Open AccessThe genesis of Collegiate Membership: a personal account by the first Chair of the Collegiate Members’ Committee
Author(s) -
Eastwood Ma
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh/the journal of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2042-8189
pISSN - 1478-2715
DOI - 10.4997/jrcpe.2014.313
Subject(s) - royal commission , commission , work (physics) , medical education , political science , medicine , management , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , economics
Just over 40 years ago, the then President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Christopher Clayson, responded to the publication of a Royal Commission on Medical Education by setting up a College Committee under the chairmanship of John Halliday Croom. This is a personal account of, and reflections on, the workings of that important committee, the College Council whose work led to the introduction of Collegiate Membership and the Collegiate Members' Committee of which I was the first Chair. This development led to the RCPE becoming much more concerned with, and responsive to, the needs of doctors in training and had a wider, positive impact upon medical training and education in the UK.