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College Procedures in the preparation of ACCEA nominations for England and Wales


Clinical Excellence Awards

2013 round

Application

Anyone considering applying for an Award should read the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards’ (ACCEA) Procedures.

The College’s Clinical Excellence Awards Committee (CEAC) consists of Honorary Officers (President, Dean, Registrar, Editor and Treasurer), representatives selected by the Executive Committees of Faculties, Division and Sections and a lay observer. 

 

The Chair of ACCEA has emphasised the need for the Divisions to play a central role in the nominating process.  Faculties and Sections, therefore, begin the College process by preparing their ranked lists.  They send these lists to the Divisions who use them in their nomination process.  Individual Faculty, Section and Division lists are then submitted to the College’s Awards Administrator to be considered at the College meeting in June (see timetable below).

 

The Faculties, Sections, Divisions and College committee will use ACCEA’s five domains in determining their ranked lists.  These domains are:

 

  • Delivering a high quality service
  • Developing a high quality service
  • Managing a high quality service
  • Research and innovation
  • Teaching and training

 

How to be nominated for an award

College Members who wish to be considered for an Award should submit their ACCEA CVQ electronically to Sue Duncan, Awards Administrator at sduncan@rcpsych.ac.uk by 5.00PM ON FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013.  The cover sheet must also be completed identifying your Faculty or Section, Division and the award you are applying for.

 

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Bronze and Silver applicants may choose to submit ONE of the following options:

 

  • Research & Innovation (D)
  • Teaching/Training (E)
  • Managing & Leading (F)

Gold applicants may choose to submit up to TWO of these options.

 

Members should be aware that it is their responsibility and not the College’s to ensure that they complete the CVQ form on ACCEA’s website and submit it by their closing date, which is usually in December.  Members should also be aware that Trust support is not a pre-requisite for College support.

 

 

Awards Timetable

 

October     

Details of process appear on the College website.  Members are asked to submit CVQs and the College’s cover sheet electronically to the College’s Awards Administrator (sduncan@rcpsych.ac.uk)

 

     
February        

All forms must be received at the College by the stated closing date of 5.00pm on 15 February.  Any forms received after the date will not be considered.

 

     
April         

Faculties and Sections will have held meetings of Executive Committees to consider and rank nominations.  Faculties and Sections send ranked nomination lists to the College Awards Administrator who will forward them to the relevant Divisions.

 

     
May            

Divisions will have held meetings of Executive Committees to consider their nominations.  The ranked lists from the Faculties and Sections will be taken into account.  Nomination lists will be forwarded to the College.

 

     
June  

The College meeting takes place

Committee members are circulated with the CVQs of all nominees.  They are asked to rank them using ACCEA’s five domains.  These marking sheets are returned to the College Awards Administrator.

 Silver/Gold Applications

 An overall ranked list is prepared by the College Secretariat and the top 15 names are automatically included on the final list.  The next 15 nominations are discussed and scored at the meeting and the top five to seven names are added to the final list.

 

Bronze Applications

 The system will be the same as for Silver/Gold applications, but the top 30 are automatically included on the final list.  The next 20 nominations are discussed and scored at the meeting and the top five to ten names are added to the final list.

The above numbers may change from year to year.

 

 

     
November   Members whose names are included on the College shortlist will be informed and advised to submit their CVQ to ACCEA if they have not already done so. The College Awards Administrator will submit the final shortlist, together with the College citations, to the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards.
     
Citations        The College sends ONE citation on behalf of each nominee submitted to ACCEA.  Citations must be drafted specifically for the College and must not be written by a colleague from the same institution.  They must also focus on international or national rather than local achievements.  The closing date for receiving citations is Friday 7 June 2013.

                

                     

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