Section 3 - Appraisal Summaries
Use the links below for more information on:
Summary of Discussion
After the appraisal meeting you must record the Summary of Discussion. This summary should be recorded according to the GMC's four domains of Good Medical Practice and will be agreed by the Clinician before they sign off the appraisal.
- Click "Summary of Discussion" in the left navigation bar
- Enter text into the 6 text boxes
You can format your text using the options at the top of the text boxes.
- Click
Agreed PDPs
Agreed PDPs are the PDPs that the Clinician will work towards over the next year. You can add new Agreed PDPs or accept PDPs the appraisee has proposed in their appraisal documentation.
To add new PDPs:
- Click “Agreed PDP” in the left navigation bar
- Click
in the top left corner of the table
- Complete the fields on the form
- Click
To accept a Clinician’s proposed PDPs:
- Click “Agreed PDP” in the appraisal left navigation bar
- Click
(the number indicates how many PDPs the Clinician has proposed)
- Tick the boxes to the right of the items you want to accept
- Click
This will move the items from 'Proposed PDP' to 'Agreed PDP' and will make them available for your appraise to work towards over the next year.
Appraiser Statements
Before you sign off the appraisal, you must give answers to a number of statements which will be reviewed by the Responsible Officer.
- Click "Appraiser Statements" in the left navigation bar
- Read each statement and select "Agree" or "Disagree"
- You can then add any further comments to the Responsible Officer explaining your decisions.
- If you have selected "Disagree" for any of the statements you must explain why.
- Use the second textbox to record any other information you feel is relevant to the Responsible Officer's revalidation recommendation.
- Click
after making any changes.