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Pauline A McAvoy

Researcher at South Shields

Publications -  7
Citations -  377

Pauline A McAvoy is an academic researcher from South Shields. The author has contributed to research in topics: Competence (human resources) & Peer review. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications receiving 361 citations. Previous affiliations of Pauline A McAvoy include National Patient Safety Foundation.

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Is insight important? measuring capacity to change performance.

TL;DR: Insight and performance may be critically related and there are instances where increasing insight in the presence of decreasing performance can also cause difficulties, which can cause difficulties in effective self‐regulation.
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The assessment of poorly performing doctors: the development of the assessment programmes for the General Medical Council's Performance Procedures.

TL;DR: Modernization of medical regulation has included the introduction of the Professional Performance Procedures by the UK General Medical Council in 1995, which has the power to assess any registered practitioner whose performance may be seriously deficient, thus calling registration into question.
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Expert validation of fit-for-purpose guidelines for designing programmes of assessment.

TL;DR: Developed guidelines for design based on an earlier developed framework which identified areas to be covered are eclectic, requiring expertise judgement to use them appropriately in different contexts, not bound to a specific context or educational approach.
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The General Medical Council's Performance Procedures: peer review of performance in the workplace.

TL;DR: The General Medical Council procedures to assess the performance of doctors who may be seriously deficient include peer review of the doctor’s practice at the workplace and tests of competence and skills.
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Factors that might undermine the validity of patient and multi-source feedback.

TL;DR: In this article, a study was conducted in conjunction with the National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS) in the UK and used established MSF and patient feedback instruments to assess doctors in potential difficulty.