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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2008) 14: 86-88. doi: 10.1192/apt.bp.107.005454
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What will revalidation mean for psychiatrists?

Laurence Mynors-Wallis

Laurence Mynors-Wallis is a consultant adult psychiatrist and Medical Director of Dorset HealthCare NHS Foundation Trust (Alderney Hospital, Ringwood Road, Poole BH12 4NB, UK. Email: laurence.mynors-wallis{at}dhft.nhs.uk). He is an Associate Dean of the Royal College of Psychiatrists with lead responsibility for revalidation.

Abstract

In 2007, the UK government published a White Paper setting out a framework (revalidation) by which doctors will be assessed throughout their professional careers. Although revalidation is unlikely to be welcomed with open arms by many doctors, its discussion in the White Paper is a measured one in which medical Royal Colleges are given a strong voice in the setting and measuring of standards. The details of the revalidation process for psychiatrists have yet to be determined, but it is likely that it will include strengthened appraisal within which doctors will provide evidence that they have met the standards set by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. These will be laid out in a revised edition of the College document Good Psychiatric Practice.


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