Guidance on Selecting Colleague Assessors
Categories
Colleagues who you ask to be assessors must be representative of
the teams within which you work. They should include other
consultants, doctors in training for whom you might be the clinical
or educational supervisor, other medical staff such as GPs with
whom you work closely, nursing staff, other clinical professionals
and secretarial and admin and management staff. The aim is to
have a broad perspective from others on how well you are
performing, and for them to highlight areas of good practice and
areas for further development.
Impact on results
We have been asked whether allowing the participant to select
their assessors could bias the results. Experience from other
360 appraisal tools would suggest that this is probably not
the case - in fact it is possible that colleagues who view you
positively are more likely to give considered and constructive
positive feedback and identify areas for improvement.
Individual enrolments
Because some psychiatrists participate in ACP 360 on an
individual basis, the College cannot review the selection of
assessors with individuals. We suggest that whenever
possible, participants should discuss in advance with their
appraiser the list of assessors they are planning to invite to
complete questionnaire.
Trust enrolments
We advise Trusts that enroll groups of psychiatrists to
develop local guidelines on a number of aspects of
participation. We consider it to be a local decision whether
it is a requirement for participants to consult with their
appraiser when they are identifying colleagues to contribute as
assessors.
GMC guidelines
We will review this advice about selection of assessors once the
GMC and the Academy issues its guidance about how multisource
feedback systems should be applied.