Regular Practice Reviews

InPractice RPR is a supportive and collegial review of a doctor’s clinical practice and professional development activities.

Regular practice review (RPR) is a supportive and collegial review of a doctor’s clinical practice and professional development activities.  Its primary purpose is to help maintain and improve the standards of the medical profession by helping individual doctors identify aspects of their performance that could be improved, benefiting not only their own professional development but also the quality of care their patients receive.

The design of RPR is based on evidence about what is effective in improving practice. It involves:

• Pre-visit: Review of the doctor’s professional development e-Portfolio, a phone call with the collegial relationship provider and multi-source and/or patient feedback
• Practice visit: Interviews with the doctor and in some cases colleagues, observation of consultations, review of records and clinical reasoning
• Post-visit: Report delivered to the doctor summarising findings

All doctors enrolled in the InPractice Programme who have held general registration for a period of three years or more are required to participate in RPR once every three years.

If a doctor is selected for an RPR while they are undergoing a review process with the Medical Council, they should advise InPractice, as they may be eligible to have their RPR deferred.