Quality Assurance (QA) in training
Our quality assurance processes
The College's quality assurance in training processes are overseen by our Quality Assurance Committee (QAC), chaired by our Specialist Advisor for Quality Assurance, Dr Suyog Dhakras.
The committee has oversight of the following key areas in training:
- Externality
- Applications for Time out of Training (OOP)
- Results of the National Training Survey
- Quality Matrix
- Quality assurance and curricula implementation
- ARCP outcome variance
The committee currently meet three times a year. For more information about the work currently being undertaken, please contact psychiatrytraining@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Externality
Looking for an External Advisor or interested in becoming one? Please visit our Externality page.
Quality in Training Reports
We have now published our Quality in Training Report 2024
The report outlines:
- An overview of CCTs
- CESR and Equivalence
- An overview of Out of Programme applications
- Curricula Implementation Evaluation
- Portfolio Online
- Formative Assessment Working Group
- Credentialing
- Quality Assurance Processes
- National Training Survey
- MRCPsych Examination
- Workforce
National Training Survey (2025)
Please click here to read the Psychiatry Specific NTS report.
For more information, visit the .
Flexibility in Training
The College is in the producing guidance for Resident Doctors, this is to complement the .
In the meantime, if you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us at psychiatrytraining@rcpsych.ac.uk.