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In 1973 the Board of Science and Education of the British Medical Association set up a series of exploratory meetings, it was from these meetings that the Committee of Enquiry into Competence to Practise evolved. The Committee comprised representatives from all Royal Colleges and their faculties, the Joint Consultants Committee and the BMA. The Chairman of the Committee was E A J Alment (later President of the RCOG). The terms of reference were: `To review the present methods of ensuring the maintenance of standards of continuing competence to practise and of the clinical care of patients, and to make recommendations.'
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Only the joint report has survived at the RCOG; the whereabouts of the official record is not known at this time.
GB 1538 C17 1976 Series of Joint committees and working parties of the RCOG 1 folder Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
In 1973 the Board of Science and Education of the British Medical Association set up a series of exploratory meetings, it was from these meetings that the Committee of Enquiry into Competence to Practise evolved. The Committee comprised representatives from all Royal Colleges and their faculties, the Joint Consultants Committee and the BMA. The Chairman of the Committee was E A J Alment (later President of the RCOG). The terms of reference were: `To review the present methods of ensuring the maintenance of standards of continuing competence to practise and of the clinical care of patients, and to make recommendations.'
Only the joint report has survived at the RCOG; the whereabouts of the official record is not known at this time.
Competence to Practise: The Report of a Committee of Enquiry set up for the Medical Profession in the United Kingdom, 1976.
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English.
A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.
Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG. National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. September 2000 Clinical medicine Committee of Inquiry into Competence to Practise Health services Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Medical treatment Personnel Physicians Social sciences Social welfare Surgery Therapy People by occupation People
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Competence to Practise: The Report of a Committee of Enquiry set up for the Medical Profession in the United Kingdom, 1976.
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A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.
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National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.
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