Revalidation and CPD Committees
The Revalidation and CPD Lead for the College is Dr Richard Marks (Elected Consultant Member of Council). Supporting Dr Marks are the Revalidation Development Committee, CPD Board and members of staff from the College’s Professional Standards and Education Directorates.
Revalidation Development Committee
The Revalidation Delivery Committee (RDC) has been convened to take forward the College’s work – including the development and implementation of processes, procedures, tools and guidance – in relation to revalidation.
Its aims and objectives are to:
- Review and set appropriate specialty-based professional standards against which doctors in anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine will be appraised and revalidated.
- Update and issue specialty guidance on revalidation issues and processes, including appraisal, the supporting information requirements, continuing professional development (CPD) and remediation.
- Set up a network of College advisors to provide specialty advice on revalidation issues to doctors, appraisers and/or Responsible Officers.
- Develop and make available tools and resources, including an electronic portfolio, to help individual doctors in their revalidation.
- Work with other College departments, committees, boards and working groups to prioritise issues important to revalidation, in particular those areas relating to outcome measures, clinical audit, good practice in anaesthesia, CPD, and remediation.
- Review national and specialty developments in CPD, how they link with revalidation and update guidance when necessary.
- Continue with the work on all areas of multisource feedback.
- Participate in the development of national policies relating to revalidation through committees and working parties, and respond to consultation documents issued by the Academy, GMC, Departments of Health, NHS Revalidation Support Team and other stakeholder bodies.
- Quality assure internal College processes relating to revalidation, including the provision of advice to doctors, appraisers and Responsible Officers; and contribute to national and regional quality assurance models and processes being developed by regulatory and representative bodies.
- Highlight to Fellows and Members new developments and issues in revalidation through outreach visits, presentations at events and regular contributions to College and faculty publications, websites and other communications media.
Continuing Professional Development Board
The primary purpose of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Board is to take responsibility for the quality assurance of the CPD approval process across the specialty.
Its aim and objectives are to:
- Agree and implement appropriate mechanisms for the quality assurance of CPD approved under the College’s CPD scheme.
- Ensure consistency of practice in the approval of CPD through an annual review of the register of approved CPD activities and by sampling applications for CPD approval and subsequent decisions.
- Monitor the appointment and performance of the CPD assessors on an annual basis.
- Review the College’s CPD Matrix every 3 years, and takes responsibility for future revisions.
- Ensure that the suggested list of level 3 CPD for the special interest areas is maintained and reviewed on a regular basis.
- Provide a shared forum for matters relating to CPD and report back to respective Councils and Board on any new developments.
