We make revalidation easy

Using the GMC supporting information document as a framework - there are now four main areas which incorporate the following:

1. Personal

• Your personal details
• Your scope of practice - the roles you are working in
• Probity and Health declaration

2. Appraisal

• GMP areas not covered elsewhere
• Uploaded documents to support any activities in this area
• Last year's PDP and commentary / reflection
• Your proposed PDP for the current year

3. Keeping up to date / CPD / Education

• Your goal is to achieve at least 50 hours of learning a year
• Document any activity which contributed to your learning
• Upload supporting evidence to prove your participation
• GPTools provides you with pre set areas to make data entry fast and easy, if you can think of any more areas please let us know
• Record the cGMP domains that you have covered

4. Analysing your practice

• Reviewing your Practice
• Significant event audits - 2 every year
• Clinical audit - 1 every 5 years
• Feedback on your Practice
• Colleague feedback - 1 every 5 years
• Patient feedback - 1 every 5 years
• Complaints & cause for concern - annual review
• Compliments

The discussion with the appraiser is much the same as before with a bit more emphasis on CPD (Keeping up to date) and Quality Improvement Steps undertaken (audits). GPTools also has the ability for the appraiser to comment on learning activities as well as practice analysis
In keeping with the current theme, to supply 'evidence' for what we have listed above, with regards to GPs, the following table was excerpted from the Guide to the Revalidation of General Practitioners by the RCGP. Hopefully, after reading our brief overview you should no longer have any ambiguity about what the requirements for revalidation are. But do let us know if you can think of a way to make things clearer.