muir, supported by a team of senior consultants from all over India.

Students from across India, Singapore, Australia, Muscat, Brunei, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will come to India to appear for the exam.

Discussing MRCPCH, Dr Santanu Sen, Paediatrician at Ambani hospital and host examiner for MRCPCH told Times of India that it is one of the toughest examinations for which examiners have to be equally trained and tested to be eligible to evaluate examinees. For this purpose, examiners undergo a training after which they need to clear the final evaluation at UK. (Read more)

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