So, What's The MSF All About?

 

The MSF highlights two things:

 

1. performance (areas to be commended)
2. possible suggested areas for development

 

NEED TO DO:

• 2 SETS OF 5 PER YEAR IN ST1 (clinicians only)
• NONE IN ST2
• 2 SETS OF 10 in ST3 (5 clinicians and 5 non-clinicians)

 

People who you work with will be required to give you an overall assessment for each of the following boxes: 

 

 

 

 

Who Developed This Questionairre?

 

This two question Multi-Source Feedback (MSF) was developed by Drs Douglas Murphy, David Bruce and Kevin Eva on behalf of NHS Education Scotland (2005-2006).

 

 

Who Should Fill It In?

 

The trainee is responsible for organising this – they ask 5 clinicians to fill in an electronic MSF form for their e portfolio

 

In the hospital setting: only clinical staff will be asked to give an overall rating for the two boxes above (with space for specific descriptive feedback). Non clinical staff will not be involved in the assessment.

 

In the General Practice Setting: Things are different: clinical and NON-CLINICAL staff (eg reception staff) will be asked to rate you. However, only clinical staff will be asked to rate you in terms of both boxes (attitudes & clinical ability); non-clinical staff will only rate you for box 1 (attitudes)

 

Results are anonymous, but educational supervisor (not trainer) will be aware of who the raters were, to ensure a good spread of different raters

 

 

 

Have You Got Any Guidance?

 

Yeah.... our guidance is quite simple really. Read, familiarise and make sure you understand all the behavioural markers in the two boxes above. Try and alter your attitude and behaviour to fit in with box 1; if you do this from your heart, you'll be a great GP.

 

Of course, you can't be a great doctor without having good clinical skills too so try to make the most of the learning opportunites in your posts and try to exude an enthusiasm for both the job and learning. Don't forget, you can learn from all members of the team, not just the doctors (and they'll be so honoured you asked them).

 

Don't forget to upload the MSF results to your e-portfolio (it's the trainee's responsibility). Finally, use the form below to help you reflect on the multisource feedback and bring this to the next educational supervision meeting (and upload it to your e-portfolio).