If you have completed the self-assessment you may be aware of areas of performance where you feel you could improve – but what do others think of you?
The GMC in supporting information for appraisal and revalidation suggests that feedback should “reflect the totality of your work.” As part of revalidation requirements appraisers should therefore seek feedback and reflect upon it.
Obtaining feedback
Each doctor you appraise has the opportunity to leave feedback on their appraisal after they have agreed the appraisal summary on MARS. This feedback becomes available to you once three or more doctors you have appraised complete the feedback survey. To view the feedback on MARS, go to 'Appraiser'>'Feedback Analytics'.
You can view anonymised feedback from the Doctors you have appraised since August 2017. To ensure anonymity, these are released in batches/multiples of 3. There you must have completed at least 3 since then to view the results. If you have completed 5 appraisals for example, you will only be able to view 3 feedback responses until you have completed a 6th appraisal.
You will need to populate all fields to run a report.
There are three surveys on the drop-down list, you will need to select the live survey which is named ‘Medical Appraisal Feedback Survey V2 – Live’). You can choose various aspects of the survey to look at under Pages, and you can find yourself under the Appraiser filter, select the time period and then run the report via the green Search button.
You can view your results on the left hand side and compare these results against the All Wales data.
You may wish to use this template to reflect on your results.
Other people may be able to feedback on your performance as an Appraiser. If you have an Appraisal Lead or Co-ordinator they will be able to comment on your skills and will have access to performance data (e.g. how long it takes you complete various tasks on MARS).
You may receive feedback as a result of the annual Appraisal Quality Assurance day. These events are attended by Appraisers from all specialties across Wales. Anonymous appraisal summaries are assessed against a set of quality criteria. Approximately 5% of appraisal summaries written in the preceding year are examined and the results are fed back to the appropriate designated body.
You may wish to attend an AQA event ask your local appraisal lead or the RSU for details. Alternatively you could “mark” one of your summaries using the Quality Assurance criteria.
Finally some of the ROs around Wales are feeding back on the summaries they see in connection with revalidation recommendations. Although this is not universal it does seem to be a spreading practice.