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Appraisal of General Practitioners Working in Occupational Medicine: what Happens, and what do they Think About it?

An estimated 3200 GPs work in occupational medicine (OM) on a sessional basis in addition to their primary care commitments. Most of these hold the Diploma of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (D Occ Med). These GP occupational physicians appear to have no formal structure for their continuing medical education in OM beyond the training undertaken for this diploma, which may be accessed in a number of centres throughout the UK. The aims of this study are to explore the appraisal process for GPs working in OM and to determine the opinions about appraisal of a sample who contribute to a national reporting network for occupational disease and work-related ill health (THOR-GP). Postal questionnaires were Education for Primary Care (2008) 19: 376–81 # 2008 Radcliffe Publishing Limited