The Programme will provide in-depth knowledge and is aimed at those working in specialist PID centres, appealing to doctors who have experience in paediatrics, including:

• Trainees in paediatrics who have a specialist qualification equivalent to the Membership Examination of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH)
• Specialist trainees in paediatric infectious diseases or relevant medical subspecialties
• Clinical research fellows

Applicants should have an appropriate medical qualification equivalent to MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery), demonstrable work experience, and motivation and ability to complete the Programme.

The Programme will provide students with:

• Knowledge and critical understanding of the well-established principles of paediatric infectious diseases, and of the way in which those principles have developed
• An ability to apply underlying concepts and principles outside the context in which they were first studied, including, where appropriate, the application of those principles in the real world of paediatrics
• Knowledge of the main methods of enquiry in paediatric infectious diseases and ability to evaluate critically the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems
• An understanding of the limits of your knowledge, and how this influences analyses and interpretations based on that knowledge

At the end of the Programme students will know and understand how to:

• Use your broad knowledge of paediatric infectious disease in your practice and have learned where to find the necessary resources when you have reached your limit of knowledge
• Understand how to find evidence-based information to facilitate rational decision making in diagnosis and management of children with infection
• Effectively communicate information, arguments, and analysis about paediatric infection, in a variety of forms, to specialist and non-specialist audiences
• Undertake further training, develop existing skills, and acquire new competences that will enable you to assume significant responsibility within organisations
• Qualities and transferable skills necessary for your future career in paediatrics and infectious diseases

The Paediatric Infectious Diseases Programme is normally completed within two years and follows this schedule (dates may change):  

This course uses the Department’s online assignment submission system. In order to prepare and submit your course assignments you will need access to the Internet and a computer meeting our recommended minimum computer specification. Students of this course may use the student computing facilities provided in Departmental buildings.