Quality and impact of appraisal for revalidation: The perceptions of London's responsible officers and their appraisers

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Griffin, Ann ^a   Furmedge, Daniel S ^a   Gill, Deborah ^a   O'Keeffe, Catherine ^b   Verma, Anju ^a   Smith, Laura Jane ^a   Noble, Lorraine ^a   Field, Ray ^c   Ingham Clark, Celia ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Education North Central and East London Stewart House   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Clinical governance; Management; Quality; Revalidation

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL GOVERNANCE; CREDENTIALING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; PHYSICIANS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84942012697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0438-7     Document Type: Article

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