Medical appraisal - how Edgecumbe can help

“The primary aim of medical appraisal is to identify personal and professional development needs. However, it must also ensure that a doctor is adhering to the principles of the GMC’s Good Medical Practice framework.” (NHS Revalidation Support Team, 2011)

• Is your Trust fully up to date and ready for the next phase of medical appraisal?
• Are your appraisal processes in line with current national requirements?
• Have your existing appraisers attended a recent skills and knowledge ‘top-up’ training?
• Are your new appraisers being trained in the most up to date appraisal processes and skills?

If you have answered “no” to any of these questions, Edgecumbe can help you ensure that your organisation is meeting all the current requirements for medical appraisal and revalidation.

Consulting support

Our consultants can provide expert advice on how to revitalise, develop and implement appraisal within your organisation; how to select, train and assess Appraisers; how to enhance further skills such as handling difficult performance issues; and how to implement multi-source feedback (MSF).

Appraisal training services

To help you ensure that your Trust can meet the core national requirements and refresh the appraisal process, we provide a full range of programmes that have become well-established within many Trusts and are fully updated in line with the core requirements for appraisal.

Our training programmes for Appraisers are designed to improve the quality of the appraisal itself by concentrating on developing the key skills of the Appraisers, building enthusiasm and an ethos that balances development with challenge.

We recommend 2 days of training as a minimum for all Appraisers. This can be done on one 2 day Complete Skills workshop or delivered in two 1 day workshops with a gap of 12–18 months between them.

Multi-source feedback

Edgecumbe Doctor 360° is one of the leading multi-source feedback systems for GP and consultant appraisal.

Why you can trust Edgecumbe?

• Edgecumbe’s name in the field of appraisal is unrivalled with a reputation for the high quality of all our programmes and our specialist knowledge of doctors and their working environment
• You can expect a select team of consultants with combined expertise in psychology, medical education, medical care and management development
• We have a long track record, with a client list of well over 300 Trusts and PCTs in which we have delivered appraisal training on a regular basis
• Edgecumbe workshops have high tutor to participant ratios to allow for more opportunity for skills development
• We offer a consultancy approach to our training programmes to help create and develop the right environment for appraisal prior to workshops and applying the learning through follow-up evaluation afterwards

Ensuring we meet your needs in full

We do not just "hit and run". Although we have programme templates, every programme is tailored in someway to each client. Our consultants will offer advice before, during and after the workshop to ensure that they have the desired impact.