Appraisal is a key part of revalidation, which is every 5 years. All LED doctors will have an annual appraisal with a named appraiser. These annual appraisal are key to providing evidence that you are up to date and fit to practice as a licenced doctor and is therefore an essential part of the five year revalidation process that you must engage with this if you wish to continue practicing Medicine in the UK. Please review the GMC links below for more information on revalidation:
Guidance for doctors: requirements for revalidation and maintaining your licence (gmc-uk.org)
Guidance on supporting information for appraisal and revalidation (gmc-uk.org)
To support this process and carry out your annual appraisal, you will all be given access to the trust’s appraisal e-portfolio where you can upload supporting information and keep track of your CPD activities (https://kingstonhospital.medicalrevalidation.com). If you have not been set up with this at the start of your post with us, please contact leighharris2@nhs.net to arrange this. It is imperative that you use this portfolio and engage with your annual appraisal to revalidate and maintain your licence to practice.
Please find attached some documents outlining how to use / navigate our appraisal/revalidation portfolio to prepare for your annual appraisal meeting
There are further support documents are available via the ‘Help’ TAB on your appraisal e-Portfolio. The ‘Help’ TAB gives access to further reference guides, videos on how to use the system, the latest Medical Appraisal Guide (from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges) and the trusts Appraisal and Revalidation policy.
NB. If you are joining us a Doctor on the Medical Training Initiative (MTI) or a Royal College Training Programme you will not need to participate in this Annual Appraisal Process or use this portfolio as your ARCPs take the place of your annual appraisal and revalidation. You will also solely use your Specialty Portfolio.
For those of you joining us as Locally Employed Doctors, we are pleased to let you know that in addition to this, we can provide you free access to the Horus e-Portfolio which is normally used in the UK in foundation training. If you are a Junior Doctor working in a FY1 or FY2 equivalent post or working to achieve competencies to get a Certificate of Readiness to Enter Specialty Training, this may be a useful way for you to log learning activities and achievements from this stage of training. If you need access to Horus portfolio, please email khft.medicaleducation@nhs.net
If you have chosen to commit to a specialty and would like to work to gain / log more clinical skills and experience in a chosen specialty, you may benefit from signing up to a Specialty specific portfolio via your respective Royal Colleges and you can use you study budget to cover the cost of this should you wish to do so.
You will be able to download the contents from your Horus e-portfolio or Specialty Portfolio and upload this to your trust’s appraisal portfolio as supporting information for your annual appraisal.
If you are working in a surgical specialty, we recommend that you register to use eLogbook.
This is a free Pan-Surgical Logbook that has been developed to support surgeons of all grades and all Specialties in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It allows doctors to record and track their surgical experiences and procedures and builds up a complete record of your work. This is therefore an excellent way to monitor your progress and ensure comprehensive training as well as provide supporting information for appraisals, re-validation and re-certification. Please visit https://www.elogbook.org/ to register for access.
