Medical Appraisal, Selection and Revalidation - a professional's guide to good practice

Gatrell - Medical Appraisal, Selection and Revalidation
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Authors/editors: John Gatrell and Tony White
ISBN: 978-1-85315-400-3
Page count: 63
Publisher: RSM Press
Publication year: 2001

This book is a guide to appraising, recruiting and selecting consultants and junior doctors and focuses on the core skills required of doctors who are responsible for making these decisions. Based on extensive research involving over 600 medical interviews and numerous meetings with panel members and chairs, this book gives numerous examples of good practice and assembles all the available advice from a wide range of relevant sources including the NHS, BMA, Royal Colleges, GMC, deaneries, trusts and general practice. All the examples are taken from real interviews.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction.

2. Core Interviewing Skills: Questioning; Types of Question and their Uses; Non-verbal Communication; Note Taking; Key Skills Learning Points.

3. Equal Opportunities: Sex and Race Discrimination; Disability Discrimination.

4. Appraisal: Management Appraisal; Appraising Trainees; Appraisal and the Learning Process; Preparation for the Appraisal Meeting; Conducting an Appraisal Meeting; Dealing with Difficult Issues; Appraisal for Revalidation; Key Appraisal Learning Points.

5. Selection: Defining the Job; Person Specification; Application Process and Pre-interview Procedure; Application Form or Curriculum Vitae? Short-Listing; Pre-interview Visits; References; Other Selection Activities; Interview Panels; Conducting the Interview; Assessment and Decision-making; Appointment; Feedback to Unsuccessful Candidates; Evaluation; Interview Behaviours to Avoid; Key Learning Points.

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