In message <[log in to unmask]>, Paul
Bromley <[log in to unmask]> writes
>I've just survived my 2nd appraisal! One thing that I've realized about this
>process is how little is thought of the GPs who spend substantial time on
>the IT/Read Coding etc side within the practice. I was told by my appraiser
>that the many hours that I had spent in these areas were not valid in any
>way for my appraisal. I was carrying out 'tasks' and these are viewed as
>part of General Practice.
Paul, I sympathise with the problems in your practice - but doesn't your
Appraiser need re-educating?
1. Most (possibly all) of your work on developing means of ensuring
accurate entry of high quality data: surely this falls within the
Teaching and training bits of Good Practice?
2. Part of any Practice Development Plan (and your personal PDP is
supposed to relate to this) must be to enter the data required for
maximum profits.. Does this need rephrasing?
Anyway, there is a need to improve data standards in most practices
(including mine) both for direct patient care and in order to provide
good standard data to the NCR and big brother.
WHY did your Appraiser think that this was irrelevant?
3. My Appraiser is IT literate - and the few things I do are accepted as
part of my professional activities and ongoing development.
Is there a classification - anywhere - of what is acceptable for brownie
points in appraisal?
4. How far is an appraiser allowed to influence your PDP for the next
year?
*You* are supposed to identify your own learning needs: is an Appraiser
allowed to tell you you've got it wrong?
Just asking...
Mary Hawking
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Mary Hawking
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