The Resident Doctors' Committee is strong and proactive with a motivated membership drawn from all grades across the specialty spectrum. Committee members work hard to engage with a multitude of bodies, committees and individuals in order to promote Resident Doctors' interests across a wide range of issues and domains.
Joining the Resident Doctors' Committee is a great opportunity to become actively involved in the College and to help shape the future of medicine.
Areas of activity
The committee has made significant contributions to a number of areas, most recently including:
- Improving awareness and accessibility for Less than Full Time Training
- Improving wellbeing through the creation of Wellbeing resources and hosting wellbeing events
- Working groups currently working on issues relating to Workforce as well as Fertility and Family Planning for junior doctors.
- Providing guidance to College Council on issues relating to Resident Doctors
- Ongoing engagement with the Academy of Trainee Doctors' Group
Members and meetings
The Resident Doctors' Committee is comprised of medical students, foundation doctors and medical and surgical Resident Doctors covering all stages of training, including those not currently within a training programme.
The committee meets four times a year at the College and is often joined by the President or Vice-Presidents, and senior representatives from our Education, Training and Professional Development, and Membership Services departments.
If you are interested in joining the Resident Doctors' Committee please contact traineecommittee@rcpsg.ac.uk