The purpose of the programme of assessment is to:
- assess an anaesthetists in training’s actual performance in the workplace
- encourage the development of the anaesthetist in training as an adult responsible for their own learning
- enhance learning by providing formative assessment, enabling the anaesthetists in training to receive immediate feedback, understand their own performance, and identify areas for development
- drive learning and enhance the training process by making it clear what is required of anaesthetists and motivating them to ensure they receive suitable training and experience
- demonstrate anaesthetists in training have acquired the GPCs and meet the requirements of good medical practice
- ensure that anaesthetists in training possess the essential underlying knowledge required for their specialty
- provide robust, summative evidence that anaesthetists in training are meeting the curriculum standards during the training programme
- inform the ARCP process, identifying any requirements for targeted or additional training where necessary and facilitating decisions regarding progression through the training programme
- identify anaesthetists in training who should be advised to consider a change of career direction.
