At least once in your revalidation cycle you must collect and reflect on, and discuss at your appraisal, feedback from your colleagues.
Colleague Feedback is more commonly referred to as Multi-Source Feedback (MSF) or 360 degree feedback. All doctors are expected to seek such feedback from colleagues at least once in every 5-year revalidation cycle.
The feedback should be used formatively as a reflective learning and development tool to identify strengths and areas for possible development and improvement in a doctor's practice, to inform their continuing professional development.
A variety of Multi-Source Feedback tools are available from commercial providers as well as some royal colleges for this purpose.
In 2011 the Scottish Government commissioned NES to develop a colleague questionnaire that would be suitable for all doctors in Scotland. This questionnaire is available as a web resource and is free to use for doctors registered with and using SOAR (login to SOAR in "Appraisee" role and click on "MSF" from the menu and follow the on-screen instructions).
Using the MSF tool on SOAR, there is a 3-week timeline for your nominated raters to provide the requested feedback. Thereafter the report will close automatically if it has received a minimum of 8 responses. It is advisable to plan your MSF in advance, especially if you might be moving areas or practices, to factor in time to review and reflect on your feedback.
Structured Reflective Template - MSF
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Date updated: 26/04/2021
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