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AIMS: To assess baseline paediatric career intentions and the impact of a student-led paediatric society (PS), which aims to increase student exposure and encourage recruitment to paediatrics. The PS was established in 2009 and runs career events, paediatric/neonatal resuscitation training days, Teddy Bear Hospital (TBH) sessions and provides information for electives. METHODS: RESULTS: The PS has 288 members, representing 64% of clinical students. 53 students responded to the baseline careers questionnaire; of these, 7 (13%) planned to specialise in paediatrics and mean certainty about their future career choice was 2.5 (5-point Likert scale). 30 students attended our careers event in November 2011 and 16 completed the feedback questionnaire; 8 were certain they wished to specialise in paediatrics and a further 8 considering paediatrics. The mean value for certainty about their future career was 3.2 (5-point Likert scale).Students (n=30) attending our Paediatric / Neonatal resuscitation training day rated it a mean of 100% for satisfaction and 97% for increased confidence in dealing with future emergency scenarios. The PS organised 8 TBH health education events for local primary schools, involving over 100 medical student volunteers and 250 children.Over the last 4 years the number of students undertaking paediatric electives has increased from 26 to 42 and SSCs from less than 10 in 2007 to 34 in 2011. CONCLUSIONS