• 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 one year and follows this schedule (dates may change):  

• from September - A one-year online modular course in Paediatric Infectious Diseases which covers the full syllabus outlined above with online tutor support and student discussion forums  

• June/July – A residential course in Oxford with Infection and Immunity in Children (IIC).  

Students will also be strongly encouraged to engage in the following:  

• September* – PENTA course for PentaTr@ining: ‘HIV and Other Congenital Infections’ consolidating 3-day residential workshop held in Rome.  

• from April to July* - Online course: PentaTr@ining: ‘HIV and Other Congenital Infections’ with PENTA consisting of 6 in-depth and interactive module  

• Monthly ESPID Online Case Rounds  

• Online Self-Assessment Questions (SAQ'S), offered as part of examination preparation  

Each of the summative assessments contribute equally to the final mark achieved for the PGCertificate.

The core textbooks for the Programme are:  

• Long, SS. et al. (eds) (2022) Principles and practice of pediatric infectious diseases. Sixth Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. (Available via course website). 

• American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Infectious Diseases (2021) Red book: 2021-2024 report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 32nd edition. Edited by D.W. Kimberlin et al. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics. (Available via course website). 

• Rezaei, N., Aghamohammadi, A. and Notarangelo, L. (eds) (2017) Primary immunodeficiency diseases: definition, diagnosis, and management. Second edition. Berlin: Springer. (Available via course website). 

• Sharland, M. (ed.) (2016) Manual of childhood infections. Fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Available via course website).