Train as Medical Appraiser - 13 October 2025

"The course was comprehensive, highly informative and gave knowledge, skills and confidence. The most useful aspect was the exercise as it allowed me to apply the knowledge with immediate feedback."  Dr P

============== EXCLUSIVE ONLINE TRAINING EVENT ===============

Our 'New Medical Appraiser' training course is an exclusive programme for doctors wishing to become an Appraiser.

Developed by our experienced Appraisers and Responsible Officers, this course delivers effective and stimulating educational content to a small group, with emphasis on practical sessions and case discussions, to meet the needs of New Appraisers and ensure that you are skilled in accordance with legislative requirements.

Your course facilitator is a highly experienced Medical Appraiser, since initially undertaking Appraisals from 2006 as Regional Medical Director London and East with Nuffield Proactive Health, and is in fact, our Lead Appraiser here at MEDSU, responsible for overseeing our own Appraiser body training and development. He is also an independent Responsible Officer. He will advise you on the strategies and best practices that we employ at every Appraisal to help maintain our consistency and quality assurance so rest assured you're in good hands.

At the end of this course all participants will:

• Have acquired detailed knowledge of how to conduct a professional Medical Appraisal
• Know what is required of you as an Appraiser in terms of professionalism and documentation
• Understand and be able to recognize when a doctor has provided sufficient supporting information for their Appraisal
• Have been exposed to communication and coaching methods and techniques to facilitate reflective practice
• Understand the more common difficulties that can arise in Medical appraisal and have an idea of  how to handle these.
• Know how the GMC handles fitness to practise concerns and how this affects appraisal and revalidation
• Have an approach to facilitating good PDP goals
• Know how to sign off a Medical Appraisal correctly
• Be suitably skilled to progress onto Part 2:  Theory into Practice - our unique Mentor-based observational and practical programme

Suitable for: All grades of doctors

One Day 9:30 – 4.30 plus 3 hours of pre-course study

CPD: 9 hours

If you have any questions, please contact our Events Team:

Email: events@medsu.org

Tel: 0800 689 9434

CANCELLATION:

In the unlikely event that minimum delegate numbers are not reached, this event will be cancelled (at least 7 days before the event), with full refunds given.

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READ OUR COURSE FEEDBACK:

"This is a comprehensive course that summarises all what you need to know about appraisal cycle, GMC guidance on appraisal/revalidation and the criteria to identify complex cases that need senior appraiser/RO input. By the end of this course, I was confident on going through the appraisal documents checklist, communicate clearly with appraisee and finalise the appraisal output statement. I recommend this course for all those planning to be future appraisers." Dr S - July 2023

"Facilitator was very experienced and shared that experience with the candidates in answering their queries in an extremely effective manner" Dr NS - July 2023

"I found the training to be at a high standard of education & training, the knowledge which was presented was rich in its content, comprehensive, relevant to my objective of been appraiser & how to be fair to my duty towards my patients first as well as towards the appraisees, the training was interactive & full of practical examples from the trainer which were from his own experiences. There were many chances for the trainees to discuss and share their own view with the others. The Trainer was able to cover a large area around Appraisal & kept the trainee motivation & concentration to the end of the presentation." Dr M - Sept 2022

"The course was rich in its content and was very informative. The speaker was very knowledgeable and was able to present complex issues in a simplified and easy to understand manner." Dr H - February 2022

"The course is concise and incisive. The pre-course reading materials are very relevant and informative, and prepared me adequately for the course. The trainer chose the presentation materials that underpin the appraisal process very carefully and made the assimilation of such vast subject matter a lot easier. The course was delivered professionally in a relaxed and enabling manner. " Dr M - April 2021

"A very professional course- engaging." Dr C - April 2021

"Highly recommended for all healthcare professionals." Dr E - April 2021