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Profiles
Professor Julian Archer
Honorary Professor
Faculty of Health
Julian can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
- Revalidation
- Healthcare regulation
- Remediation
- Feedback in Healthcare
- Assessment in healthcare
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Role
Professor of Medical Education Research & Director of the Collaboration for the Advancement in Medical Education Research & Assessment (CAMERA)
Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust
Qualifications
MRCPCH, MEd, PhD, FAcadMEd, FHEA
Professional membership
Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Roles on external bodies
I am academic advisor to the clinical assessments and a member of the Expert Reference Group at the National Clinical Assessment Service.
Teaching interests
I am module lead for a Certificate module on assessment in the Masters in Clinical Education at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry.
I teach on the Master in Surgical Education at Imperial College, London.
I also teach undergraduates in paediatrics.
Research interests
Professor Julian Archer has an established track record in leadership in the higher education and healthcare sectors. He has combined 20 years in healthcare delivery – currently as a paediatric consultant in the English National Health Service, senior advocacy roles in healthcare and education with internationally recognised expertise in assessment, standards and regulatory policy and practice across the medical continuum.
He established and, as its Director, has built the Collaboration for the Advancement of Medical Education Research &Assessment (CAMERA) at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry into one of the world’s leading centres for medical education research. He has been personally funded by prestigious National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) lectureships/fellowships between 2007-2017.
He works tirelessly with government, regulators, service providers and the public to impact on best assessment and regulatory practice in the workplace to support healthcare professionals, health service systems,their management, delivery and related politics to deliver safe patient care.
Grants & contracts
Current grants:
SAFE: an early intervention for families of children with autism and Asperger Syndrome. Autistica (£149,381.66) led by Dr Becky McKenzie.
A study to establish the feasibility of a definitive randomised controlled trial evaluating SAFE, an intervention for families of children with autism. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) (£247,402) led by Dr Rebecca McKenzie.
Further analysis of General Dental Council Fitness to Practise complaints data Julian Archer, Marie Bryce, Timothy O’Brien, Martin Roberts and Daniel Zahra (£13,791)
Patient Experience And Reflective Learning (PEARL): New research on use and usefulness of patient experience data National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) HS & DR (£723,818.15) led by Professor Julian Bion. Co-applicant and lead for MSF components in the study(HS&DR 14/156/23)
Evaluating the impact of medical revalidation. J Archer, Dr Niall Cameron,Ms Katie Laugharne, Professor Martin Marshall, Dr Sam Regan de Bere, Professor Kieran Walshe, Dr Richard Wright (£612,500) The General Medical Council (GMC)PI of a national collaboration on a competitive grant from the General Medical Council
Research groups
- Clinical Education
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2020
'Reviving clinical governance? A qualitative study of the impact of professional regulatory reform on clinical governance in healthcare organisations in England'
Health Policy
, DOI
PEARL
2019
'Remediating professionalism lapses in medical students and doctors: a systematic review'
Medical Education
, DOI
PEARL
2019
'Is collecting patient feedback 'a futile exercise' in the context of recertification?'
Academic Psychiatry
, DOI
PEARL
2019
'The ‘Reality of Revalidation in Practice’ (RRiP) project - Experiences of registrants and preparation of students in nursing and midwifery in the United Kingdom: A descriptive exploratory survey'
Nurse Education Today
, DOI
PEARL
2019
'Patient experience and reflective learning (PEARL): a mixed methods protocol for staff insight development in acute and intensive care medicine in the UK'
BMJ Open
9,
(7)
e030679-e030679
, DOI
2019
'Does regulation increase the rate at which doctors leave practice? Analysis of routine hospital data in the English NHS following the introduction of medical revalidation'
BMC Medicine
17,
(1)
, DOI
2019
'Reflective practice for patient benefit: an analysis of doctors' appraisal portfolios in Scotland'
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Patient and public involvement in medical performance processes: A systematic review'
Health Expectations
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Patient and public involvement in the design, administration and evaluation of patient feedback tools, an example in psychiatry: a systematic review and critical interpretative synthesis'
Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Remediating doctors' performance to restore patient safety: a realist review protocol'
BMJ Open
8,
(10)
e025943-e025943
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Validation of Multisource Feedback in Assessing Medical Performance: A Systematic Review'
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
38,
(4)
PEARL
2018
'The impact of patient feedback on the medical performance of qualified doctors: a systematic review'
BMC Medical Education
18,
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Policing the profession? Regulatory reform, restratification and the emergence of Responsible Officers as a new locus of power in UK medicine'
Social Science and Medicine
213,
98-105
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'The International Landscape of Medical Licensing Examinations: A Typology Derived From a Systematic Review'
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Responding effectively to adult mental health patient feedback in an online environment: A coproduced framework'
Health Expectations
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'The Evolving Purposes of Medical Revalidation in the United Kingdom'
Academic Medicine
93,
(4)
642-647
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'The implementation of medical revalidation: an assessment using normalisation process theory'
BMC Health Services Research
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Towards an understanding of how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: a realist review'
Medical Education
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'The McDonaldization of appraisal? Doctors' views of the early impacts of medical revalidation in the United Kingdom'
Health Policy
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Implementing medical revalidation in the United Kingdom: Findings about organisational changes and impacts from a survey of Responsible Officers'
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
110,
(1)
23-30
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'UK Policy on Doctor Remediation'
Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
37,
(3)
207-211
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'The impact of large scale licensing examinations in highly developed countries: a systematic review'
BMC Medical Education
16,
(1)
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Revalidation built on appraisal may have led to confusion'
BMJ
351,
(nov11 5)
h5999-h5999
, DOI
2015
'Without proper research funding, how can medical education be evidence based?'
BMJ
350,
(jun26 1)
h3445-h3445
, DOI
2015
'Assessing doctors' competencies using multisource feedback: validating a Japanese version of the Sheffield Peer Review Assessment Tool (SPRAT)'
BMJ Open
5,
(6)
e007135-e007135
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Teaching metacognitive skills: helping your physician trainees in the quest to 'know what they don't know''
Am J Med
128,
(3)
318-324
, DOI
2015
'"No one has yet properly articulated what we are trying to achieve": a discourse analysis of interviews with revalidation policy leaders in the United Kingdom'
Acad Med
90,
(1)
88-93
, DOI
2014
'"Medical education is the ugly duckling of the medical world" and other challenges to medical educators' identity construction: a qualitative study'
Acad Med
89,
(11)
1474-1480
, DOI
2014
'Revalidation: Patients or process? Analysis using visual data'
Health Policy
114,
(2-3)
128-138
, DOI
2014
'Understanding how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: a realist review protocol'
BMJ Open
4,
, DOI
PEARL
2013
'More About the Focus on Outcomes Research in Medical Education'
ACADEMIC MEDICINE
88,
(8)
1052-1052
, DOI
2013
'Developing a multisource feedback tool for postgraduate medical educational supervisors'
Med Teach
35,
(2)
145-154
, DOI
2013
'The United Kingdom's experience with and future plans for revalidation'
J Contin Educ Health Prof
33 Suppl 1,
S48-S53
, DOI
2013
'Workplace-Based Assessments in Psychiatry: Evaluation of a Whole Assessment System'
ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY
37,
(5)
301-307
, DOI
2011
'Factors that might undermine the validity of patient and multi-source feedback'
MEDICAL EDUCATION
45,
(9)
886-893
, DOI
2010
'Republished paper: Assessment of doctors' consultation skills in the Paediatric setting: the paediatric Consultation Assessment Tool'
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL
86,
(1020)
584-590
, DOI
2010
'Republished paper: Assuring validity of multisource feedback in a national programme'
Postgrad Med J
86,
(1019)
526-531
, DOI
2010
'The transition from medical student to junior doctor: Today's experience of Tomorrow's Doctors'
Medical Education
44,
(5)
449-458
, DOI
2010
'Assuring validity of multisource feedback in a national programme'
Arch Dis Child
95,
(5)
330-335
, DOI
2010
'The transition from medical student to junior doctor: today's experiences of Tomorrow's Doctors'
Med Educ
44,
(5)
449-458
, DOI
PEARL
2010
'Give juniors mini-PATs on the back'
Clinical Pharmacist
2,
(2)
63-65
2010
'Assessment of doctors’ consultation skills in the paediatric setting: the Paediatric Consultation Assessment Tool'
Arch Dis Child
95,
(5)
, DOI
2010
'Assuring multisource feedback in a national assessment programme'
Archive of Diseases of Child Health
in press,
2010
'Difficult decisions for progress testing: how much and how often?'
Med Teach
32,
(6)
513-515
, DOI
2010
'Effective Feedback – the current state of science in health professional education'
Medical Education
44,
(1)
101-108
2010
'Give juniors mini-PATs on the back'
Clinical Pharmacist
2,
1-3
2010
'Initial evaluation of EPSCALE, a rating scale that assesses the process of explanation and planning in the medical interview'
Patient Education and Counseling
, DOI
2010
'Medical Student to Junior Doctor: Today’s Experiences of Tomorrow’s Doctors'
Med Educ
44,
449-458
2010
'The current state of the science in health professional education: effective feedback'
Medical Education
44,
101-108
, DOI
2009
'European licensing examinations - The only way forward'
Medical Teacher
31,
(3)
215-216
2009
'European licensing examinations -The only way forward'
Medical Teacher
31,
(3)
5-6
2009
'Initial evaluation of the first year of the Foundation Assessment Programme'
Med Educ
43,
(1)
74-81
, DOI
2009
'Multisource Feedback (MSF): supporting professional development'
BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
206,
(1)
1-1
, DOI
2009
'Patient Feedback for Medical Students'
Clinical Teacher
6,
254-258
2009
'Re-certification for urologists: Is the SHEFFPAT questionnaire valid for assessing clinicians' 'relationships with patients'?'
