The role of the Education, Training and Standards Committee

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The role of the Education, Training and Standards
Committee

• Professor Dinesh Bhugra
• Dean

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History

• The Court of Electors was the primary College
  education committee until June, 2006 and was
  chaired alternately by the President and the Dean
• The Court of Electors had equal standing in the
  Bye-laws with Council
• This meant that Council was not formally aware of
  proceedings at the Court of Electors

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Current situation

• Since July, 2006 the Education, Training and
  Standards Committee has reported to the Central
  Executive Committee (which replaced Council and
  the Executive Finance Committee)
• The Education, Training and Standards Committee
  is chaired by the Dean as chief educational
  officer

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The Education, Training and Standards Committee

• The Committee meets six times each year in
  February, April, June, August, October and
  December
• In addition to the President, Dean and Registrar
  all the educational officers sit on the committee
  in addition to representatives of the Divisions
  and Faculties
• Various sub-committees report to the Committee

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Education Committee Structure
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Role of the Education Training and Standards
Committee

• Approving educational policy and training in
  relation to psychiatry, monitoring the standards
  for assessments and for the examination for
  admission to Membership, approving the
  curriculum, approving the programme for
  continuing professional development, electing to
  Fellowship and Membership of the College and
  registering Pre-Membership Psychiatric Trainees,
  Affiliates, New Associates and International
  Associates in accordance with the provisions of
  the Bye-Laws and the Regulations. The
  administration of termination, suspension and
  disciplinary procedures. Workforce and
  equivalence issues.

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Examinations Committee

• Chaired by The Chief Examiner (Professor
  Anthony Bateman)
• Develop all aspects of the assessment process for
  examinations form a coherent assessment schedule
  that maps onto the relevant curricula review the
  results for the MRCPsych Examinations approve
  the question papers

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Assessment Committee

• Chaired by An Associate Dean (Professor Greg
  OBrien)
• Develop all aspects of the assessment process for
  psychiatric training (ST1 ST6) (except
  examinations) including workplace based
  assessments form a coherent assessment schedule
  that maps onto the relevant curricula play the
  leading role in developing trainee portfolios to
  accompany the assessment schedule for membership

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Examinations and Assessment Committees

• We plan to bring these two committees together
  over the next few years to demonstrate the
  importance of the total package of assessments of
  which the examination is one

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Continuing Professional Development Committee

• Chaired by The Director of CPD
• (Dr Joe Bouch)
• Formulate policy regarding CPD, co-ordinate,
  facilitate and develop the CPD activities which
  are provided by the College, and to assist
  members to take advantage of these and many other
  opportunities that are occurring locally. Assist
  with certification, the formation and
  establishment of peer groups and any other CPD
  matter which cannot be dealt with locally.

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Equivalence Committee

• Chaired by An Associate Dean
• (Dr Kandiah Sivakumar)
• Deliver the Colleges work in respect of both
  applications under Article 14 and questions
  that arise with regard to the equivalence of
  qualifications gained outside the UK and Ireland

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Fellowship Committee

• Chaired by The Registrar
• Consider nominations for the Fellowship and
  Honorary Fellowship and to make recommendations
  to the Education Training and Standards Committee
  for election and registration

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Overseas Doctors Training Committee

• Chaired by Dr Nick Rose
• All aspects of training of overseas doctors and
  the College's regulations for the Consultant
  Assisted Sponsorship Scheme (CASS). In addition
  the it is responsible for assessing applications
  and issuing Statements of Eligibility for Higher
  Training in the UK.

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Workforce Committee

• Chaired by An Associate Dean
• (Dr Sally Pidd)
• Review and report on the workforce in psychiatry,
  including numbers with regard to career grades
  and senior medical appointments

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Quality Assurance Committee

• Chaired by An Associate Dean (Dr Nick Brown)
• Work with Postgraduate Deans and the Postgraduate
  Medical Education and Training Board to deliver
  quality assurance and quality control in medical
  education in psychiatry. Provide, where
  necessary, standards and advice on how these may
  be assessed comment on PMETB reports and provide
  advice to postgraduate deans on issues that may
  arise from deanery quality control systems. This
  may include visits and remedial plans where
  problems occur. The Medical Education Conference.

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Curriculum Committee

• Chaired by An Associate Dean (Dr Nick Brown)
• Review and refine curricula in line with College
  educational policy provide advice on other
  medical or collegiate curricula, e.g. foundation
  programme curriculum, general practice training
  curriculum, as required

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Meetings with Postgraduate Deans

• Chaired by The President and Lead
  Postgraduate Dean for Psychiatry
• Bring together those with responsibility for
  delivering training to ensure a continuous
  dialogue over developments in medical education
  as well as developments in postgraduate education
  in psychiatry specifically and their
  implementation

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Faculty Education and Curriculum Committees

• Chaired by Nominated by Faculty Executive
• Provide specialist input to all aspects of
  postgraduate medical education in psychiatry at
  core and advanced levels including the
  development of curriculum, relevant assessment
  schedules and contribution to quality assurance
  / quality control

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• Thank you
• Questions?