Professional Development Board
A board of GP educationalists working with multidisciplinary
colleagues including lay membership directs the educational and
professional development activities of the College.
The Professional Development Board meets three times each year
and reports to each College Council meeting. It also prepares
a comprehensive annual report.
If you would like further information about our education work
and initiatives, please email education@rcgp.org.uk
Terms of Reference for the
Professional Development Board
Remit of the Professional Development
Board
To develop and quality assure standards for all UK general
practitioners, and overseas members of the RCGP, post Certificate
of Completion of Training, in order to enable provision of best
quality care and support to patients, practice teams and the
individual GP.
The Terms of Reference for the
Professional Development Board are:
To be accountable to RCGP Council for:
- Work with RCGP internal and external structures and other
stakeholders to ensure effective delivery of a comprehensive
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme which integrates
with post qualification provision and supports recertification and
relicensure.
- Enhance and assure the quality of CPD for GPs to deliver
optimal patient care through setting standards for GPs, primary
care organisations, educators and educational providers.
- Work collaboratively with the Postgraduate Training Board to
facilitate adequate resources for CPD which will accommodate a
range of learning styles and needs, including e-learning, events
and publications and will support the RCGP curriculum as a
framework for the RCGP CPD programme.
- Work with RCGP local structures, Deaneries, Primary Care
Organisations and Higher Education Institutes to develop local
support and quality assurance mechanisms for CPD.
- Work with academic leads for primary care in academic
institutions to facilitate dissemination of research through CPD
opportunities, including scientific meetings
- Work with academic leads for primary care in academic
institutions to develop the academic options of the CPD Scheme
through accreditation of personal and workplace learning for GPs
and their teams.
- Approve appropriate methodology and assessment frameworks for
quality assurance of GPwSIs.
- Ensure provision of programmes of quality initiatives to
support and develop individual GPs and their teams.
Please click here to view a list of the Professional
Development Board Members