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The Clinical Cases in Paediatrics: DCH Clinical Examination textbook by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has been written primarily for postgraduate doctors preparing for the UK DCH examination. Overseas doctors preparing for the DCH clinical examination will also find this book useful. The DCH examination assesses candidates in all aspects of the doctor-patient interaction. It is recommended that candidates appearing for the examination should have completed a short period of paediatric training, as the scenarios for, and the standards required from, candidates to pass the examination are developed with that in mind. While it is difficult to precisely define the standard against which we are assessing candidates, we do expect them to display a special interest in paediatrics. We also believe this book could be used as a guide to common doctor-patient interactions alongside established textbooks to enable self-directed study and professional development. We hope the clinical cases approach will help doctors reflect on their daily clinical interactions, and that they will find the 'top tips' provided within the chapters helpful in their clinical practice.

The aim of the Clinical Cases for MRCPCH Theory and Science textbook is to illuminate how science can be used to tackle clinical cases in paediatrics. For the student who is unfamiliar with MRCPCH Theory and Science questions and the examination format this will exemplify the types of question asked in the actual exam. By reflecting the new syllabus it hopes to demonstrate to the reader how those who set the examination generate questions and then place them into the question bank and MRCPCH Theory and Science papers. For those studying for the examination, we hope this short book will supplement your existing learning and that it will enable you to access some of the weightier textbooks and even the occasional scientific paper or recent review article. For those of you writing questions, I hope this will offer an insight into what makes a good question in the new format of the exam. For those like me, who enjoy understanding the science of what we see and teach I hope that this encourages you to think about what you see in clinical practice and relate this to your students of all ages and stages of their careers.This small book is not intended to be read from cover to cover at one sitting. The 'fact heavy' nature of each chapter and the lack of illustrations in this first edition would make that very difficult. Rather, I would hope that readers will read a case, attempt the questions and then carefully read through the discussion Clinical Cases for MRCPCH Theory and Science iv iv that follows. This might prompt further reflection and sometimes further reading.

The Clinical Cases for MRCPCH Applied Knowledge in Practice is a textbook from the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. It includes questions similar to those in the MRCPCH Applied Knowledge in Practice (AKP) exam and gets to the heart of what examiners are looking for in candidate performance.Candidates will not only understand the depth of knowledge expected in the exam, they will also be able to make clinical judgements based on the presentation and physical findings of commonly occurring case scenarios. It assists candidates in making sound clinical judgements through the application of fundamental principles with an understanding of the underpinning science. The textbook works through a diagnostic conundrum from presentation, through careful history taking and examination and is supplemented by relevant investigations.