scholarly journals CPD and the portfolio psychiatrist

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Gunn
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Flexible Approach

As the age at which psychiatrists leave the National Health Service falls, and as the importance of CPD grows, there is an increasing urgency to assist the professional development and the licensing of portfolio practitioners. A survey undertaken to gain an impression of the experiences of this group of members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists highlighted considerable difficulties for some. Recommendations are made here both for individual members and for the CPD structures within the College. In particular, it is suggested that the College help with the appraisal of members who are outside managed organisations and that enhanced responsibilities be given to regional CPD coordinators. Individual members should see the peer group as the centre of their CPD activities, take a flexible approach to their own CPD, and advise other members of their peer group accordingly.

scholarly journals The College and the independent sector

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 404-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Sugarman ◽  
Seshagiri Rao Nimmagadda
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Professional Values ◽  
Quality Initiatives ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

Independent psychiatry beyond the National Health Service (NHS) is growing in the UK. However the history of the College can lead it to be NHS-centred in its outlook. Psychiatrists engaged in ‘private practice’ have at times been excluded from their collegiate peer group. We explore here the underlying and challenging issues of professional values, stigma, and occupational motivation. In the spirit of its commitment to raising standards, it is pleasing that the College is beginning to look beyond the NHS, supporting the professional development of non-NHS members, and including them in quality initiatives. We must all discover the value for patients in an open and independent perspective on what drives psychiatry in the UK.

scholarly journals Local initiatives in clinical effectiveness

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 373-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kehoe
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Secondary Care ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Clinical Effectiveness ◽  
Clinical Governance ◽  
Local Initiatives

With the arrival of clinical governance, psychiatrists working for the National Health Service (NHS) can no longer work in isolation, and commitment to both clinical effectiveness and continuing professional development (CPD) is expected and likely to become mandatory. Clinical governance gives clinical effectiveness a high priority within NHS organisations, both at primary and secondary care levels, together with clearer lines of accountability.

scholarly journals The Future of the Membership

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
Sydney Brandon
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Psychiatric Training ◽  
Private Practitioners ◽  
The Future ◽  
Minimum Requirements

The question has been posed—is an examination necessary to admit to the membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists? The College represents the views of psychiatrists, maintains the standards of the profession, regulates and monitors practise and accepts a broad overall responsibility for education. It should admit to its membership those who practice as psychiatrists. Who then are the psychiatrists? Should the membership be open to anyone who makes such a claim or should it be linked with appointment to specific jobs as a psychiatrist at a level yet to be determined? What of private practitioners, interested GPs? Surely anyone who wants to be a psychiatrist, to paraphrase Sam Goldwyn, ought to have his head examined by his peers to establish that his claim to be a psychiatrist is acceptable. It is the College which should regulate entry into the profession of psychiatry, not the National Health Service, an employing authority, or even the universities. Some membership entrance conditions are needed which lay down minimum requirements for becoming a psychiatrist and it is important to exclude or reject, in my view, before higher psychiatric training commences.

scholarly journals Sustaining international careers: a peer group for psychiatrists working in global mental health

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 5-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Eaton ◽  
Nick Bouras ◽  
Lynne Jones ◽  
Charlotte Hanlon ◽  
Rob Stewart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Global Mental Health ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Work Abroad

Regular appraisal and revalidation are now a routine part of professional life for doctors in the UK. For British-trained psychiatrists working abroad (in either development/humanitarian or academic fields) this is a cause of insecurity, as most of the processes of revalidation are tailored to those working in the standard structures of the National Health Service. This article explores the degree to which a peer group for psychiatrists working abroad has achieved its aim of helping its members to fulfil their revalidation requirements. It gives recommendations for how those considering work abroad can maximise their chances of remaining recognised under the revalidation system.

‘Physical Disability in 1986 and Beyond’: A Review of the RCP Report

1988 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 127-128
Author(s):  
A K Clarke
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Physical Disability ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Artificial Limb ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Professional Opinion ◽  
First Time

Successive official reports on rehabilitation and helping disabled people have been welcomed and then ignored. The Royal College of Physicians Report, however, appears to have been published at a time when public and professional opinion is in favour of developing services of this sort. A number of health authorities have already started to use the report as the basis for their own services and other changes, including the integration of the Artificial Limb and Appliance Centres (Disablement Service Centres) into the National Health Service, give hope for the future. An important part of the report is the demand for audit and a timetable, which for the first time will enable the monitoring of implementation of the recommendations.

scholarly journals Conference panels: do they reflect the diversity of the NHS workforce?

BMJ Leader ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. leader-2020-000361
Author(s):  
Kethaki Prathivadi Bhayankaram ◽  
Nuthana Prathivadi Bhayankaram
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Median Percentage ◽  
First Finding ◽  
The Uk

BackgroundThe number of female and black, Asian and minor ethnicity (BAME) healthcare professionals has significantly increased over the last few decades. While this highlights the National Health Service (NHS) workforce as diverse and inclusive, most senior managers and conference panellists remain mainly men from Caucasian backgrounds.MethodsWe reviewed all publicly available data for major Royal College conferences in the UK from 2015 to 2019 to examine how many of the panellists were men or women and how many were Caucasian or BAME.ResultsOur first finding was that publicly available data were available for only 20 out of 70 conferences (29%). At 60% (n=12) of conferences, there were a predominance of male speakers. The median percentage of female speakers remained between 35% and 46%. There were no all-male panels. At 20% (n=4) of conferences in the sample, there were no BAME speakers. The median percentage of BAME speakers remained between 9% and 18%.ConclusionConference panels do not yet reflect the diversity of the NHS workforce. We all have a duty to promote inclusivity and diversity in medicine. One way to do this is via conferences, through appropriate actions by conference organisers, panellists and delegates.

scholarly journals Personal development plans: making them work, making them count

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Newby
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Group Settings ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Professional Development Programme

Personal development plans (PDPs) are a central requirement to remaining in good standing for the Continuing Professional Development programme of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. They are also integral to the framework now agreed for consultant appraisal in the National Health Service. This paper sets out the context which makes PDPs increasingly important and discusses the link between appraisal and revalidation, covering ‘360-degree’ techniques such as Ramsey questionnaires (which may ultimately figure in revalidation mechanisms). It then describes the practicalities of generating PDPs, especially in peer group settings. Experience from pilot workshops is used to illustrate how PDPs can be made to work and how learning/developmental objectives can be made meaningful.

Mr Slop

2010 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-107
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Royal College

The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons has a special undercover reporter, Mr Slop FRCS (Eng). In this issue he has been looking into the new working patterns of consultants in the National Health Service. While the Editor of the Bulletin was interested in his findings, he would like to state at this point that he distances himself (a long way) from any views expressed by Mr Slop in this article.

Dame Fiona Caldicott

2018 ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
Katherine Kennet ◽  
Fiona Caldicott
Keyword(s):  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Royal College ◽  
University Of Oxford ◽  
The University

This chapter presents a profile of Dame Fiona Caldicott. Dame Fiona is the first woman to be President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has been Principal of Somerville College, the University of Oxford, and is the pioneer behind the Caldicott Principles. These principles are used throughout the National Health Service (NHS) to guide confidentiality in the age of newly computerized data.

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