Recently Appointed Consultants Committee
About the Committee
The Recently Appointed Consultants (RAC) are those in their first 10 years as a consultant and the Committee, created to support you, have two elected seats on Council, currently held by Drs Helen Liddicoat (Respiratory Physician, Tayside) and Caroline Scally (Cardiologist, Lothian).
The purpose of the group is to ensure the views of recently appointed consultants are represented in relation to changing requirements in professional development and education.
Top tips for Recently Appointed Consultants
The work of the Committee has included the creation of top tips on topics discussed at previous RAC events such as becoming an examiner, complaints and SPA time. This resource aims to provide recently appointed consultants (appointed within the last ten years) with information surrounding the issues experienced upon becoming a new consultant.
Consultant Conversations
Podcast by the RAC committee which explores a range of topics relevant for every stage of your consultant journey. Past episodes include 'what I wish I knew - preparing for and becoming a consultant', 'How to be a good educational or clinical supervisor', and 'dealing with complaints.
Symposia and Evening Meetings
The Committee coordinate a number of engaging events each year including our evening ‘Professionalism in Medicine’ series and symposia aimed at topics of interest to recently appointed consultants, associate specialists and senior trainees. Please visit our events calendar for upcoming events, or visit our Education Portal to catch up on previous events.
Committee Members
The Committee is comprised of two co-Chairs elected to our College Council and other members interested in developing and supporting the needs of recently appointed consultants.
Co-Chair: Dr Helen Liddicoat - Consultant in Respiratory & Acute Medicine, NHS Tayside
Co-Chair: Dr Caroline Scally - Consultant Cardiologist, NHS Lothian
- Dr Cosmas Mgbojikwe Anazodo, Consultant in Stroke Medicine & General Physician, Royal Preston Hospital
- Dr Kevin Conroy - Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of North Tees
- Dr Victoria Moffat
- Dr Ali Khan
- Dr Habib Haider
- Dr Adelina McLeod - Consultant in Medicine of the Older Person, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Dr Anna Olsson-Brown, Consultant in Medical Oncology, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Liverpool
- Dr Tina Ryan, Consultant Geriatrician, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley
- Dr Craig Thurtell - Consultant in General Internal Medicine & Endocrinology & Diabetes, Perth Royal Infirmary