Fellowship
Potential Fellows can be appointed to the
highest category of membership with the support of their
peers.
What is Fellowship?
A Fellow of the College exemplifies its motto
‘cum scientia caritas’, and is an ambassador for the College’s
standards and values in whom the College is happy to signal its
pride. The College’s first Fellows were elected in 1969.
Fellowship is an honour, denoting the esteem
in which a Member of the College is held by his or her peers. It is
a mark of achievement to which every Member should aspire and from
which no Member should be debarred solely by circumstance.
Fellowship can be merited both by the breadth and the depth of
achievement. Some Fellows earn recognition for contributions made
in a number of areas and over extended periods of time. For others,
Fellowship is an accolade marking outstanding and far-reaching
achievement in a relatively narrow field.
Eligibility
- Five years continuous membership
- GMC register
- Held in esteem amongst peers and colleagues
Appointing Fellows
The Fellowship Committee of Council recommends potential Fellows
to Council. Each faculty is invited to submit names of Members to
the Fellowship Committee of Council. Members and Fellows may
nominate their peers to the faculty presenting their reasons with
the support of two seconders. The candidate confirms their clinical
commitments, probity and standards of practice.
