Fonds GB 1538 RCOG/B19 - Trainees Committee

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1538 RCOG/B19

Title

Trainees Committee

Date(s)

  • 1991-2008 (Creation)

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Fonds

Extent and medium

6 boxes

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Biographical history

This Committee was established to act as a channel of communication between trainees and the RCOG and as a forum for discussion of issues relevant to training in obstetrics and gynaecology. The idea for the committee originally arose in the early 1990s in response to health service reform, the reduction of working hours and changing working practices of junior doctors, the Calman reforms in medical education, and concerns about the retention and recruitment of trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology. It was to be a constituted as a democratically-elected standing committee of the RCOG, members being elected by other trainees, and would liaise with the College about examinations, accreditation and training issues in the light of the current health service reforms. This national committee was to be accompanied by regional committees that would liaise with Regional College Advisers, Postgraduate Deans and District Tutors about local matters. An Interim Trainees Committee was established in 1993, with Dr Susan Bewley as Chair. Elections were held early in 1994 and the National Trainees Committee proper held its first meeting in July 1994. In 1998 it became known as the Trainees Committee. In addition to giving them a voice within the RCOG, the committee organised a series of surveys of trainees, to ascertain their views on training in obstetrics and gynaecology, working patterns, remuneration and the effect of health service reforms.

Archival history

Several early catalogues were not transferred and are no longer extant.

GB 1538 RCOG/B19 1991-2008 fonds 6 boxes Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

This Committee was established to act as a channel of communication between trainees and the RCOG and as a forum for discussion of issues relevant to training in obstetrics and gynaecology. The idea for the committee originally arose in the early 1990s in response to health service reform, the reduction of working hours and changing working practices of junior doctors, the Calman reforms in medical education, and concerns about the retention and recruitment of trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology. It was to be a constituted as a democratically-elected standing committee of the RCOG, members being elected by other trainees, and would liaise with the College about examinations, accreditation and training issues in the light of the current health service reforms. This national committee was to be accompanied by regional committees that would liaise with Regional College Advisers, Postgraduate Deans and District Tutors about local matters. An Interim Trainees Committee was established in 1993, with Dr Susan Bewley as Chair. Elections were held early in 1994 and the National Trainees Committee proper held its first meeting in July 1994. In 1998 it became known as the Trainees Committee. In addition to giving them a voice within the RCOG, the committee organised a series of surveys of trainees, to ascertain their views on training in obstetrics and gynaecology, working patterns, remuneration and the effect of health service reforms.

Several early catalogues were not transferred and are no longer extant.

Transferred by the Vice President's Office.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Trainees Committee comprising correspondence and papers, including relating to the establishment of the committee, 1991-2002; agenda, minutes and meetings papers, 1991-2008; papers relating to surveys, 1991-2003.

Department of Health statistical reports previously at B18/3 were de-accessioned and returned to the Postgraduate Training Department in 2007. They are no longer scheduled for permanent preservation. The reference number was re-assigned. Annual reports previously at B18/8 were found to be duplicates of those already at B18/2 and were destroyed in 2007.

This material is no longer created as a separate series; copy minutes are now submitted to and retained with Council minutes and papers at A2.

As set out above in Scope and Content.

These records are closed because they contain information about planning and policy.

English

An alphabetical list of founder Members is available from the College Archivist. This is list has been copied from the first Annual Report 1929-1930 and there is also a copy from the fifth Annual Report 1934. The College Archives holds card indexes of deceased and living MRCOG holders between 1929 and 1998. The indexes note the date of admission to the MRCOG.

Microfilm copy minutes of the Accreditation Committee, 1981-1984, are at MR/1.

Imported from the RCOG catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Import: Oct 2008; edit: Feb 2009. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Higher science education Medical education

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred by the Vice President's Office.

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Scope and content

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Trainees Committee comprising correspondence and papers, including relating to the establishment of the committee, 1991-2002; agenda, minutes and meetings papers, 1991-2008; papers relating to surveys, 1991-2003.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Department of Health statistical reports previously at B18/3 were de-accessioned and returned to the Postgraduate Training Department in 2007. They are no longer scheduled for permanent preservation. The reference number was re-assigned. Annual reports previously at B18/8 were found to be duplicates of those already at B18/2 and were destroyed in 2007.

Accruals

This material is no longer created as a separate series; copy minutes are now submitted to and retained with Council minutes and papers at A2.

System of arrangement

As set out above in Scope and Content.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are closed because they contain information about planning and policy.

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

An alphabetical list of founder Members is available from the College Archivist. This is list has been copied from the first Annual Report 1929-1930 and there is also a copy from the fifth Annual Report 1934. The College Archives holds card indexes of deceased and living MRCOG holders between 1929 and 1998. The indexes note the date of admission to the MRCOG.

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Existence and location of copies

Microfilm copy minutes of the Accreditation Committee, 1981-1984, are at MR/1.

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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Rules and/or conventions used

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

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  • English

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