Portfolios, appraisal, revalidation, and all that: a user's guide for consultants.

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

Paper trials: a qualitative study exploring the place of portfolios in making revalidation recommendations for Responsible Officers.

BACKGROUND A portfolio of supporting information (SI) reflecting a doctor's entire medical practice is now a central aspect of UK appraisal for revalidation. Medical revalidation, introduced in 2012, is an assessment of a doctor's competence and passing results in a five yearly license to practice medicine. It assesses of a doctor's professional development, workplace performance and reflection...

General practitioners, revalidation and appraisal: a cross sectional survey of attitudes, beliefs and concerns in Lincolnshire.

BACKGROUND All general practitioners (GPs) are expected to have an appraisal from 2002 and the first cohort will experience revalidation in 2005. Although there is a link between appraisal and revalidation, this has yet to be clarified. OBJECTIVE To investigate the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of GPs towards revalidation and appraisal. DESIGN Cross sectional survey. SETTING Lincolnshi...

Journal of Medical Education and Training

Even a mention of formal assessment of senior clinicians can be a contentious issue, to say least, when revalidation is said to be firmly in place in NHS-UK for almost half a decade. Since revalidation is accepted as a standard modality of assessment of performance, some colleagues in NHS wonder ‘stir up a hornets’ nest,’ when the authors allude to limitations of revalidation because poorly per...

Consultant appraisal: pitfalls and how to avoid them.

Appraisal for consultants offers a unique opportunity to discuss and record professional issues, identify constraints to practice and plan personal development. Participating in appraisal also offers a painless route to revalidation. Making the best use of the process requires preparation and planning on the part of the appraiser and the appraisee. This article discusses some of the potential p...