Chair | MRCOG Part 3 Clinical Assessment Sub-Committee

Chair of the MRCOG Part 3 Clinical Assessment Sub-Committee

• Chair of the Examination and Assessment Committee, RCOG
• Education Board, RCOG
• President and Council, RCOG

This appointment is for a three-year term, beginning in March 2026 but preceded by a four month “shadow” period starting in November 2025 working alongside the current Part 3 Chair who’s term of office will end in February 2026. Up to 12 months in addition to the initial three year term may be considered on review.

This post is part of the senior clinical team overseeing the examinations on behalf of the RCOG. The Part 3 MRCOG Clinical Assessment sub-committee Chair will be expected to: 

1. Chair all Sub-committee meetings, having scheduled the meetings a year in advance.
2. Produce a blueprinted clinical examination twice per year in good time for its scrutiny by the Chair of the Examination and Assessment Committee and the printing deadlines.
3. Supervise the production of new examination tasks and to work with the Examinations Department to ensure that the relevant task bank is kept up to date and adequately stocked.
4. Attend the Examination and Assessment Committee meetings.
5. Manage the process of examiner briefing during the examinations in liaison with the deputy chair and examinations department.
6. 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 dropped from the Sub-committee at the Chair’s discretion.
7. Review applications for Sub-committee membership and advise the Examination and Assessment Committee about membership applications.
8. Review the performance of the tasks following the examinations and attend the Part 3 MRCOG online exam board after each diet.
9. Edit tasks in Sub-committee and review members’ tasks prior to meetings.
10. Be involved in the examination standard setting and quality assurance processes.
11. Be involved in the blueprinting of the Examination and its sub-sections.
12. Be involved in training sessions for new examiners, as required.
13. Recommend books and references for use by the Sub-committee in formulating new tasks.
14. Recommend books and references for use by examination candidates.

It is expected that during their tenure of office the Chairs of Sub-committees will refrain from teaching or producing revision material on examination preparation courses arranged either by the RCOG or by other institutions. 

Essential 

• MRCOG/FRCOG
• Registered with a licence to practice with GMC or Irish Medical Council, in good standing
• Substantive consultant in obstetrics and/or gynaecology in NHS practice with at least one completed CPD cycle Generalist with a special interest, or specialist with broad-based generalist background.
• Particular interest, experience and expertise in the relevant examination - i.e., oral/clinical assessment
• Experienced MRCOG examiner
• Involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and assessment.
• Active or previous participation in assessment and writing of relevant types of examination questions/tasks
• Evidence of equality and diversity training within previous two years

Essential

• Able to maintain confidentiality and security
• Punctuality and ability to complete tasks by prescribed deadlines
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to achieve the objectives and targets aligned to the Examination and Assessment Committee and RCOG goals and visions

Desirable

• Previous membership of an RCOG Examination Sub-Committee
• Previous experience of leading and implementing national/international projects

Information about the RCOG CPD Framework can be found here.

Committee Chair/Member/Course Convenors and Organisers

If within your committee role or work as course convenor or organiser you gain knowledge which enhances patient care or leadership and technical skills (including, for example, giving presentations, teaching sessions or mock examining) credits can be claimed as an ‘Experiential Learning Event’.

CPD users can now freely select and record the number of credits for all their CPD activities. For Experiential Learning Events, a Reflection is required to claim the selected credits. In addition, 1 or 2 credits can be claimed for an action following the learning (1 credit for a simple action, 2 credits for a complex action). To claim credits for an action, the individual needs to demonstrate how they have applied their learning to their practice, the service they provide and/or the potential impact of the learning.

For those who prefer to follow RCOG recommendations, the CPD Framework still provides a suggested number of credits that can be claimed for different CPD activities.

Further information can be found in the RCOG CPD Framework document.