1. PDPs: How to make your (evil) plans for educational world domination come to fruition effectively!
Shahid Dadabhoy

2. Dr Evil

3. So what did you think?
Positive
Negative
General Themes

4. Problems with PDPs
They are done REALLY badly by BOTH GP Registrars AND Established colleagues in independent practice
Most are certainly are not SMART
GP Registrar PDPs tend to be obsolete by the time that they are reviewed
Most aren’t completed

5. …and educationalists are no better…

6. The Case For PDPs Focus Efficiency Forces reflection
Needs to be underpinned by a learning needs assessment
Complements Quality Improvement
Catharsis

7. The case against… Can be demoralising if too ambitious Inflexible
Ownership
…but most of the drawbacks relate to flaws in the PDP itself

9. RCGP Revalidation Toolkit : Personal Development Plan Guidance
“A PDP is a formal document that sets out the learning and development needs of the appraisee for the subsequent year. It is a key output of the appraisal interview, and must be drawn up and agreed between the GP and appraiser every year to meet the requirements of Revalidation”
“Not all CPD opportunities will be planned”

10. RCGP Revalidation Toolkit : Personal Development Plan Guidance

11. GP Portfolio PDP Proforma
Learning Objectives: WHAT AND WHY?
Target date: BY WHEN?
Action Plan: HOW?
How will I know when it's achieved? SUCCESS?
Outcome (After PDP is achieved)

12. WHAT?
“...I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important in the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish”

13. WHAT? Why? –probably the most important thing
Learning Needs Assessment
Needs to look ahead
Out of the comfort zone
Ownership

14. BY WHEN? Relatively straightforward
Needs to be contextualised within the realities of the GP time horizons
E.g. Exams, opportunities in the job

15. HOW?
Never one activity
Learning styles

16. SUCCESS?
Evaluation
Measurement
Reflection on change in practice

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18. Stratagems from NLP
Mapping the Process in Reverse “For that to happen what has to happen before that?”
Chunking Up and Chunking Down

19. Example 1
“I want to know about the business side of General Practice”

20. Example 2
“I am not confident about Family Planning”

21. Example 3
I want to improve my consultation skills

22. Never take anything for granted…..

23. PLEASE EDUCATE RESPONSIBLY