DRCOG Chair | DRCOG Sub-Committee

DRCOG Chair

Examinations and Assessment Committee

Three years, beginning Friday 17 July 2026

Charing DRCOG Sub-Committee Meetings, producing DRCOG Examination paper and supervising the production of new examination questions

• Chair all Sub-committee meetings, having scheduled the meetings a year in advance
• 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
• Supervise the production of new examination questions and to work with the Assessment Lead to ensure that the relevant question bank is kept up to date and adequately stocked
• 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
• Review the performance of the questions following the examinations
• Edit questions in Sub-committee and review members’ questions prior to meetings
• Be involved in the examination standard setting and quality assurance processes
• Be involved in the blueprinting of the Examination and its sub-sections
• Work with the Examination and Assessment committee to review and develop DRCOG examination

• Vice President, Education
• RCOG Examinations and Assessment Committee Chair
• RCOG Examinations Sub-Committee Chairs
• Executive Director, Education and Quality
• Director, Examinations and Assessment
• RCOG Examinations Team

• Four DRCOG meetings per year
• Four Examination and Assessment Committee meetings per year
• Two Exam Board meetings per year
• Other relevant meetings regarding the development of the DRCOG as required

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. 

• MRCOG/FRCOG
• Registered with a licence to practise with GMC, in good standing
• Generalist with a special interest, or specialist with broad-based generalist background
• Particular interest, experience and expertise in the DRCOG examination Involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and assessment
• Active or previous participation in assessment and writing of relevant types of examination questions
• Evidence of annual appraisal
• Demonstration of involvement in personal CPD
• Evidence of equal opportunities and diversity training within previous three years

Previous membership of an RCOG Examination Sub-committee

Essential

• Able to maintain confidentiality and security
• Punctuality and ability to complete tasks by prescribed deadlines

Desirable

• Attention to detail
• Flexibility
• Collaborative working
• Leadership experience
• Understanding of question analysis
• Understanding of question writing pedagogy
• Understanding of unconscious bias and equality and diversity issues
• Insight to reasonable adjustment and differential attainment in exams

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.