- 360° provides an accurate reliable and valid source of feedback
about individual performance and creates accountability to patients
and colleagues.
- 360° assists doctors in their continuous professional development,
which improves individual performance and patient care.
- Results from 360° can be used to inform job planning processes.
- 360° saves doctors’ time in collating evidence for their
annual appraisal and revalidation
- 360° assists those Non Consultant Career Grade doctors who are
not yet included in an appraisal system to inform the revalidation
process
- Trainees may choose to offer their 360° results to the RITA
process to help in their career progression.
- Trainees may choose to offer their 360° results to future employers.
- 360° helps those doctors who are retired and still practicing
privately to inform the revalidation process
- 360° helps to identify a potentially poorly
performing doctor or system. Such instances are reported by the system
to the clinical governance lead who carries out further appropriate
assessments to establish the competence of the doctor and/or environmental
factors affecting performance. As a result of this investigation appropriate
support would be provided.
- 360° encourages doctors to address weaknesses early before they
develop into problems, potentially preventing harm to patients and
suspensions
- The 360° process allows a doctor to confidentially compare results
against regional, national and speciality specific trends – this
information is confidential to the doctor.
- 360° gives feedback on individual rather than team performance
- A national IT based 360° system will identify collusion or discrimination
on illegal grounds that would cause the 360° in question to be
inaccurate, null and void.
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