Revalidation pilot participants feed back on their experience

At the beginning of the year, those osteopaths taking part in the revalidation pilot were asked to provide feedback about their experiences of collecting evidence – what they did, how long it took, whether it was useful and whether they learned anything. This feedback will help us to properly understand the benefits, costs and proportionality of the implementing the proposed scheme.

In total, 374 participants submitted a response, which represents a 79% response rate. Initial findings indicate that:

• Almost 40% of osteopaths responding said that they thought the pilot had improved their quality of care (although there is no evidence to corroborate this).
• Around 35% of respondents were neutral on this issue.
• Around 45% of respondents said that the training sessions provided by the GOsC were exactly the preparation they needed.
• Around 35% of respondents were neutral on this issue.
• Nearly 75% of respondents said that the GOsC provided them with all the support they needed as part of the recruitment process.
• Around 15% of respondents were neutral on this issue.
• Approximately 80% of respondents said that they had used at least one of the tools for generating evidence (available in the Revalidation Pilot Participation Manual) in the last 3 months.

For further information about the proposed revalidation scheme and the pilot visit the Revalidation section of this website.