Appraisal needs to re-start now so doctors can reflect on coronavirus experiences

Susi Caesar; Graham Layer; Regi Alexander; Vicky Banks; Stephen Barasi; Susan Bews; Basant Chaudhury; Philippa Cockman; Maurice Conlon; Sunil Dasan; Tony Feltbower; David Fox; Steph Hughes; Bov Jani; Di Jelley; Nick Lewis-Barned; Sol Mead; Kashif Qureshi; Paul Twomey; Hugo van Woerden; John Woodhouse; Frances Yuille

doi:10.1136/bmj.m3987

Appraisal needs to re-start now so doctors can reflect on coronavirus experiences

BMJ. 2020 Oct 19:371:m3987. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3987.

Authors

Susi Caesar^{1

2}, Graham Layer¹, Regi Alexander³, Vicky Banks⁴, Stephen Barasi⁵, Susan Bews⁶, Basant Chaudhury⁷, Philippa Cockman^{8

9}, Maurice Conlon¹⁰, Sunil Dasan¹¹, Tony Feltbower¹², David Fox¹³, Steph Hughes¹⁴, Bov Jani¹⁵, Di Jelley^{16

17}, Nick Lewis-Barned¹⁸, Sol Mead¹⁹, Kashif Qureshi²⁰, Paul Twomey²¹, Hugo van Woerden²², John Woodhouse²³, Frances Yuille²⁴

Affiliations

¹ Professional Development Committee, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, 10 Dallington Street, London EC1V 0DB, UK.
² Medical Appraisal 2020 Task and Finish Group, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, London, UK.
³ Royal College of Psychiatrists, 21 Prescot Street, London E1 8BB, UK.
⁴ Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, 6 St Andrews Place, London NW1 4LB, UK.
⁵ Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK.
⁶ Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, 19 Angel Gate, 326a City Road, London EC1V 2PT, UK.
⁷ Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ, UK.
⁸ NHS England and Improvement London, London, UK.
⁹ St Stephen's Health Centre, London E3 5ED, UK.
¹⁰ Professional Standards Team, NHS England and Improvement, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE, UK.
¹¹ Sustainable Working Practices Committee, Royal College of Emergency Medicine, 7-9 Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, London EC4A 1DT, UK.
¹² Association of Surgeons in Primary Care and Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health, 27 Sunningdale Avenue, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV82BY, UK.
¹³ Faculty of Occupational Medicine, 2 Lovibond Lane, London SE10 9FY, UK.
¹⁴ Health Education England, Wessex Appraisal Service, Southern House, Otterbourne, Hampshire SO21 2RU, UK.
¹⁵ Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 5-11 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8SH, UK.
¹⁶ NHS England and Improvement Cumbria and North East, UK.
¹⁷ Health Education England (North East and Cumbria), Continuing Practice Department, Waterfront, 4 Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE15 8NY, UK.
¹⁸ Patient Feedback Project, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, 10 Dallington Street, London EC1V 0DB, UK.
¹⁹ Redhill, Surrey, UK.
²⁰ Royal College of Ophthalmologists, 18 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD, UK.
²¹ NHS England and Improvement North East and Yorkshire, Health House, Grange Park Lane, Willerby HU10 6DT, UK.
²² Public Health Agency, 12-22 Linenhall Street, Belfast BT2 8BS, UK.
²³ Faculty of Public Health, 4 St Andrews Place, London NW1 4LB, UK.
²⁴ Royal College of Radiologists, 63 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3JW, UK.

PMID: 33077426
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m3987

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Clinical Competence
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Licensure, Medical* / standards
Licensure, Medical* / trends
Needs Assessment
Pandemics
Physicians / standards*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Quality Assurance, Health Care / organization & administration
SARS-CoV-2