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The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health , often referred to as the RCPCH, is the professional body for paediatricians (doctors specialising in child health) in the United Kingdom . It is responsible for the postgraduate training of paediatricians and conducts the Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) exams. It also awards the Diploma in Child Health (DCH), which is taken by many doctors who plan a career in general practice. Members of the college use the postnominal initials 'MRCPCH' while Fellows use 'FRCPCH'.

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35-575: The United Kingdom's first national group of paediatricians was established in 1928 as the British Paediatric Association or BPA. Its first president was George Frederic Still . The BPA's initial aims were the advancement of the study of paediatrics and the promotion of friendship amongst paediatricians. Most paediatricians also belonged to the Royal College of Physicians and took the examination MRCP (Paeds). The BPA

70-680: A day care, and various study and music rooms. The college also owns extensive gardens and the land on which the adjacent Squire Law Library has stood since 1995. Caius has one of the largest libraries in Oxbridge , housed in the Cockerell Building. Caius acquired the lease on the building, which previously housed the Seeley History Library and the Squire Law Library , in the 1990s. The college library

105-603: A form of childhood febrile arthritis today known as Still's disease . During the Goulstonian Lectures on the topic of "On Some Abnormal Physical Conditions in Children", Still talks about "moral control" and his lecture is based on the same symptoms that is known as ADHD now. Still's descriptions are very similar to those of ADHD , but "most of the symptoms listed by Still and described in his cases do not refer to ADHD ." Lange and colleagues still state how he

140-568: A house band of students studying at London conservatoires to play in the college bar. In recent years Steve Fishwick, Sam Mayne, Ian Shaw, Barry Green, Gareth Lockrane, and Paul Jarvis have all been featured. The Caius May Ball is an all-night party in June, held every two years. Squires is an all-male drinking society founded in the 1980s; although it is not officially affiliated with the college, all of its members are Caians. They hold an annual garden party to kick off May Week. The female equivalent

175-452: A narrow space should become foul". Caius was responsible for developing the college's strong global reputation in medicine, which continues to this day. By 1630, the college had expanded greatly with roughly 25 fellows and 150 students. But the number of fellows and students fell in the following century, returning to the 1630 level only in the early nineteenth century. Since then, Gonville and Caius has grown considerably, and it has now one of

210-953: A number of roles: The college works closely with other bodies, including the Department of Health (United Kingdom) , the Local Education and Training Boards , the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board, the General Medical Council , the National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS), the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), children's charities and the other medical royal colleges. Senior doctors who have completed paediatric training can apply for Fellowship of

245-788: A short walk from Harvey Court. Gonville and Caius College maintains many traditions. It offers two seatings in Hall six nights a week. Typically attended by between 150–200 students, Hall consists of a three-course meal served after 18:00 (First Hall) or 19:20 (Formal Hall); Formal Hall requires a gown be worn, and seats Fellows at its high table. It is preceded by the benediction, which is said in Latin : Benedic, Domine, nobis et donis tuis quae ex largitate tua sumus sumpturi; et concede ut, ab iis salubriter enutriti, tibi debitum obsequium praestare valeamus, per Jesum Christum dominum nostrum; mensae caelestis nos participes facias, Rex aeternae gloriae. There

280-665: A substantial amount of land between West Road and Sidgwick Avenue . Set in landscaped gardens, the modern Harvey Court (named after William Harvey and designed by Leslie Martin ) was built on West Road in 1961. Adjacent to Harvey Court is the Stephen Hawking Building, which opened its doors to first-year undergraduates in October 2006. The Stephen Hawking Building provides en-suite accommodation for 75 students and eight fellows as well as conference facilities. Additional buildings provide housing for older students,

315-499: Is called the Cupids. The Gonville and Caius Choir was founded by composer Charles Wood in the late 19th century. It was most recently directed by the college's scholar of South American choral music Geoffrey Webber until his 2019 resignation. The choir tours abroad and records eclectically. The choir is made up from scholars and exhibitioners from the college, and a few volunteers from other Cambridge colleges. The college's union

350-460: Is situated centrally within the college, reflecting the college's religious foundation. On the re-foundation by Caius, the college was expanded and updated. In 1565, the building of Caius Court began, and Caius planted an avenue of trees in what is now known as Tree Court. Caius was also responsible for building the college's three gates, symbolising the path of academic life: The buildings expert James D. Wenn has identified number of meanings in

385-531: Is the expectation that undergraduate students dine a minimum of 31 times each term known as the minimum dining requirement. As at most Oxbridge colleges, it is tradition that only the Fellows may walk on the grass. The college also enforces the system of exeats or official permissions to leave the college. Students wishing to be absent from college overnight during term time must obtain leave to do so from their tutors, and terminal exeats must be obtained before

