Annual Report 2011-2012 - Faculty of Radiologists

The Validation Committee continues to assess
applications for inclusion on the Specialist Register,
which are referred by the Medical Council. We
continue to use the agreed, standardised procedures
in order to assess knowledge, skill and experience
in order to compare the applicant with the standard
expected from an Irish Radiology and Radiation
Oncology trainee. I am very grateful to the members
of the committee for the efficient way that the
applications are now assessed. At time of writing
the report we are up to date with these applications
with a turnaround time, including double checking,
of several weeks only.
I would like to welcome our new members of the
Validation Committee, Dr Patricia Cunningham, Dr
Eoin Kavanagh and Dr Declan Sheppard. I am very
grateful to all members of the Committee for giving
up their time for this important yet often underappreciated
task.
We continue our dialogue with the Medical Council
regarding further updating of the process of
application and assessment. We are fully engaging
with this process cognisant of the fact that the
high standard of Radiology and Radiation Oncology
training expected of practitioners working in Ireland
must be maintained.
Finally I would like to express my thanks to Jennifer
O’Brien and her team at the Faculty office for their
continuing hard work in this document-rich area.
Dr. P. K. Ellis,
Chair, Validation Committee
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