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Professional Development Committee

Meetings

Meetings are held quarterly and start at 10:30 AM GMT.

2025 meeting dates

  • Thursday 03 July 2025
  • Thursday 27 November 2025

Remit

Reporting mechanism

The Professional Development Committee reports to Education Board.

Terms of Reference

  • To champion the new CPD programme and educational philosophy underpinning it
  • To ensure that the RCOG CPD Programme remains within national standards, including those of the GMC and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
  • Evaluating the impact of the new CPD programme
  • To continue to review and modify the RCOG CPD programme
  • To identify educational tools required for the purposes of the RCOG CPD Programme
  • Supported by the eLearning team, to be responsible for the quality assurance process for online CPD resources on RCOG eLearning
  • To support appraisal through relevant CPD
  • Supported by its Equality and Diversity Champion, the Committee will ensure that equality, diversity and inclusivity are at the heart of the CPD Programme
  • Continue to strengthen the voice of women and people who access obstetrics and gynaecology services in CPD to ensure the best possible person-centred care

Membership

Please send all correspondence to the committee secretary.

Secretary

Joaquin Orbea
Email: jorbea@rcog.org.uk
Tel: +44 20 7772 6307

Chair

  • Mr Rehan U Khan MRCOG

Members

Role

Member

SAS/Trust Representative

Dr E Toeima MRCOG

Revalidation Lead

Dr S Sharma FRCOG

Trainee Representative

Dr S Veeramalla MRCOG

Vice President, Education

Mr Ian Scudamore FRCOG

Women’s Network Representative

Mrs K Clarke-Day and Miss E Arakawa

TOG Editor-in-Chief

Dr J Morrison FRCOG

Academic Representative 

Dr M Y Beebeejaun MRCOG

Fellow Representative 

Dr N Palaniappan FRCOG

Fellow Representative 

Dr C Yu FRCOG

Fellow Representative 

Dr S Jindal FRCOG

Director of Education, RCOG

 

Head of Education Innovation, RCOG

 

Head of Digital, RCOG

 

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