for me the major critiscm is that Appraisal now and proposed doesnt look directly at what one does with ones pts, surely what maintaining standards is what its all about. i suspect that this is because doing so is difficult logistically and expensive, whereas time on CPD, counting numbers of complaints, and a piss-poor audit are easy and cheap. > Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:25:26 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: 2 assertions on appraisal and (re)validation > To: [log in to unmask] > > On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 12:07 +0100, Trefor Roscoe wrote: > > > > The CPD you do will be determined by yourself in discussion with your > > appraiser at your annual appraisals. NOTHING will be COMPULSORY. > > It is possible that some of your appraiser colleagues have a more > definite view on this, one suggested to me that I should do some very > particular things in a precise manner, recording them on a computer > system that would, he wrote, make it easy for him to keep track of my > efforts, and that this was what was required by legislation about > revalidation. > > I disabused him. > > He went quiet, and soem time later claimed to have sent an email telling > me and others that he was no longer available to do my appraisal. > > Someone relatively sensible and effective then was appointed, and we > exchanged views on a number of things. > > Appraisal remains unappraised by those who claim it is useful and that > science informs their actions. > > I remain unsurprised. > > And unimpressed. > > > -- > A _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now