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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

LC control no.n 50069411
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingRoyal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
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Variant(s)Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow
RCPSG (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow)
See alsoPredecessor: Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
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Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom
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Beginning date1962
Associated countryScotland
LocatedGlasgow (Scotland)
Field of activityPhysicians--Training of Surgeons--Training of Medicine--Study and teaching (Graduate) Medicine--Study and teaching (Continuing education) Medical education
Found inShaw, G. Resuscitation and cardiac pacing, 1965.
NLM files, 7-22-88 (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and the Royal College of Physicians of London form the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom)
Wikipedia, viewed 25 January 2023 (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; founded in 1599; by the end of the 17th century its name was established as the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; the Glasgow Faculty originally existed as a regulatory authority to ensure that physicians, surgeons and dentists in the West of Scotland were appropriately trained and regulated; in 1909, it achieved Royal recognition and became the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; in 1962, it achieved collegiate status as the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG); the College is now concerned with postgraduate medical education, offering examinations that lead to Membership and Fellowship to appropriately qualified physicians, surgeons, dental surgeons and podiatrists; it also offers a number of specialist postgraduate diplomas to medical practitioners in various subjects including dermatology, child health, geriatric medicine, travel health, ophthalmology, and dentistry)
Royal College of Physicians website, viewed 25 January 2023 (The Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK is a collaboration between the three UK royal colleges of physicians: Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow)
Associated languageeng