Appraisal makes for effective revalidation (official)

Appraisal makes for effective revalidation (official).

Editor—The General Medical Council recently held a “stakeholders’ conference” on the revalidation of doctors, at which participants reportedly went along with the educationally improbable proposition that formative assessments (“appraisals”) can be summated to provide robust formal revalidation decisions: “five satisfactory appraisals equals revalidation.” Now, reminiscent of the Vatican’s 17th...

Supporting physicians through standards for appraisal and revalidation.

lished by Royal Charter in 1518, it was explicitly to monitor, maintain and enforce standards of physicians working within seven miles of the city of London. In those early days the College was the licensing body with the power to exclude, indeed imprison, impostors and quacks. While its raison d’être has remained standards of clinical care, the emphasis has been on ensuring this through the ed...

Medical appraisal and revalidation: can it improve patient care?

Revalidation for all doctors in England, following the process defined in the Medical Appraisal Guide,1 finally started in December 2012 after ten years’ experience of developmental appraisal in the NHS. There has been significant debate about preserving the formative nature of the appraisal conversation in the context of the recent need for the appraiser to make explicit some of their professi...

Appraisal and revalidation--guidance for consultants preparing for relicensing and specialist recertification.

What Makes Performance Appraisals Effective?