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Appraisal and revalidation — time for a critical look?

Declan P Fox
British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (701): 580. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713597
Declan P Fox
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The authors do an excellent job of making us think.1 I agree that the annual appraisal session is totally inappropriate for enquiry into general wellbeing etc.

Given that NHS general practice spends a lot of money and time on a process that has never, to my knowledge, been subjected to critical review, might this be a good time to look closely at the effectiveness of appraisal and revalidation?

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Competing interests

I worked for several years in Canadian general practice and one of my motivators was to escape the evidence-free zone of appraisal and revalidation. I make my views clear to anyone interested in hearing them but have never received any type of monetary reward for that.

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    1. McCartney M,
    2. Tzortziou Brown V
    (2020) Appraisal, wellbeing, and pandemics: is a focus on wellbeing now warranted? Br J Gen Pract, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X712697.
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