College Tutors resources and updates

The College Tutor is the RCPCH representative in the NHS Trust, and has a duty to keep up to date with our standards in education and training, new educational initiatives and changes to the curriculum, examinations and assessments. Access our key guide and resources.

Role, handbook and change of Tutor

As the RCPCH College Tutor, you are the paediatrician responsible for postgraduate medical education in your NHS Trust. You will have a strong interest in education and an ability to effectively network with colleagues in the Trust and the Deanery/LETB.

The details of working arrangements within the Trust, including liaison across Trust boundaries, need to be appropriate to the local situation and agreed with colleagues.

RCPCH holds meetings twice a year for College Tutors containing a range of content designed to help you perform your role. Find out more in the College Tutor Handbook.

Download College Tutors handbook (updated spring 2024)

Change of Tutor at your site? Complete this form

Catch up on past RCPCH events for College Tutors

Spring 2023 update - Progress+ and trainee wellbeing (YouTube)

Autumn 2022 update - College activities, using ECAT and fatigue at work

2019 and 2018 updates

The below resources aim to support you as a College Tutor, and are freely available to use at your own site

We want to continually improve these, so if you have relevant resources you're willing to share, or any feedback, we'd love to hear from you - email us on [email protected].

Assessments and exams

Assessment guide

RCPCH START

Examinations

Supporting trainees in difficulty

RCPCH presentation: Trainees in difficulty (PDF)

NACT: Supporting trainees - a guide for supervisors (PDF)

Safe practice

RCPCH presentation: Utilising handover (PDF)

BMA: Safe handover (PDF)

AoMRC: Recommendations for safe trainee changeover (PDF)

AoMRC and NHS Employers: Recommendations for safe trainee changeover (PDF)

RCPCH and Resuscitation Council: Induction to newborn resuscitation, standards …

New standards of practice: induction to newborn resuscitation

Each Neonatal Department providing a service in attending deliveries of newborns should have an induction programme for new staff that includes basic newborn resuscitation principles and skills

See standards of practice