IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1538 RCOG/C31
Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Title: Joint Working Party of the RCOG and the Academic Association of Obstetrics and Gynaecology on improving recruitment
Date(s): 2006
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The terms of reference of this Working Party, established in November 2005 as a joint Working Party between the College and the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (APOG), were as follows:
1. To consider ways of improving recruitment to obstetrics and gynaecology at undergraduate level
2. To make specific recommendations to individual university departments of obstetrics and gynaecology and agree reasonable targets
3. To arrange an annual meeting of academic departments in the UK to exchange ideas, identify areas of good practice and develop an agenda for the recruitment of medical students to the specialty
4. To consider how RCOG prizes and awards can be developed to enhance recruitment
5. To recommend a system for recognising excellence among clinical teachers of obstetrics and gynaecology in the UK and Irish Medical Schools
In February 2006 APOG, which had been in existence for over 25 years as an association of senior academics was disbanded and replaced by a new grouping, the Academic Association of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AAOG), open to clinical and relevant non-clinical academics of all grades, as well as to NHS consultants who had a strong interest in academic work. The Working Party continued its work and a final joint RCOG / AAOG report was published in December 2006.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Report of the Joint Working Party of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Academic Association of Obstetrics and Gynaecology on improving recruitment.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open, although restrictions apply for items containing personal information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
RCOG/B3/2 have been indexed and the names of successful candidates will be found in the Index to the Guide to the College Archives.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
In 1999 a Disposal Agreement (DA/5) was made between the Administration Department and the College Archives to destroy unsuccessful applications.
Accruals:
No further accruals are expected.
Archival history:
Report was transferred to the College Archives in 2002 by the Clinical Governance and Standards Department.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred by the Committee Secretary.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Microfilm copies of the minute books are at MR/7 (volume I), MR/8 (volume II) and MR/9 (volume III).
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Imported from the RCOG catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: 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.
Date(s) of descriptions: Import: Oct 2008; edit: Feb 2009.