title: Consultant assessment and appraisal: an outline in practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate a practical method to address new Department of Health requirements for assessment and appraisal.
  
  
  METHODS
  This process was developed within the department to incorporate workload, clinical incidents and 360 degrees questionnaires to assess performance and working with departmental staff as preliminaries to an appraisal interview.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Review of 2 years' process has resulted in minor amendments but there was general agreement that the parameters encompassed were practical and useful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Stoke Mandeville Hospital Trust, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK. tom.meagher@smh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meagher
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bodley
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Melvin
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Record
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000379:methods*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload