The NHS Revalidation Support Team in its Medical Appraisal Guide gives the definition: ‘Medical appraisal is a process of facilitated self-review supported by information gathered from the full scope...

An easy to read book, which complements the other books in the Basic Guide series from Wiley-Blackwell for DCPs. It is a well laid out book intended to provide the core knowledge of anatomy and...

The annual Gallup poll of employees has regularly identified some key issues which gives an interesting set of results (Table 1). The question is what can an employer do to try and encourage the staff...

“…ensure that health professionals remain up to date and continue to demonstrate that they continue to meet the requirements of their professional regulator”2
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Personal development plans (PDPs) have been in existence for many years in many guises. The New Year's resolution is, in many respects, an example of a plan. In its simplest form, a PDP is a list of...