MRCPI in Paediatrics

There must be at least 18 months between the date of your primary medical degree graduation and the date of the exam. 

All applications need to be submitted online. Upload a recent colour passport photo (minimum resolution 100*100 pixels) and a scanned, attested copy of your primary medical degree. Attestation must appear on the front of the copy. Your degree can be attested by:

• An Garda Siochana (Irish police force)
• The issuing university or medical school
• A solicitor/ notary public/ lawyer
• A Commissioner for Oaths
• An Irish or British Consulate
• Your embassy or High Commissioner

Candidates who are registered with the Medical Council (Ireland or UK) may provide proof of Medical Council registration instead of uploading their primary medical degree.

If your primary medical degree is in another language than English, it needs to be officially translated into English. Official translations of any documents will only be accepted if they have been prepared and/or authenticated by:

• The issuing university or medical school
• An Irish or British Consulate
• Your embassy or High Commissioner

If you have one of the qualifications listed below, you are exempt from MRCPI Paediatrics Part I. This means you are eligible to apply to MRCPI Paediatrics Part II Written now. You will be asked to upload an attested copy of your exempting qualification(s) when applying.

• MRCPI General Medicine Part I
• MRCP(UK)
• MRCPath
• MRCPCH
• FRACP
• FRCP(C)
• FCP(SA)
• Arab Boards in Medicine and Paediatrics
• Saudi Boards in Medicine and Paediatrics
• Kuwait Boards of Medicine and Paediatrics
• Omani Medical Specialty Boards in Medicine and Paediatrics
• MRCPsych
• FCP&S in Medicine and Paediatrics (Pakistan)
• The American Boards in General (Internal) Medicine and Paediatrics
• MMed (Malaysia)

It's important to prepare for MRCPI exams and not to underestimate how long it takes to get ready to sit Part I. Having an understanding of how each exam is formatted and how questions are constructed will help you prepare and develop good answering strategies. When working in a busy clinical job with acute medical take, you should allow three to four months to prepare for MRCPI Part I.

When you're preparing your study plan, make sure to refer to the following documents:

• Curriculum for Basic Specialist Training in Paediatrics - serves as a "blueprint" for the exam
• MRCPI Paediatrics Examination Regulations - provides more detailed information of the exam and the questions to expect
• MRCPI in Paediatrics Content Outline - outlines the content and expected content of the exam

The maximum number of times a candidate can sit any part of an MRCPI examination is limited to six attempts.

This means that you have six attempts at each component of the MRCPI exams (so 18 attempts in total across the three parts).

You must pass the examination within six years of your first attempt. See the Information and Resources section for more information.

All our written examinations will be delivered by remote invigilation. Instead of travelling to an examination centre and sitting the computer-based examination with other candidates, you do the examination online in a quiet, secure place of your choosing at your own computer, e.g. at home or at work. You will also need a stable internet connection. Candidates are supervised remotely by invigilators throughout the examination.

A quiet, secure environment means:

• A room to which you have exclusive access (single occupancy - not shared)
• A room that does not have integrated security cameras, or any recording equipment, other than the webcam on your PC or laptop
• You are confident you will not be disturbed during the examination, e.g. by traffic, construction work, or people

See Remote Invigilation of Examinations for further details.

The fee to sit Part I exam is €710 for both Irish and overseas students.

The method of payment is credit or debit card, taken at the end of the online application process.

Don't forget: if you're working in Ireland you can claim a refund of the successful examination fee under the HSE Clinical Course and Examination Refund Scheme.

Please refer to our Information and Resources page to download our latest exam policies and procedures.

Please refer to our Information and Resources page to download the latest versions of our exam policies and procedures.

All applications need to be submitted online via an application form. Please see the  For Exam Candidates page for all exam updates including application links, and our Exam Calendar for upcoming exam dates.

We have a dedicated examinations support team in our Dublin headquarters. They are there to guide you through your full exam journey, from application to MRCPI conferring. They are present at every exam and always happy to answer your questions.

Contact us at helpdesk@rcpi.ie or tel: +353 1 8639721 (open Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm Irish time).