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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2003) 9: 5-10
© 2003 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Personal development plans: making them work, making them count

David Newby

David Newby is Medical Director of the Leeds Mental Health (Teaching) NHS Trust (Trust Headquarters, The Mansion, Tongue Lane, Leeds LS6 4QB, UK) and has been a consultant in general adult psychiatry for the past 15 years. He has served as Associate Medical Director for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the Trust as well as Regional Coordinator for CPD for the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He currently acts as Convenor for the Northern and Yorkshire Division of the College, which entails inspecting senior house officer training schemes in Scotland.

Personal development plans (PDPs) are a central requirement to remaining in good standing for the Continuing Professional Development programme of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. They are also integral to the framework now agreed for consultant appraisal in the National Health Service. This paper sets out the context which makes PDPs increasingly important and discusses the link between appraisal and revalidation, covering ‘360-degree’ techniques such as Ramsey questionnaires (which may ultimately figure in revalidation mechanisms). It then describes the practicalities of generating PDPs, especially in peer group settings. Experience from pilot workshops is used to illustrate how PDPs can be made to work and how learning/developmental objectives can be made meaningful.




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