Postgraduate Committee in Medicine

University Calendar 1935 By Laws Chapter XXXIV p.133 1. There shall be a Committee to be known as the New South Wales Post Graduate Committee in medicine, for the promotion of post-graduate education, study, work and research in medicine, and the advancement of the art and science of Medicine.2. The Committee shall consist of - a) the Chancellor, the Deputy Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine as ex-officio members;b) representative members, but not more than fifteen, appointed by the Senate;c) co-opted members, if any, but not more than four, who may be elected by the ex-officio and the appointed members;d)) members, if any, by virtue of appointment as chairman or as honorary secretary3. A chairman and an honorary secretary shall be appointed by the Senate either from among the members of the Committee or otherwise. Any person so appointed shall, except in the case of an ex-officio member, be a member by virtue of such appointment, and his membership, if any, as a representative or co-opted shall cease............7. The Senate shall provide such secretarial assistance as it deems proper "In 1980 the Post Graduate Committee in Medicine became a committee of the Faculty of Medicine operating under Faculty resolutions. In the late 1990s and early 2000s the academic programs at the University underwent many changes. In December 2000 the Faculty of Medicine released a strategic framework for research and development entitled Capitalising on Knowledge; four months later it endorsed an operational plan for implantation of the new framework. The Annual Report of the Dean for 2002 notes that the Department of Medical Education now incorporated the Postgraduate Committee in Medicine. [Faculty Minutes, item 11]  In 1971 Senate had established the Victor Coppleson Institute of Postgraduate Medical Studies which was administered by the Postgraduate Committee in Medicine. The Institute had never had an independent existence from the Committee. In 2002, in order to recognise this and to simplify and regularise governance issues the Dean of the Faculty had asked that the Committee be renamed as the Coppleson Committee for Continuing Medical Education and, accordingly Senate at its meeting on 4 November 2002 (res. 455/02) repealed its existing resolutions regarding the Coppleson Institute. At its meeting 21/11/2002 the Faculty of Medicine then, under item 22 (2), repealed its existing resolutions regarding the Postgraduate Committee in Medicine and adopted new resolutions regarding the Coppleson Committee for Continuing Medical Education. [Faculty of Medicine Minutes 21/11/2002]Successor: Coppleson Committee for Continuing Medical EducationFor more information please see CRB Blackburn, "Postgraduate Committee in Medicine" (1984) in Young J, Sefton A and Webb N, Centenary Book of the University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine. Sydney University Press, Sydney.