Introduction to appraisal
This tutorial costs £10.00
"Ask not what your trainee can do for you, ask what you can do for your trainee"
"Once we understand his abilities, I would submit to you that we have only to advise the best mode of carrying out the object of his ambition".
Mr Kenge, Advocate, Bleak House by Charles Dickens 1853
The Calman programme
The Calman programme for postgraduate medicine (structured training) was intended to provide a better deal for doctors in training. But shorter training times and reduction in working hours have brought new pressures for both trainers, trainees and newly qualified consultants. More specialists are being suspended and dismissed in the first two years after appointment than ever before. This provides a financial cost to the NHS in excess of £20 million per annum. The new challenge for postgraduate education is to become ever more effective to ensure that trainees achieve the levels of competence required for independent practice within the training period./p>
Appraisal assists learning
It is naturally tempting to think that assessment is the key to ensuring that standards are achieved but, in truth, clinical competency can only be attained through effective postgraduate training programmes. This tutorial allows you to explore the crucial role that appraisal plays in efficient adult learning.
Learning objectives When you have completed this tutorial you will be able to: - understand the theory of postgraduate appraisal
- distinguish between appraisal and assessment
- understand what makes a good appraiser
- understand tips for conducting an appraisal
- understand the limitations of appraisal.
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