Criteria for appointment to observer and examination panels and overseas examinations

The procedure for nomination to the MRCPsych Board of Examiners was recently published in Psychiatric Bulletin (Tyrer, 1999). These have led to enquiry by Members and Fellows of the College about the criteria for appointment to other Committees and Panels that are under the aegis of the Examinations Department. Following discussion at the Examinations Sub-Committee the criteria for appointment of psychiatrists to the Panel of Observers, the Panels concerned with the development of questions for the Multiple Choice Papers in both Parts of the MRCPsych Examinations, the Critical Review Paper and the Essay Paper in Part II of the Examination and for Overseas Examiners, are indicated below.