Committee recruitment 2024

Who are we and what do we do?

PEdSIG is all about promoting paediatric education (undergraduate and postgraduate) and supporting those involved in paediatric education through social media, meetings, written resources and by building a network of paediatricians who want to inspire through great teaching and education.

The PEdSIG Committee is a friendly and enthusiastic group of paediatric educators who help to deliver the PEdSIG vision. We are looking for three new committee members - an Undergraduate Officer, a Nursing/Allied Health Professional Officer, and a Specialty and specialist (SAS) doctor Officer. 

The Committee usually meets several times a year: 2 meetings per year by Zoom or other online platform, a face-to-face business meeting and awayday, and one AGM meeting. Our core activities are to develop, plan and deliver the PEdSIG sessions at the RCPCH and the PEdSIG Winter meeting. Committee members also assist in organisation of these meetings, including scoring of abstracts.

What posts are being advertised and what do they involve?

We are currently looking for three new committee members - an Undergraduate Officer, a Nursing/Allied Health Professional Officer, and a Specialty and specialist (SAS) doctor Officer. 

The roles and responsibilities of those elected to each post will be as follows:

Undergraduate Officer:

To promote paediatric education, training and research to their student colleagues, both in medicine and other healthcare professions
To support medical students interested in paediatric training or education
To formulate and develop ideas to expand PEdSIG’s link with healthcare students
To be organised and respond to PEdSIG correspondence in a timely manner
To attend at least one PEdSIG meeting each year whilst in office
To assist in core PEdSIG activities including the Winter Meeting and RCPCH Conference section meeting

Nursing/Allied Health Professional Officer:

To promote paediatric education, training and research to their colleagues in all healthcare professions
To support healthcare professionals interested in paediatric training or education
To formulate and develop ideas to expand PEdSIG’s link with nursing professionals and allied health professionals
To be organised and respond to PEdSIG correspondence in a timely manner
To attend at least one PEdSIG meeting each year whilst in office
To assist in core PEdSIG activities including the Winter Meeting and RCPCH Conference section meeting

Specialty and specialist (SAS) doctor Officer:

To promote opportunities for specialty and specialist doctor colleagues within paediatric education
To formulate and develop ideas as to how PEdSIG can support SAS doctors and improve educational opportunities, support and supervision for SAS doctors
To be organised and respond to PEdSIG correspondence in a timely manner
To attend at least one PEdSIG meeting each year whilst in office
To assist in core PEdSIG activities including the Winter Meeting and RCPCH Conference section meeting

Term of Appointment

The appointment will be for an initial period of three years.

Application process

To apply please complete the online application form below.

To apply for each role, you must be part of the group that you are applying to represent (i.e., a medical student, a nurse/allied health professional, or an SAS doctor).

Deadline

Applications must be received before 23:59 on Sunday 5th May 2024 in order to be considered for election.

How to apply:

Complete THIS FORM by the deadline.

Further queries?

Please email [email protected] if you have any further queries.