BJMSU
2,
100-104
2008
'What is the Academy of Medical Educators, and what can it do for doctors in training?'
The Foundation Years
4,
(8)
335-336
, DOI
2008
'Specialty-specific multi-source feedback: assuring validity, informing training'
Med Educ
42,
(10)
1014-1020
, DOI
2008
'Are national qualifying examinations a fair way to rank medical students?'
BMJ
337,
(7669)
546-547
2008
'mini-PAT (Peer Assessment Tool): a well kept secret?'
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
101,
(6)
272-272
, DOI
2008
'mini-PAT (Peer Assessment Tool): a valid component of a national assessment programme in the UK?'
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract
13,
(2)
181-192
, DOI
2008
'A district hospital assessing its doctors for re-licensure: can it work?'
Medical Education
42,
359-363
2008
'Are national qualifying examinations a fair way to rank medical students? Yes'
BMJ
337,
(aug22_2)
, DOI
2008
'Assessment of doctors’ consultation skills in the paediatric setting: the Paediatric Consultation Assessment Tool'
Arch Dis Child
2008
'mini-PAT (Peer Assessment Tool): a well kept secret?'
JRSM
101,
(272-272)
2008
'What is the Academy of Medical Educators, and what can it do for doctors in training?'
4
8,
(335-336)
2007
'Medical education research - Reasons to be cheerful'
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
335,
(7617)
414-415
, DOI
2006
'Assessing procedural skills in context: exploring the feasibility of an Integrated Procedural Performance Instrument (IPPI)'
Med Educ
40,
(11)
1105-1114
2005
'Multi source feedback: development and practical aspects'
The Clinical Teacher
2,
(2)
77-81
, DOI
2005
'Assessment tools for foundation programmes--a practical guide'
BMJ Career Focus
330,
(7500)
2005
'Assessment tools for foundation programmes--a practical guide'
BMJ Career Focus
330,
(7500)
2005
'Multi source feedback using Sheffield Peer Review Assessment Tool (SPRAT) - development and practical aspects'
Clinical Teacher
2,
(2)
77-81
2004
'Clinical management. Where medicine meets management. On reflection'
Health Serv J
114,
(5903)
26-27
2003
'Paediatric Sheffield Cambridge Calgary Consultation Assessment Tool'
Work in Progress
Reviews
Letters
Chapters
2013
'Successful feedback: embedded in the culture'
Oxford Textbook of Medical Education
Oxford University Press
564-574
, DOI
2010
'Assessing learners'
in Dornan T; Mann K; Scherpbier A; Spencer J
Learning Medicine: A text linking theory and practice for graduate students and educators wanting to go beyond the basics
Elsevier
2009
'Assessment in Foundation'
in Forrest; Cooper N
Essential Guide to Educational Supervision in the Foundation Programme
Blackwells Publishing
2006
'How doctors are assessed'
in Forrest K; Cramp P; Cooper N
Essential Guide to Generic Skills
London
Blackwells Publishing BMJ Books.
0
'Assessments and Appraisal'
Essential Guide to Educational Supervision in Postgraduate Medical Education
Wiley-Blackwell
107-122
, DOI
Conference Papers
2008
'Quality assuring the Foundation Assessment Programme'
13th Ottawa Conference
1-/-0/1900
1-/-0/1900
Melbourne, Australia
2006
'A National work based assessment programme - initial evaluation'
12th Ottawa Conference
1-/-0/1900
1-/-0/1900
New York
Reports
2018
UMbRELLA: Evaluating the regulatory impacts of medical revalidation – final report.
General Medical Council
Publisher Site
2017
Analysis of fitness to practise case data for the General Dental Council: Summary and Main Report.
General Dental Council
Publisher Site
2015
Revalidation: the evidence for revalidation and options for revalidation in the Australian context.
Medical Board of Australia
AHPRA
Publisher Site
PEARL
2015
A literature review on the impact of licensing examinations for doctors in countries comparable to the UK.
General Medical Council
General Medical Council
Publisher Site
2014
Revalidation: in practice: Shaping the future development of revalidation.
Health Foundation
Plymouth University
Publisher Site
2014
Understanding the rise in Fitness to Practise complaints from members of the public.
General Medical Council
Publisher Site
2014
Patient and public involvement in medical revalidation.
Revalidation Support Team
2013
Patient and public involvement in revalidation.
Revalidation Support Team
Plymouth University
Publisher Site
2012
Developing an evidence base for the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) Test (Literature Review).
General Medical Council
General Medical Council
Publisher Site
2006
Workplace Assessment Projects' Report.
London
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Other Publications
0
EPSCALE.
01/01/1900
01/01/1900
0
Multisource Feedback Tool.
01/01/1900
01/01/1900
0
Why do patients with non-life threatening conditions bypass their local health centres? A cross-sectional survey at accident and emergency departments in Trinidad.
01/01/1900
01/01/1900