Committees of the Faculty
The Faculty's work is delivered by our key committees
There are two principle strands to these work-streams: professional standards and training & assessment.
FPM Professional Standards Committee
The FPM Professional Standards Committee (FPMPSC) is responsible for Pain Medicine matters relating to the standards, good practice documentation, revalidation and events, policies relating to patient safety, competencies, clinical audit and doctors in difficulty.
Committee Members
- Dr Manohar Sharma (Chair)
- Dr Saravanakumar Kanakarajan (Vice-Chair)
- Dr Ganesan Baranidharan (Ex-officio: Dean)
- Dr Victor Mendis (Ex-officio: Vice-Dean)
- Dr Sibtain Anwar
- Dr Shyam Balasubramanian
- Dr David Pang
- Dr Richard Sawyer
- Prof Ashish Shetty
- Dr John Titterington
- Dr Sailesh Mishra (Medicines Lead – Co-opted)
- Mr James Ingram (Vice-Chair, PatientsVoices@RCoA)
FPM Training & Assessment Committee
The FPM Training & Assessment Committee (FPMTAC) is responsible for Pain Medicine matters relating to the curriculum, assessment tools, the logbook, e-learning, examinations, specialty area training, recruitment and selection, the EWTD and quality assurance.
Committee Members
- Dr Peter Cole (Co-Chair)
- Dr HooKee Tsang (Co-Chair and Credential Lead)
- Dr Ganesan Baranidharan (Ex-officio: Dean)
- Dr Victor Mendis (Ex-officio: Vice Dean)
- Dr Sheila Black (RAPM Chair Elect and Women in Pain/Logbook Representative)
- Dr Allistair Dodds (Pain and Communications Skills Representative)
- Dr Helen Makin (FPM Board Member)
- Dr Vivek Mehta (Chair FFPMRCA Examination)
- Dr Sailesh Mishra (CESR and MTI Lead)
- Dr Sonia Pierce (Deputy Chair, FPMESC)
- Dr Jonathan Rajan (RAPM Chair)
- Dr Sachin Rastogi (Paediatric Pain Representative)
- Dr Alex Hollis (Co-optee: Trainee Representative)
- TBC (Co-optee: SAS Representative)
Pain Consortium
The Faculty meets quarterly with the leads of the British Pain Society and the Chronic Pain Policy Coalition, and the Clinical Lead for Pain of the Royal College of General Practitioners as a Consortium. This group ensures harmonious working across the bodies and, where appropriate, responds collectively to issues of joint interest.
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