Committee/Honorary Appointment

COMMITTEE/HONORARY APPOINTMENT

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Role Title / Part 1 MRCOG Sub-Committee Chair
Reporting to / ·  The Chair of the Examination and Assessment Committee, RCOG
·  Education Board, RCOG
·  President and Council, RCOG
Duration and Dates of Appointment / 3 year term (reviewed annually)
RCOG Faculty Development Tier / 4
Main Responsibilities
Examination Sub-committee Chairs will be expected to:
Ø  Chair all Sub-committee meetings, having scheduled the meetings a year in advance.
Ø  Produce a blueprinted examination paper twice per year in good time for its scrutiny by the Chair of the Examination and Assessment Committee and the printing deadlines.
Ø  Supervise the production of new examination questions and to work with the Examinations Department to ensure that the relevant question bank is kept up to date and adequately stocked.
Ø  Monitor the attendance of Sub-Committee members. If two meetings in succession are missed, the Sub-Committee member must write to the Sub-Committee Chair to explain their absence, and they may be asked to stand down from the Sub-Committee at the Chair’s discretion.
Ø  Review the performance of the questions following the examinations.
Ø  Edit questions in the sub-committee meetings and review members’ questions prior to meetings.
Ø  Be involved in the examination standard setting and quality assurance processes.
Ø  Be involved in the blueprinting of the examination and its sub-sections.
Ø  Be involved in training sessions for new examiners and part 1 standard setters, as required.
Ø  Recommend books and references for use by the Sub-Committee in formulating new questions.
Ø  Recommend books and references for use by examination candidates.
N.B. It is expected that during their tenure of office the Chairs of Sub-Committees will refrain from teaching or producing revision material on Part 1 examination preparation courses arranged either by the RCOG or by other institutions unless specifically asked to do so by the RCOG e.g. when there is a plan to take the Part 1 exam to a new country overseas.
Time Commitment
Ability to attend all Sub-committee and Examination and Assessment Committee meetings, the dates of which will be published one year in advance (around 8 meetings in total).
Evaluation of the Role and Succession Planning
This role reflects the present requirements of the post. As duties and responsibilities change and develop the role description will be reviewed and be subject to amendment in consultation with the post holder.
The role description will be re-evaluated at the end of the term.
A new Chair should be appointed before the end of the current holder's term of office and they should work closely together during this time in order to facilitate a smooth take-over period.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications / Training
Essential
·  MRCOG/FRCOG
·  Registered with a licence to practise with GMC, in good standing
·  Substantive consultant in Obstetrics &/or Gynaecology in UK NHS Practice for at least 3 years
·  Generalist with a special interest, or specialist with broad-based generalist background.
·  Particular interest, experience and expertise in the Part 1 examination.
·  Involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and assessment.
·  Active or previous participation in assessment and writing of examination questions.
·  Evidence of annual appraisal
·  Demonstration of involvement in personal CPD
·  Evidence of equal opportunities and diversity training within previous 2 years

Key Skills / Attributes

Essential
·  Able to maintain confidentiality and security.
·  Punctuality and ability to complete tasks by prescribed deadlines.
Desirable
·  Current MRCOG examiner
·  Previous membership of an RCOG Examination Sub-Committee

Appendix One

CPD Information

The RCOG CPD Guide can be found here:

https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/cpd-revalidation/cpd-guide/

Committee Chair/Member

CPD credits are not claimable for the role of Chair or Committee member. However, if within your Committee role you gain knowledge which enhances patient care or leadership and technical skills, credits could be claimed under reflective learning.

Each individual doctor is best placed to decide on the most suitable educational activities to meet their own needs. We ask doctors to make a judgement on the value of a particular activity and to claim credits only for the educationally useful element of such activity. The rate of claim is normally 1 credit per educationally useful hour achieved, unless otherwise stated.

Committee members examining, setting exam questions, editing journals, publishing papers or giving formal presentations can claim CPD credits and should refer to the CPD guide for further information.

October 2017

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