Vice Chair | MRCOG Part 3 Clinical Assessment Sub-Committee

Vice 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

Three years, commencing November 2025

Examination sub-committee vice chairs will be expected to:

1. Co-chair all sub-committee meetings.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Review the performance of the tasks following the examinations and manage the task bank.
6. Edit tasks in Sub-committee and review members’ tasks prior to meetings.
7. Be involved in the examination standard setting and quality assurance processes.
8. Be involved in the blueprinting of the Examination and its sub-sections.
9. Be involved in training sessions for new examiners, as required.
10. Recommend books and references for use by the Sub-committee in formulating new tasks.
11. Recommend books and references for use by examination candidates.

N.B. It is expected that during their tenure of office the vice chairs and 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.  

• Chair of the MRCOG Part 3 Clinical Assessment Sub-committee
• RCOG Examinations Team

• Ability to attend all Sub-committee meetings, the dates of which will be published one year in advance
• The Examination and Assessment Committee meetings where the Chair is unable to attend
• MRCOG Part 3 examinations both at the College and online.

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.  

A new vice chair should be appointed before the end of the current holder's term of office and they should work closely together during this time in order to facilitate a smooth take-over period.

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
• Current or past member of the MRCOG Part 3 Sub-committee
• 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.

Desirable

• Previous membership of an RCOG Examination Sub-committee

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.