On 25 June 2025, 5 years after I graduated with the NUMed MBBS degree, I finally took the Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) / Diploma in Child Health (DCH) Foundation of Practice (FOP) exam for the 1st time. That was just 2 months after I passed the MRCP(UK) Part 2 exam in April 2025.
The results of my MRCPCH/DCH FOP exam were released on 31 July 2025. I successfully passed it with a great score. My percentage was 74.47%, while the pass mark was 67.02%.
This is the breakdown of my score by specialty:
Adolescent Health and Medicine - 100%
Behavioural Medicine and Psychiatry - 66.67%
Cardiology - 0%
Dermatology - 40%
Diabetes Mellitus - 100%
Emergency Medicine - 75%
Endocrinology and Growth - 100%
Ethics and Law - 50%
Gastroenterology and Hepatology - 66.67%
Genetics and Dysmorphology - 100%
Haematology and Oncology - 50%
Infection, Immunology and Allergy - 90%
Metabolism and Metabolic Medicine - 100%
Musculoskeletal - 80%
Neonatology - 60%
Nephro-urology - 100%
Neurodevelopment and Neurodisability - 100%
Neurology - 100%
Nutrition - 50%
Ophthalmology - 50%
Patient Safety and Clinical Governance - 0%
Pharmacology - 100%
Respiratory Medicine with Ear, Nose and Throat - 83.33%
Safeguarding - 66.67%
Science of Practice - 100%
Next, I plan to take the DCH Clinical exam in the second half of 2026.
You can read about my journey towards DCH here:
I have shared tips for the MRCPCH/DCH FOP exam here:
