Appraisal for training

1. Appraisal for training Christiane Shrimpton Associate Postgraduate Dean for Appraisal and Revalidation

2. Who is in the room? • Primary Care Trainers • Secondary Care Trainers • Trainees • Appraisers • Other

3. Your current appraisal • What do you discuss relating to training? • What supporting information do you use?

4. Background • Appraisal covers all roles • Relevant for trainers as well as trainees • For trainees part of ARCP process • The GMC approves primary care trainers • For secondary care doctors SOAR appraisal also supports revalidation in their trainer role

5. Appraisal • Reflection on current practice • Recognition of achievements • Identification of future development needs • Feeds into revalidation

6. Supporting information • What you do • Why you do it in that way • How well you do it

7. GMC domains

8. Types of supporting information For all domains: • Training you have attended • Relevant e-learning packages • Reflections on your current practice • Critical analysis of relevant literature

9. Reflections on • GMC Trainee Survey Results • Other feedback from trainees • Feedback from peers • Feedback from Deanery visits • Relevant local audits/patient feedback

10. Ensuring safe and effective patient care through training • MySTAR Modules – Induction/Clinical Supervision/Doctors in Difficulty • Faculty Development Alliance (NES) Workshop • Details of measures put in place to ensure supervision appropriate to trainees’ confidence and competence

11. Creating and maintaining an environment for learning • MySTAR Module – Clinical Supervision • Details of learning programmes, study schedules, timetables for trainees and clinical teachers • Description of training role, environment and trainees supervised

12. Teaching and facilitating learning • MySTAR Module – Small Group Teaching • Details of learning programmes, study schedules and timetables for trainees • Evidence of recent initiatives to enhance the provision of learning opportunities

13. Enhancing learning through assessment • MySTAR Modules – Supervised Learning Events/Workplace Assessment • Details of programmes, study schedules and timetables for trainees indicating assessment modes, patterns and relevance to learning • Evidence of attendance at ARCP

14. Supporting and monitoring educational progress • MySTAR Modules Workplace Assessment/Doctors in Difficulty/Appraisal & Feedback • Examples of meetings, records of trainee progress and learning plans (anonymised) • Case studies of the management of a trainee in difficulty (anonymised) • Involvement in recruitment, training committees etc

15. Guiding personal and professional development • MySTAR Modules Careers Coaching • Online BMJ learning modules - Mentoring • Examples of meetings, records, case studies (suitably anonymised) • Examples of support, challenge and careers guidance provided to trainees (anonymised)

16. Continuing professional development as an educator • MySTAR Modules • Involvement in educating others • Involvement in peer mentoring • Evidence of participation in online discussion forums with peers • New certificates or qualifications obtained

17. Ongoing trainer status Evidence covering the 5 year revalidation cycle that you continue to remain up to date in all elements of your trainer role

18. Any questions?

19. For your next appraisal • What have you gained from this session? • How will that feed into your next appraisal?