| What | Where | Why |
| Expand our volunteer scheme, from around 15 to 100 members a year | - Sub-Saharan Africa
- India
- Middle East and North
Africa
- Myanmar
- Other territories to be
considered using
existing principles and
to be signed off by IAC, SMT and FMC
| - To share best practice in low-
and-middle income countries
- To provide opportunities for
members, who want to donate
their time to services in low-
and-middle income countries
- To upskill mental health
provision in low-and-middle
income countries
- To share learning from those
working in low resource
settings
- To roll out base line funded
College support to low-and-
middle income countries.
|
| Contine to run our existing MRCPsych exam centres | - Ireland
- Oman
- Malta
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
- India
| - Building on existing
success of international exam
development
- Strong partnerships already
in place
- Postgraduate training
follows a similar model to UK
training, making the
MRCPsych appropriate and
practical for trainees
- Allows service delivery
through sustainable finance model.
|
| Expanded CASC capacity | - India
- A Nation (TBC)
accessible to Middle
Eastern and African
trainees
| - To support the next
generation of members
- Build on existing success of
international exam
- Strong partnerships already
in place
- Postgraduate training
follows a similar model to UK
training, making the
MRCPsych appropriate and
practical for trainees
- Allows service delivery through
sustainable financial model.
|
Explore opportunities to
develop tiered qualifications
for mental health workers,
including an RCPsych
International Certificate | - India
- China
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Middle East and
North Africa
| - Support professional
development of the frontline
mental health workforce in
under-resourced settings
- Share evidence-based
knowledge and skills
- Already have interest from
potential partners
- Allows service delivery
through sustainable financial
model
|
| Expansion of Train the Trainer courses | - Middle East and
North Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- India
- China
| - • Build on success of existing
volunteer projects
- Sustainable model for
improving skills and
knowledge
- Already have interest from
potential partners
- Allows service delivery
through sustainable or base
line funded financial model,
depending on the nation.
|
| Clinical skills training courses | - China
- Middle East and
North Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- India
| - Share evidence-based best
practice
- Already have interest from
potential partners
- Allows service delivery
through sustainable financial
model.
|
| Expansion of training courses
for trainees (e.g. CASC
training) | - India
- Oman
- Malta
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
| - Support the next generation of members
- Share evidence-based best practice
- Training is already being requested by trainees
- Allows service delivery through sustainable financial model.
|
| Roll out of international events | - India
- Middle East and
North Africa
- Far East
- Sub-Saharan Africa
| - Support international
members with their
professional development
- Share evidence-based best
practice
- Large membership base
- Strong links with potential
partners
- Allows service delivery through
sustainable financial model.
|
| Further develop the MTI scheme | | - Support international
trainees to further their
medical education in the UK
- Support UK NHS services
- Facilitate learning within UK
services from ideas generated
in other nations
- Engage with international
psychiatrists and develop a
network of ambassadors
- Allows for generation of
sustainable funding.
|
| Increase promotion of quality
networks, offering standards-based quality assurance and
review | | - To help drive up standards
and quality in mental health
services around the world
- To generate sustainable
funding.
|
| Develop evidence-based
mental health clinical
guidelines and mental health
care pathways in country specific context | | - To help drive up standards
and quality in mental health
services around the world
- To generate sustainable
funding.
|
| Continue to give guidance to
patients on various conditions
via our mental health
information materials (many
translated in other languages)
which are promoted via our
website | | - To give patients, carers,
psychiatrists and other
mental health staff access
to high-quality evidence-
based information
- To maintain the reputation of
the RCPsych as a world
leader in mental health
information and advocacy
- To deliver base line funded
evidence-based mental health
information
|
| Consider translating RCPsych books and journals | | - To share mental health
research as widely as possible.
|
| Improve the joining process for international members | | - To create a better
membership experience.
|
| Expand our international membership to include medical students | | - To encourage medical
students to choose psychiatry
- To improve all medical
student’s knowledge of
psychiatry
|
| Continue to support the advocacy of parity of esteem | | - To maintain the reputation of
the RCPsych as a world
leader in mental health
information and advocacy
|
| Continue to support the international divisions | | - To engage with psychiatrists
locally
|
| We will closely track the roll
out of our expanded
international strategy | | - To ensure that the income
generated by the sustainably-
funded workstreams generate
enough income to fund and
expand our work.
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