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420-446: The Royal College of Physicians . At the time of the college's re-founding, he had worked as physician to two English monarchs, Edward VI and Mary I , and later served in the same capacity for Elizabeth I . Following the death of Thomas Bacon , Caius was appointed master of the college on 24 January 1559, a position he held until shortly before his own death in 1573. He provided the college with significant funds and greatly expanded

455-592: The 1750s. The Old Library and Hall were designed by Anthony Salvin in 1854. On the wall of the Hall hangs a college flag, which in 1912 was flown at the South Pole by Cambridge's Edward Wilson during the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910–1913. Gonville Court, though remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries, is the oldest part of the college. New lecture rooms were designed by Alfred Waterhouse and completed by Rattee and Kett in 1884. Caius owns

490-725: The RCPCH, after which they can use the letters FRCPCH . The coat of arms of the college commemorate June Lloyd , first female President of the British Paediatric Association and Thomas Phaire , whose Boke of Chyldren from 1545 was the first book on paediatrics in English . The crest is a baby, taken from the arms of the Foundling Hospital in Coram's Fields . The President is the elected head of

525-487: The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. RCPCH annual conference Professor Steve Turner elected as new RCPCH President 2024 Become an RCPCH member Courses and events at RCPCH 51°31′15″N 0°06′57″W  /  51.52071°N 0.11583°W  / 51.52071; -0.11583 George Frederic Still Sir George Frederic Still , KCVO (27 February 1868 – 28 June 1941)

560-488: The University of Cambridge's largest undergraduate populations. In 1979, the college first admitted women as fellows and students. It now has over 110 Fellows, over 700 students and about 200 staff. Gonville and Caius is one of the wealthiest of all Cambridge colleges with an endowment of £221 million in 2018. The college's present 43rd Master , appointed in 2018, is Pippa Rogerson . The first buildings erected on

595-529: The age of 73 on 28 June 1941. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College , often referred to simply as Caius ( / k iː z / KEEZ ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge , England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville , it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of the wealthiest. In 1557, it

630-441: The college had fallen into disrepair. In 1557, it was refounded by Royal Charter as Gonville and Caius College by alumnus John Caius . Caius had read divinity at the college between 1529 and 1533 and later travelled to Renaissance Italy, where he studied medicine at the University of Padua under Montanus and Vesalius . Following his return to England, Caius had become a renowned physician and served many terms as president of

665-656: The college to its current location off Trinity Street in central Cambridge. He also leased himself land close to the River Cam to set up his own college, Trinity Hall . Gonville Hall was renamed The Hall of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Bateman appointed his former chaplain John Colton , who was later made Archbishop of Armagh , as the college's master. By the sixteenth century,

700-405: The college's buildings. Caius accepted no payment for his services but insisted on several rules, including that the college admit no scholar who "is deformed, dumb, blind, lame, maimed, mutilated, a Welshman, or suffering from any grave or contagious illness, or an invalid, that is sick in a serious measure". Caius also built a three-sided court, Caius Court, "lest the air from being confined within

735-500: The college's current site date from 1353 when Bateman built Gonville Court. The college chapel was added in 1393 with the Old Hall (used until recently as a library); Master's Lodge followed in the next half century. Most of the stone used to build the college came from Ramsey Abbey near Ramsey, Cambridgeshire . Gonville and Caius has the oldest purpose-built college chapel in continuous use in either Oxford or Cambridge . The chapel

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770-760: The development of the university, including in the founding of other colleges, including Trinity Hall and Darwin College and providing land on Sidgwick Site on which the Faculty of Law was built. The college was founded in 1348 as Gonville Hall by Edmund Gonville , a clergyman who hailed from a gentry family of French origin. Gonville held various positions in the English Church, serving as Rector of three parishes, Thelnetham (1320–26), Rushford, Norfolk (1326–1342), and Terrington St Clement (1343–1351). Such occupations afforded him sufficient wealth that he

805-514: The end of term. Caius Boat Club is the college's boat club, with the men's 1st VIII remaining unbeaten in the seasons of 2010/11 and of 2011/2012, and is currently in possession of the May Bumps headship (as well as second place in the Lent bumps, behind LMBC ). Caius Jazz takes place most terms in the college bar, inviting 'some of the most illustrious names in the contemporary scene' and

