Trainees' Committee and Support

Trainees at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh are represented by the College in five ways:

1. Trainees' Committee
   The Trainees' Committee informs the Council, through the Chairperson, on relevant education, training and examination issues from a trainee's perspective and assists with the preparation of discussion documents and publications through the College media.
2. Trainee member of Council
   The College has a directly elected Trainee Member of College Council. Mr Michael Moran was formally elected by the membership to Council in November 2017. In his role as Trainee Member of Council, Mr Moran sits on the Trainees' Committee and represent the views of its members to Council.
3. Special Council Brief for Trainee affairs
   In addition to the election of a Trainee Member of Council, existing Consultant-level Council Members have a special brief for Trainee affairs. Council Members Professor Robin Paton and Ms Clare McNaught have been given this role.
4. SSG Trainee representatives
   The College's eleven Surgical Specialty Boards (SSBs) will each have a Member of this College as its Trainee representative, selected by the relevant Specialty Association Trainee Group.
5. Council meetings
   Council, the SSB trainee representatives, ASiT, BOTA and other trainee representatives meet at least once a year for a half-day session focusing on Trainee affairs.