Components and Process of Performance Appraisal of Teaching Faculty

In the field of medical and health professions education, performance appraisal has been regarded as one of the crucial aspects to improve the effectiveness and efficiency. Performance appraisal has to be a systematic and well-thought plan, wherein even inputs from the faculty members have been taken for the overall improvement of the existing or novel system. We must remember that performance appraisal is a formal management system that serves the purpose of evaluating the performance of a faculty member or any employee in a wide range of domains in an organization. In conclusion, performance appraisal should not be looked upon as a method to find shortcomings, rather as an opportunity to have a constructive dialog with the faculty to bring about improvement in their performance.