Education Committee
Introduction
The Education Committee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists is currently chaired by Mr Larry Benjamin. It is made up of College Officers, the Lead Postgraduate Dean, a trainee representative, Council Members, and other Fellows of the College (by secondment).There are numerous standing sub-committees and working parties under the auspices of the Education Committee. These are:
- Undergraduate Education Working Party - Professor Philip Murray
- Surgical Skills Sub-committee - Mr Mark Watts
- College Tutor Sub-committee - Mr David Smerdon
- International Medical Graduates Training Sub-committee - Professor Stephen Vernon
- Continuing Professional Development Sub-committee - Mr Graham Kirkby
- Informatics Working Party - Professor Philip Murray
- Curriculum Sub-committee - Mr David Cottrell
- Awards and Scholarships Sub-committee - Mr Bruce James
- e-learning Sub-committee - Mr Jim Innes
- Training the Trainers Sub-committee - Mr David Smerdon
Each Sub-committee or Working Party is led by a member of the Education Committee and usually has 1 to 4 members. The broad purposes of the Education Committee are:
- To ensure that the principal educational purposes of the College are fulfilled by supporting and developing programmes for undergraduate medical education, postgraduate ophthalmic training and continuing professional development.
- To thus ensure, by facilitating the acquisition of appropriate knowledge, understanding, skills, values and attitudes, that patients are treated by safe, competent doctors pursuing successful careers.
- To promote interdisciplinary education, training and teamworking among the professions in partnership in eye and vision care towards an effective multiprofessional workforce.
- To sustain the high profile and renown of UK ophthalmic education and training internationally.
Education Committee Constitution, Aims and Objectives
Page Updated: 18 August 2009 (BB)