1. Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland How to submit appraisal Forms for Appraisees (Primary and Secondary Care)

2. Overview The appraisal forms on SOAR are standard online forms This guide covers a general overview of how to submit these forms to your appraiser For information on what content to input, please refer to the Toolkits on the Medical Appraisal Scotland website www.appraisal.nes.scot.nhs.uk

3. I have completed all the appraisal forms, now what? When Appraisal Forms 1-3 are completed (including the uploading and linking of all your supporting information), there are two things you need to do: 1.Agree to the Confidentiality Statement; and 2.Submit your Appraisal forms (so that they are shared with your appraiser) Both these tasks are done on the Interview details page

4. Login to SOAR Click My Appraisals Click Appraisals tab Your Appraisal History is listed, latest one at the top To view an appraisal’s details, submitted forms / docs, or the Form 4 (if done using SOAR), click on the corresponding notepad icon under the “ Edit ” column For GPs, brown notepad icons mean that appraisal was done using online appraisal forms; white icons signify old/paper forms For Secondary Care users, only appraisals done using online forms are recorded on SOAR

5. How to submit: 1.Complete your appraisal forms (inc upload of supporting info) 2.Navigate to the interview details page (remember it’s the notepad icon you need to click) 3. Accept the Confidentiality Statement; and 4. Submit Appraisal Forms 5.Both actions will trigger an automatic date stamp

6. Further support Medical Appraisal Scotland website: – www.appraisal.nes.scot.nhs.uk www.appraisal.nes.scot.nhs.uk – Resources, FAQ and other useful sections Local Administration teams: – Contact details on Medical Appraisal Scotland SOAR Helpdesk – Black “Help” box on right when logged into SOAR; – or SOAR@nes.scot.nhs.ukSOAR@nes.scot.nhs.uk Due to capacity issues we are unable to offer telephone support – You can request a call back via the Helpdesk – but we need detailed descriptions of the issue(s)