We are pleased to announce that our systems upgrade is complete. We have worked hard to provide you with the best user experience: GPTools is now faster than ever, and introduces even more features to make appraisal / revalidation as easy as possible.
GPTools users will be pleased to hear that we are in the last stages of finalising a huge update. We have been listening to the community and will be implementing many new changes to make appraisal / revalidation as easy and painless as possible for our colleagues. As always, stay tuned…
We are delighted to announce that GPTools is the Appraisal toolkit of choice for GPs from Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin PCOs. We were able to implement their custom MSF feedback form into GPTools with a minimal lead time.
Seeing that the GMC Colleague Feedback form has been finalised….
Almost instantly we upgraded the inbuilt multi source feedback system:
Oh yes, did I mention how much it costs? Zero – it is an integral part of GPTools
The hugely popular GPTools Diary bookmarklet feature has been upgraded.
After installing the bookmarklet, whenever you are on a web page that you think will contribute to your learning and development, simply click on the GPTools diary bookmark to save the page into your GPTools database. You will have an option to anonymously share the page with other GPTools users, if you think it has valid learning points. Once saved in GPTools you can then add learning notes as well as the time you have spent on the topic. This will contribute to your CPD learning hours. You can then add the article to your appraisal, and the details of the article along with your learning notes will be accessible by your Appraiser. In this way you can build up a lifelong record of all your internet based reading and learning in one place.
This is just one of the many ways GPTools can help you prepare for your appraisal and revalidation.
The new revalidation forms are now online
We have worked hard to ensure that the whole process of revalidation has been laid out in an easy to understand way. There might be a few gremlins in the forms, so if you encounter any, please let us know. Still have a TO-DO list though, which we’ll be publishing on the main page.
First a warning: The following post might cause you insomnia depending on your affiliation
What if I told you that revalidation is actually easier than the appraisals we’ve had to endure?
This bloke must be joking I hear you say!
Well, Dear Colleagues (sound familiar?) it is.
Now how can that be possible?
Because revalidation will be evidence based, and much less of the subjective story writing and telling.
Plus guess what? GPTools will be there to make it as easy as pie.
When you finally get to see the new appraisal/revalidation forms that we’ve been working on
everything will be ‘clear’.
As always stay tuned…………
I am a sucker for exceptional usability,
and am dismayed at what us GPs have to put up with when
it comes to the computer systems we use. I’m not going to
name anything here, but we all know who and what I am
talking about. For example: In the year 2012, why are
we being forced to fill in tick boxes, type in small text areas,
wade through layers of menus, and press the ‘SAVE’ button at every
10 minute interval or risk losing our data?
Unfortunately, it comes down to the question of whether public funding
hampers innovation and development?
I’ll ask you a question, name one successful internet company that was
funded by the government? Answers on a nano sized postcard please.
I’ve got an idea in my head and you all are going to love it – stay tuned!
We have some very cool improvements waiting in the pipeline:
Stay tuned, its going to be an interesting few months