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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2003) 9: 152-158
© 2003 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Appraisal for consultant medical staff

Nick Brown, Elizabeth Parry and Femi Oyebode

Nick Brown is consultant psychiatrist in South Birmingham Mental Health Trust (Lyndon Clinic, Hobs Meadow, Solihull B92 8PW, UK). He is interested in postgraduate medical education and the development of methods of appraising the work of consultants with a view to developing personal development plans. Elizabeth Parry is the Management Assistant to the Medical Director of South Birmingham Mental Health Trust, with responsibility for coordinating the implementation of a number of the component parts of clinical governance. She is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has an interest in the practical application of appraisal. Femi Oyebode is Professor of Psychiatry, Clinical Sub-Dean and consultant psychiatrist in South Birmingham Mental Health Trust. He has an interest in the development of measurement tools for evaluating clinical knowledge and skills in undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education.

There is a requirement that appraisal of consultants will have been introduced by all National Health Service (NHS) trusts from April 2001. The implication is that all consultants would have had their first annual appraisals by the end of March 2002. In this paper, the authors discuss the development of appraisal as a concept and the societal context in which it has arisen in medicine. They introduce the format for conducting appraisal within NHS trusts and discuss the likely benefits and possible limitations of appraisal.




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