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]
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> On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 12:07 +0100, Trefor Roscoe wrote:
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>
> > 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.
>
>
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