What are the aims of appraisal?
To Top Go To The Appraisal Process The aims of appraisal are to: • Set out personal and professional development needs and agree plans for these to be met • Regularly review a doctor’s work and performance, utilising relevant and appropriate comparative operational data from local, regional and national sources • Consider the doctors contribution to the quality and improvement of services and priorities delivered locally • Optimise the use of skills and resources in seeking to achieve the delivery of general and personal medical services • Identify the need for adequate resources to enable any service objectives in the agreed job plan review to be met • Provide an opportunity for doctors to discuss and seek support for their participation in activities for the wider NHS • Utilise the annual appraisal process and associated documentation to meet the requirements for GMC revalidation against the nine headings of Good Medical Practice
