DCH Clinical exam preparation – online
This one-day course will familiarise you with the Diploma of Child Health Clinical exam. You will gain a greater understanding of the assessment criteria, the key skills required and the pitfalls to avoid by focusing on what the exam is expecting from you, and, through practice, how to approach each station.
What is the course about?
This one-day course will familiarise you with the Diploma of Child Health Clinical exam. You will gain a greater understanding of the assessment criteria, the key skills required and the pitfalls to avoid by focusing on exam technique, and, through practice, how to approach each station.
Courses are scheduled to run prior to each exam diet. Check out our current course/workshop listings (opens in same window) to see if this workshop is open for booking. If it’s not listed, register your interest below.
UPDATE – The next course is scheduled to take place in April 2025 – register your interest below and we will contact you when it is open for booking.
Target audience
- Candidates for the DCH Clinical exam
Course aim and learning outcomes:
Aim:
To equip candidates with the knowledge and skills to succeed in the DCH Clinical exam.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this course, you will:
- Be fully aware of the exam format and what to expect in each of the various stations
- Have a clearer understanding of what is required to pass each station through knowledge of the assessment criteria
- Understand the common pitfalls and how to avoid them
- Feel more confident about conducting a developmental assessment on a child, not just in the exam but also in everyday practice
- Have a clear idea of how to approach your revision between the course and the DCH Clinical exam.
Faculty lead
Dr Stephen Rose
Consultant Paediatrician and Chair of DCH Clinical Examination Board
Delegate feedback
The clear winner for me is this course provides an actual representation of what is to be expected in the examination. I would be apprehensive sitting the examination without the course. Post this course I would likely have high chance of clearing the examination in my first sitting.
Very well taught, like the fact that some of the examiners are GPs, showing the level at which this is pitched. Enjoyed the interactive workshops.
All of the course was useful for my everyday clinical practice as a GP, but I certainly feel more confident in my child development assessment.