For revalidation purposes the Royal College has commissioned a review of the MSF instruments to see which one is suitable for revalidation purposes. At present there are a variety of tools you could use.

360 Feedback can provide useful reflective evidence from the people you work with. The more people involved the more representative the overall feedback.

But remember this form of information comes with a health warning! The nature of anonymised peer appraisal means you may be faced with some unexpected and sometimes hurtful feedback and you will not be able to discuss the findings with the people making the comments. Time your 360 appraisal so that you can discuss the results with your appraiser at your annual NHS appraisal. Otherwise (or in addition) consider discussing the findings with your practice manager, CME tutor or a colleague outside your workplace.

You may wish to start with a tick box form of assessment which directs feedback in a more closed format and can be less threatening to everyone than an open comment format - to download an example of this please click here.

You can use the feedback tool from HcAT. This is a GPs is called the GP-Sheffield Peer Review Assessment Tool (GP-SPRAT)
HcAT is a not-for-profit subsidiary of Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Set up to provide assessment tools locally HcAT now provide 360° and other assessment tools across the United Kingdom for a number of national organisations. They are funded by NCAS so the process is free for you.

To download the letter about HcAT assessment – please click here.

You can create your own form or use or adapt the form from the BMA website, Asking your practice manager to anonymously correlate the results and take out any comments which could be offensive or which could identify the person making them.

BMA 360 degree peer appraisal example review form - please click here (RTF)

In Derbyshire we are helping with the piloting a tool “360 Clinical”. There is a cost for using this however the PCT presently funds 50% of this, the first 100. Please contact the appraisal administrator for details. Website www.360clinical.com

BMJ Learning Module

You may find the following BMJ learning Module helpful when considering undertaking 360 Mutli-Source Appraisal:

http://www.learning.bmj.com/learning/channels/gp/peerreview.html 

You can also take part in a research study investigating what factors influence doctors self ratings for assessment. The aim of the study is to improve understanding about why doctors sometimes agree and sometimes disagree with the feedback they receive.

If you are interested click here to download further information
 

This page was last updated on: 11 March 2010