840-520: The fees. He was further awarded a scholarship to attend Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge . He matriculated in 1885 and received first-class honours in the Classical Tripos and Winchester Prizeman award during his college years. He graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1888, and then entered King's College London School of Medicine , graduating in 1893. In 1897, Still published his doctoral thesis describing

875-746: The funds for treatments. Still hosted a meeting at his home with other paediatric physicians, and was the president of the British Pediatric Association .   Today, George Frederic Still's ideas are still being applied and accepted worldwide.  Some examples of the disorders that he wrote about are Rickets , Tuberculosis , Stills disease , disorder of speech, ADHD , and many more. Thanks to Still, psychologists and physicians have now been able to expand research and be able to produce with treatment plans as well as expand his knowledge.  Frederic Still died in Salisbury at

910-527: The gate of honour associated with the practice of medicine in classical antiquity , Plato and the geometry of the rhombic dodecahedron . The Gate of Honour is only used for special occasions, including graduation (Students of Gonville and Caius commonly refer to a fourth gate in the college, between Tree Court and Gonville Court, which also gives access to some lavatories, as the Gate of Necessity). The buildings of Gonville Court were given classical facades in

945-580: Was able to lend money to Edward III , an act that saw him appointed a King's Clerk . With the support of Sir Walter Manny , Gonville petitioned the king for permission to found a college at Cambridge consisting of 20 scholars. In January 1348, Edward III granted this request and issued Letters patent . Its 1348 founding makes Gonville and Caius the fourth-oldest surviving college at Cambridge. Gonville died three years later, in 1351, and left behind an institution that had begun to struggle financially. William Bateman , Bishop of Norwich , intervened and moved

980-443: Was an English paediatrician who helped to establish paediatrics as a new discipline. He was the author of five medical textbooks, and publisher of hundreds of papers. Still first described a form of juvenile idiopathic arthritis as well as the common functional Still's murmur , both of which bear his name. He was also one of the first to describe ADHD . He is frequently referred to as the "Father of British Paediatrics". Still

1015-604: Was born on 27 February 1868 in Highbury , London. He was the only boy of eight children born to George Still and Eliza Still (née Andrew). To distinguish him from his father, the junior Still was known by his middle name Frederic. Still was awarded a scholarship to attend the Merchant Taylors' School , a boys public school in London. He was from a working-class family who would otherwise have not been able to afford

1050-770: Was granted royal college status in August 1996. The MRCP(Paeds) exam was replaced by the MRCPCH in 1999. The College's official journal, the Archives of Disease in Childhood , was founded in 1926. The RCPCH's first home was in Hallam Street, London . On 21 March 2008 the College moved to new premises at 5-11 Theobalds Road, London, where it is still based. The RCPCH's stated aim is to 'transform child health through knowledge, innovation and expertise'. In practice it has

1085-756: Was knighted upon retiring in 1937. These awards boosted his credentials and made him a well-respected pediatrician . Still was involved in many organisations that helped promote his work.  He was the Chairman of the Medical Committee at King's, a part of the Society for Waifs and Strays, and the National Association for the Prevention of Infant Mortality for twenty years.  He also helped give care to families who did not have

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1120-469: Was medicine and he devoted his life to paediatrics, writing prolifically about childhood diseases and serving as Secretary of the Children's Clinical Club. Still worked at Guy's Hospital and the Hospital of Sick Children alongside James Goodhard who was his mentor. His life was dedicated to improving afflicted children's chance at survival, and particularly patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital . He

1155-442: Was refounded by John Caius , an alumnus and English physician. The college has been attended by many students who have gone on to significant accomplishment, including fifteen Nobel Prize winners, the second-largest number of any Oxbridge college. Several streets in the city, including Harvey Road, Glisson Road, and Gresham Road, are named after Gonville and Caius alumni. The college and its masters have been influential in

1190-652: Was relocated there from Gonville Court in the summer of 1996, following an extensive renovation. Across Trinity Street on land surrounding St Michael's Church . St Michael's Court was completed in the 1930s; on the south side of St Michael's Court is new campus building that overlooks Market Place. The college also owns several houses around Cambridge, on Mortimer Road and Gresham Road, where some second year undergraduates live, and on Harvey Road and St Paul's Road, which are occupied by graduate students. The Fellows' garden lies just beyond Harvey Court, on Sidgwick Avenue . The extensive sports fields are located on Barton Road ,

1225-538: Was very influential regarding what is now ADHD , and we must give Still credit for contributing to these topics discussed today. Other medical terms named after him include Still's murmur and Still's rash. During most of his adult life, Still's avocation was reading works from antiquity in their original languages. He studied the " classics " during his undergraduate training which led him to be fluent in Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Arabic. His choice of profession, however,

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