e-Appraisal

'Appraisal is a positive and developmental process for individual clinicians aimed at supporting good patient care and high standards of clinical practice in the NHS. It forms an important building block in the strategy to ensure high clinical standards that doctors and all people working in the NHS can be proud of. This book a guide for primary care covers the underpinning principles to appraisal and also demonstrates how clinicians both appraisers and appraisees can exploit their informatics resources to enjoy excellence in appraisal - a benefit to the quality and the personal development agendas. Appraisal is an opportunity for general practitioners to reflect on their work and to consider how their effectiveness might be improved. This tool kit will mean that an informatics resource will be available to support both the individual and the organisation in developing appraisal.' Professor Sir Liam Donaldson Chief Medical Officer