Unleashing potential: Performance appraisal of teaching faculty in medical and health professions education

Abstract

Performance appraisal refers to a formal and systematic process carried out with the intention to assess the commitment, efficiency, and performance of the employees. Performance appraisal in health-care organizations can be regarded as our answer as well as a tool to ensure that we meet our quality as well as move forward toward the attainment of the institution's goals. This evaluation should not be looked upon as a method to find shortcomings; rather, it should be looked upon as an opportunity for the head of the departments to have a constructive dialog with their departmental faculty to bring about improvement in their performance. In conclusion, faculty members continue to be the change agents upon which the success of any curricular reform or existing activities will depend. To evaluate their efficiency and at the same time to support them in discharging their roles effectively, it is the need of the hour to employ the tool of performance appraisal in medical institutions.

Keywords

• medical colleges
• performance appraisal
• research
• teaching faculty