Vice Chair | MRCOG Part 1 Sub-Committee

MRCOG Part 1 Clinical Assessment Sub-Committee Vice-Chair

• The Chair of the Part 1 MRCOG Clinical Assessment Sub-Committee, RCOG
• The Chair of the Examination and Assessment Committee, RCOG
• Education Board, RCOG
• President and Council, RCOG

3 years, commencing in September 2026

Examination Sub-committee Vice-chairs will be expected to:

• Vice-Chair all Sub-committee meetings.
• 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.
• Review and QA of question papers (twice a year), compiled by the committee chair.
• 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.
• Annually review the task writing of Sub-committee members.  If there are any concerns about the number of tasks submitted to the item bank the member may be dropped from the sub-committee at the Chair’s discretion.
• Review the performance of the tasks following the examinations and assist in managing the task bank.
• Edit tasks in Sub-committee and review members’ tasks prior to meetings.
• Be involved in the examination standard setting and quality assurance processes.
• To attend Examination and Assessment Committee meetings if the chair is unable to attend.

The successful candidate will work closely with all other members of the Sub-committee and the Sub-committee Chair to ensure that the quality of the performance of the MRCOG Part 1 exam is maintained.

There will be four committee meetings per year, of which members will be expected to attend at least three meetings. Members will be asked to assist in reviewing the current bank of MRCOG Part 1 questions.

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. 

Membership will be allocated by geographical location and special interest in order to maintain an appropriate balance for the Committee.

Essential

• MRCOG/FRCOG*
• Registered with a licence to practise with GMC or Irish Medical Council, in good standing
• Included on the GMC Specialist register and CCT holder.
• Substantive consultant or SAS doctor 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.
• Involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, specialist training, educational supervision and assessment roles.
• Demonstration of involvement in personal CPD
• Previous membership of an RCOG Examination Sub-committee

Desirable 

• Active or previous participation in assessment and writing of relevant types of examination questions
• Enthusiasm for and understanding of basic sciences and their application to the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology

*N.B. Certain members of the Part 1 MRCOG Sub-Committee may be academic scientists rather than practising consultants with MRCOG/FRCOG.

Essential:

• Able to maintain confidentiality and security
• Retired Member/Fellow applicants must be within 3 years of retirement

Desirable:

• Current or previous MRCOG examiner
• Punctuality and ability to complete tasks by prescribed deadlines
• Ability to attend all meetings, the dates of which should be published one year in advance
• Ability to understand and adapt to new I.T. systems.

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.

• Developing a bank of SBA questions suitable for the Part 1 MRCOG examination.
• Assist the Examination Department with draft SBA papers 6 months prior to the Part 1 MRCOG examination.
• Reviewing the performance of examination questions and the analysis of results.
• Reviewing past questions and working with the new exam question banking system – Exam Developer.
• Maintaining the question bank and writing new questions.
• Undertaking other Part 1 examination matters, as required by the Examination and Assessment Committee.
• Providing updates, on committee related issues, to the Examination and Assessment Committee.

• Chair
• Twelve members selected according to the approved Role Description

Four per year. Members are required to attend at least three meetings.

The Part 1 MRCOG Sub-Committee reports to Examination & Assessment Committee.

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