Congratulations to the Professional Competence Committee, on behalf of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, who were awarded a small educational research grant in 2016 by the Irish Network of Medical Educators (INMED) and the Irish Medical Council(IMC) to study the use of Peer Groups in our Professional Competence Scheme. The study has now received ethics approval to proceed. Members of the CPsychI PCS will be invited to participate shortly. Completion of the survey can be logged as 1 Personal CPD credit.