Basic Specialist Training in the Specialty of General Paediatrics

Basic Specialist Training (BST) in General Paediatrics is a two-year programme completed in Senior House Officer (SHO) posts.

Completion of BST in General Paediatrics is the first step towards becoming a paediatrician in Ireland.

Completing this programme is an essential entry requirement for Higher Specialist Training in Paediatrics.

Rotations incorporate the following core elements:

• At least six months in general paediatrics

• Six months in neonatology

• Experience in community paediatrics, paediatric emergency medicine or another paediatric subspecialty (for example, cardiology, gastroenterology)

• Not more than six months will be spent in any one subspecialty

In addition to supervised clinical training in the hospital, you are required to pass the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (MRCPI) examination in Paediatrics and complete a number of mandatory courses. 

Study days are held throughout the year and you will be required to attend at least 10 over the course of your BST.