Library resource guides: ANZCA and FPM CPD Program resources: Peer review of practice

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Peer review of practice

A trusted colleague observes your practice, records their observations, and leads a feedback discussion regarding approaches to practice.

You can use a specialty-specific college guidelines (linked in the ANZCA & FPM resources section) to complete this activity.
If you use a different tool, it must be developed for peer review of a specialist and relevant to your scope of practice.
Both participants can claim CPD hours for this activity.

Lead the peer review for a colleagues practice
Work with a colleague in the same scope of practice to have your practice reviewed
Undertake a peer review for an ANZCA/FPM fellows clinical list management (aka scope list)
Undertake observation of an unplanned clinical list
Undertake a full day reciprocal assessment with a colleague in the same scope of practice

Note: A peer should be of equivalent standing and should avoid power imbalance for genuine feedback.

You may choose to undertake a critical reflection activity on the peer review of practice and develop a plan for practice change.

Note: Feedback providers who are also CPD participants should record this activity under review of ANZCA/FPM Fellows

CPD Value: CPD participants may claim this under the Practice evaluation - reviewing performance peer review of practice activity.

External resources

Ahpra - Medical Board of Australia: Mandatory notifications - what you need to know
Notifying us about a concern that a health practitioner may be putting public safety at risk is called a ‘notification’.
MCNZ: Conduct and competence concerns
If you work in the medical sector and have concerns about a registered doctor, you can refer the matter to the Council.
Vic Health: Understanding clinical practice toolkit
The Clinical Practice Toolkit outlines six tools to be used to evaluate an individual's clinical performance at different stages of the credentialling cycle..

Review by Peers: A Guide for Professional, Clinical and Administrative Processes by Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care This guide has been developed as a tool for managers and health services implementing processes for the review of professional practice. It seeks to encourage a collaborative approach by managers, clinical leaders and health practitioners to the implementation of effective peer review. This document uses the best available evidence, current best practice and expert opinion to provide guidance on how to design and run an effective peer review process.
2023 Peer Review Manual for Research Applications to the Health Research Council of New Zealand by Health Research Council of New Zealand The 2023 Peer Review Manual has been updated to focus on the overarching principles, roles, and considerations relating to the HRC peer review process. Grant-specific information including assessment processes, eligibility criteria, and assessment criteria are available in the application guidelines for each award type.

ANZCA & FPM resources

CPD Activity Guide
This guide contains a list of all the activities associated with the ANZCA and FPM CPD Program, as well as links to associated individual activity guides and forms.
Practical guidance for CPD feedback conversations
This guideline provides practical tips for those providing feedback to a colleague as part of the CPD program (for example peer review, multi-source feedback, patient experience surveys). Engaging in a feedback conversation is a skill and as with all skills it can be learnt and improved. The feedback conversation is an important tool for enhancing learning for both specialists.
Mapping the CPD program to ANZCA & FPM roles in practice
This table maps the activities in the ANZCA and FPM Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program to the main Roles in Practice that, in general, each activity maintains and further develops.
PS11(PM) Procedures in pain medicine clinical care standard The goal of the Procedures in Pain Medicine Clinical Care Standard is to articulate what is considered to be the appropriate and safe use of procedures in the practice of pain medicine.

ANZCA and FPM CPD Program: Peer review of practice (anaesthesia) - guideline
This guideline assists anaesthetists and reviewers complete the peer review of practice activity.
ANZCA and FPM CPD Program: Peer review of practice (diving and hyperbaric medicine) – guideline
This guideline assists diving and hyperbaric medicine (DHM) physicians and feedback providers complete the peer review of practice activity.
ANZCA and FPM CPD Program: Peer review of practice (pain medicine) - guideline
This guideline assists pain medicine physicians and feedback providers complete the peer review of practice activity.
ANZCA and FPM CPD Program: Peer review of practice (procedures in pain medicine) - guideline
This guideline assists specialist pain medicine physicians whose undertake procedures and reviewers complete the peer review of practice activity.

ANZCA: Roles in Practice - Communicator Library Guide
This guide contains informative, accessible and diverse training resources, including those available through the ANZCA library, to support communication activities that help establish rapport, trust, and ethical therapeutic relationships with patients and their families.
ANZCA: Communication in Anaesthesia Library Guide
This guide has been designed for anaesthetists interested in Communication in Anaesthesia to locate relevant resources on this topic, including those available through the ANZCA library.

ANZCA: Doctors' Health and Wellbeing
ANZCA's dedicated Doctors' health and wellbeing page, which outlines the Doctors' Health and Wellbeing Framework, as well as other resources to support doctors and integrate supportive mechanisms within organisations.