Resident Doctor resources
Welcome to the London Division Resident Doctors page. This page is to provide helpful information to the Resident Doctors in the London Division.
If you are a Resident Doctor and think there is anything further that could be added to this page please let the Division Office know.
- The Royal College Resident Doctors' section
- Psychiatric Resident Doctors' Committee (PRDC). Details of how to get involved with the PRDC can be obtained from this website or by contacting: Nikki Cochrane
- Student associates
- The Registrar - the PRDC Magazine that is filled with items on education, leadership, research, conferences, exams, recruitment, interviews and any other issues that are important to Resident Doctors.
- RCPsych Library - services include: access to databases and journals, book borrowing, free literature searches and document supply. The vast majority of our library resources are available online but there is also a library space at 21 Prescot Street, which is open Monday to Friday, 8am - 7pm.
- Having trouble with exams? Our latest information guide (PDF) on how to deal with them is now available to download.
- Portfolio online - a web-based e-portfolio tool that helps you log your learning, professional activities, development and achievements
- MRCPsych eLearning – is an online learning resource we developed to help you during your training. It provides interactive learning modules to help you prepare for the MRCPsych exams.
The London School of Psychiatry
Resident Doctor involvement is a cornerstone of the School ethos.
We link with the RCPsych London Psychiatric Resident Doctors committee, host a pan London Resident Doctor wellbeing committee, and have established an Educational Fellows network. All of the educational committees have invited Resident Doctor representatives and Resident Doctors have access to regional training days in addition to local taught courses.
Programme specialties :
Core psychiatry
- North Central London
- North East London
- North West London
- South East London
- South West London
Child and adolescent psychiatry
- North East London (PDF)
- North Central London
- North West London
- South East London
- South West London
General and old age psychiatry
- North Central London
- North East London
- North West London
- South East London
- South West London
Forensic psychiatry
- South London
- North London
Learning disability psychiatry
- South London
- North London (PDF)
Medical psychotherapy
Useful resources
The specialty specific ARCP checklists are now found on appendix 4 of the silver guide (pages 89 to 92)
- Gold Guide (10th Edition, 2024)
- The Gold Guide is the definitive UK-wide reference for postgraduate medical training, including ARCP processes.
- Gold Guide 10th Edition (2024) – COPMeD
- RCPsych Silver Guide (2024)
- This guide provides psychiatry-specific training structure and ARCP expectations, including the role of the Psychiatric Supervision Report (PSR) and Educational Supervisor Report (ESR).
- Psychiatry Silver Guide (PDF, August 2024) (PDF)
- RCPsych ARCP Working Group Recommendations
- This document offers detailed guidance to standardise ARCP processes across psychiatry training in the UK.
- ARCP Working Group Recommendations (PDF)
- ARCP Decision Aids
- These are essential for understanding what evidence is required at each stage of training:
- Core Psychiatry ARCP Decision Aid (2022) (PDF)
- Higher Psychiatry ARCP Decision Aid (2022) (PDF)
The Psychiatrists' Support Service provides confidential support and advice for members, trainee members and associates of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
The College offers a wide range of awards, prizes and bursaries specific to medical students, Foundation Doctors and Resident Doctors. Please take a look at this webpage to see what is currently available.
The London Division also offers awards, prizes and bursaries specific to this group that are members of the division.
