Dr Ian Hall

Congratulations to Dr Ian Hall (@IanHallPsych) who has been elected as the next Treasurer of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.  Ian will take up his new role at the AGM during our International Congress in Wales next week. Thank you to Dr Santosh Mudholkar and to members for…

Good luck @ianhallpsych - everyone please vote! 🗳️

Just a quick reminder to vote in the RCPsych Treasurer elections! Personal voting links were emailed late afternoon yesterday (28 May, mine came 1735). I’m one of the two candidates, details of both are here: rcpsych.ac.uk/about-us/our-p…

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Amazing news! We look forward to providing greater access to #MRCPsych for our overseas candidates. Thanks to your tireless efforts. Examiner recruitment for our Middle East division is due to start soon. Please spread the word. #MedEd

Good to see so many attendees at this really useful session to help trainees with MRCPsych exams #rcpsychic24 ⁦@IanHallPsych⁩ ⁦@subodhdave1⁩

So pleased to have been elected by my peers to the @rcpsych faculty of Academic psychiatry; I am committed to facilitating ways in which we can ensure a thriving pipeline and workforce; research benefits patients & services @CI_NHS @CamdenLDService @UCLPsychiatry @psychiatryofid

Massive congratulations Vivek Delighted to have you as our new Chief Examiner #MRCPsych provides a gold standard in assuring quality of psychiatric training & it’s gr8 to have you lead the next phase of delivering a fair reliable cutting edge exam Also big thx to @IanHallPsych

Very well deserved!

Research shows that two thirds of autistic people have considered suicide, and one quarter have planned or attempted to take their own life. This needs to change. To help make this happen, we need autistic people (with or without a diagnosis) to take our new 15 minute survey – so…

Congratulations to all winners in the #2023 ELFT Medical Education Awards! @NHS_ELFT @IanHallPsych, @jackhubbert, Ashok Velineni and Sander Kooij 🌟🎉🥳

We want all our exams to be *fair*, says @IanHallPsych. One example is including making sure language is accessible - it shouldn't be a test of language skills. Find out more about our focus on fairness: rcpsych.ac.uk/training/exams…

The appraisal of the CASC has looked at many factors - see them pictured. Dr Hall polls the audience. Which do they think is the most important? Validity is the most popular answer - which agrees with the results of our Assessment Strategy Review: rcpsych.ac.uk/training/curri…

Regarding the CASC, @IanHallPsych is showing how the four key skills are broken down. The range of stations has also been expanded - they can be in any setting, of any age, have any level of developmental ability and feature any psychiatric disorder in the ICD. #RCPsychIC

The aim is for 40% new questions in each paper - and obviously only based on topics from the curriculum. Dr Hall also plugs TrOn again - see the second photo for more on this great resource.

We're now hearing from @IanHallPsych on his work improving the MRCPsych exam itself. One aspect has been moving the theory papers online - sustainability is a key driver here. We've also increased the number of exams per year, increasing access. #RCPsychIC

Thank you @IanHallPsych for spending your lunch with us and being so transparent around the future of exams #RCPsychIC @chriswalshpsych

Do you have an exam question? Come to The Mess today at 13:10 to ask our Chief Examiner @IanHallPsych all your questions #RCPsychIC @Choose_Psych You can also send your question via email at [email protected]