Joint Working Party of the RCOG and the Royal College of Midwives on the Clinical Learning Environment and Recruitment

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 RCOG/C34
Held at	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/library-services/archives-and-heritage/archives/ ›
Full title	: Joint Working Party of the RCOG and the Royal College of Midwives on the Clinical Learning Environment and Recruitment
Date(s)	: 2008
Level of description	: fonds
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

This joint working party was established to explore key issues affecting students' clinical learning experiences and to identify strategies to address them. Their remit was to:
1. Review the clinical learning environment in maternity services with particular respect to the recruitment of doctors and midwives.
2. Gather national and international research and evidence pertaining to the development and support of a good clinical learning environment.
3. Identify and propagate examples of good practice relating to the clinical learning environment and recruitment.
4. Develop a collaborative strategy for the development of professional support within the clinical learning environment and enhanced recruitment.

The working party comprised a group of professionals with relevant expertise and experiences encompassing the academic, clinical, practical and organisational aspects of learning environments. The group met on five occasions, from January to September 2006.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Published report of the Joint Working Party of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives on the Clinical Learning Environment and Recruitment, 2008.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open, although restrictions apply for items containing personal information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Finding aids:

RCOG/B3/2 have been indexed and the names of successful candidates will be found in the Index to the Guide to the College Archives.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Report was transferred to the College Archives in 2002 by the Clinical Governance and Standards Department.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred by the Committee Secretary.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Imported from the RCOG catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Import: Oct 2008; edit: Feb 2009.