A new Trainees' Register has been launched to coincide with the start of the new specialty training programme. The existing benefits of the Trainees' Register have been retained and additional benefits incorporated to make the ‘overall package' more relevant to trainees embarking on the new specialty training programme. Advice for trainees on the existing register can be found here.
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How to register
The College is keen to extend the Trainees' Register to all trainees interested in pursuing a career in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. For this reason the benefits are now available to all trainees pre-MRCOG Part 2.
Furthermore it is a mandatory requirement to subscribe to the Trainees' Register for trainees appointed to a type 1 StR post.
The annual renewal of the Trainees Register will continue to be a mandatory requirement for StRs until the attainment of the Part 2 MRCOG when trainees will then be eligible for the full benefits of Membership. Subscription to the Trainees Register is not a mandatory requirement for trainees appointed to FTSTA posts but is highly recommended.
The fee to join the Trainees' Register is £80 per annum. The subscription is valid for a twelve month period from when we process the payment. We will write to you near the end of the year to remind you that the subscription is due for renewal.
You need to be registered with this website to apply to joint the Trainees' register.
Please allow 14 working days for your application to be processed and remember to keep the College informed of any changes to your contact details.
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Benefits
Training Portfolios (UK Trainees only)*
Subscribers to the Trainees' Register will receive either the ePortfolio and a pocket logbook or the paper-based Training Portfolio, depending on their training grade.
ePortfolio and Pocket Logbook
All ST1 and FTSTA1 trainees appointed from August 2008 will use the O&G ePortfolio and a small pocket logbook to record training experiences and achievements.
Click here for more information relating to the ePortfolio (including demonstration videos). At this registration stage, you should be particularly aware of the College's statement relating to the data that you keep in your ePortfolio throughout training.
Paper-based Training Portfolio
Subscribers to the Trainees' Register who are not eligible for the ePortfolio will receive a copy of the paper-based Training Portfolio.
First tutorial from StratOG.net free of charge
The new interactive, online learning programme to support clinical training in obstetrics & gynaecology. StratOG.net is a comprehensive education programme consisting of over 100 tutorials which mirror the modules of the curriculum. E-tutorials have been carefully designed to be interactive, stimulating and clearly structured so that the learning experience really supports busy clinical training schedules and develops knowledge alongside skill.
Visit StratOG.net to register for free and receive your free tutorial.
£50 discount for SpROGs Conference
Each year the RCOG Trainees' Committee arranges a three-day conference which is a mix of topical lectures and social events and is a key meeting in the conference calendar for trainees. Each conference contains sessions at which logbook-based workshops can be accessed and signed off.
Quarterly mailing of The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Journal
The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG) is an editorially independent, quarterly journal for continuing professional development, owned and published by the RCOG. TOG provides up-to-date, peer reviewed international articles in print and online.
Quarterly mailing of the RCOG News
The RCOG News is an informative newsletter from the RCOG and also includes:-
- changes which occur in the MRCOG examination regulations
- news and updates about issues which impact on training
- a calendar of obstetrics and gynaecological meetings and courses
- details of available research grants
- items of scientific interest
www.rcog.org.uk
Trainees on the Trainees Register will also receive full online access to The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Journal and to a dedicated secure area of the College website developed specifically to meet the needs of the trainees.
Discount on all RCOG publications
25% discount on all RCOG Press titles published by the RCOG and purchased through the RCOG Bookshop.
Trainees' Committee
The College has established a Trainees' Committee to represent those undertaking training in O&G in the United Kingdom. If you subscribe to the Trainees Register you will be kept informed automatically of this committee's activities. You will be entitled to vote for your regional representatives who sit on the National Trainees' Committee and should be kept informed about meetings at a local level by your regional committee. The Trainees' Committee views effective communication with all trainees as the cornerstone to its practice and the Trainees' Register is the mechanism by which this can be effectively achieved on both a regional and national basis.
* These benefits apply to the first year of subscription only.
Special price for a subscription to BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Order now and save 50%. BJOG is an editorially independant, peer reviewed journal, owned by the RCOG. BJOG brings you the best clinically relevant original research in women’s health, from around the world.
Contact
If you have any queries about the Trainees' Register, please contact the Trainees' Registrar:
tel: +44 (0)20 7772 6348
e-mail:traineesregister@rcog.org.uk
Trainees on the existing Trainees' Register
Trainees on the existing Trainees Register can choose whether to convert to the new Trainees Register. Trainees can choose to remain on the existing Trainees Register at an annual subscription of £50 until they attain the MRCOG. Alternatively at the time of their annual renewal they can choose to transfer to the new Trainees Register for £80 and receive the complimentary copy of the Training Portfolio, the first tutorial for StratOG.net and a £50 discount for the SpROGs conference. However it should be noted that doctors who switch to the new curriculum will be provided with a complimentary copy of the Training Portfolio as a matter of course.