This article looks at how you can become an AAC (advisory appointments committee) assessor and explains what it can do for you and your department.
You may well ask why you should think of becoming an AAC (advisory appointments committee) assessor. Perhaps it will be too arduous/boring/difficult. We hope to persuade you that this is not the case, and further explain what it can do for you and your department.
When your department appoints a new consultant or specialist doctor, there are specific requirements that must be fulfilled. One of the most important of these is to hold an AAC. This is a legally constituted interview panel established by an employing body. Its function is to decide which, if any, of the applicants is suitable for appointment and to make a recommendation to the employing body.