Opportunities for Joint Working

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Opportunities for Joint Working

• Shirley Elliott
• Lead GP Appraisals Gloucestershire

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Trust Assurance and Safety

• The process of appraisal should be standardised
  and regularly audited and should in future make
  explicit judgements about performance against the
  generic standards as contained in the doctors
  contract.

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Assuring the Quality of Medical Appraisal

• The organisational ethos surrounding appraisal
• The selection and training of appraisers
• The appraisal discussion
• The systems and infrastructure supporting
  appraisal
• (CGST 2005)

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The Quality Assurance framework
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Recruitment and selection of appraisers

• Individuals selected for training should be
  rigorously selected
• Using a standard person specification
• At formal interview

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Training of appraisers

• Basic training of at least one day
• Training which follows the Appraiser Training
  Curriculum Framework
• Regular follow up training and support

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Performance Management of Appraisers

• Self assessment
• Formal review of appraiser skills

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Feedback from appraisees,appraisers and colleagues

• Appraisee feedback from evaluation forms
• Appraisers reflective notes on appraisals.
• 360/multisource feedback

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Quality of appraisal outputs

• Appraisal summary (Form 4)
• Personal Learning Plan

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Appraisal of other doctors

• GPwSIs
• Out of Hours
• Clinical assistants
• Career grade doctors

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• Should GPs and consultants appraise each other
• Shirley Elliott