Personalised Formal Debrief
Maximise the benefits of your Multi-Source Feedback with our expert-led debrief sessions, designed to support your continuous professional development and improve patient care.
Multi-Source Feedback provides a comprehensive, 360-degree view of your professional performance, offering valuable insights from colleagues, patients, and your own self-assessment. While the feedback itself is a powerful tool for understanding how you’re perceived, the true value lies in how you interpret and act on these insights.
By adding a personalised formal debrief to your Multi-Source Feedback, you’ll work one-on-one with a CFEP Surveys expert who will guide you through the feedback provided in your report. This tailored session helps you dive deeper into key findings, explore trends, and identify areas for growth. The debrief ensures you get the maximum benefit from your Multi-Source Feedback, transforming raw data into actionable steps for continuous improvement in patient care and professional development.
What is a personalised formal debrief and why is it beneficial?
A personalised formal debrief is a one-hour, confidential session with a CFEP Surveys industry expert. This session is designed to help you gain deeper insights into your Multi-Source Feedback report by walking you through your feedback from colleagues, patients, and your own self-assessment.
Rather than simply reviewing scores, the debrief focuses on helping you interpret the results, uncover trends, and understand the key areas where you can grow. The guidance you receive during this session allows you to make sense of the data and turn feedback into actionable steps for improvement.
Why is it beneficial?
- Gain clarity: Understand your feedback in detail, beyond just numbers and percentages.
- Identify key trends: Spot patterns and insights from different feedback sources.
- Actionable insights: Turn your feedback into a targeted improvement plan that can be implemented in your practice.
- Support continuous professional development: Ensure your feedback process contributes meaningfully to your CPD requirements, helping you grow both professionally and personally.
Adding a personalised formal debrief ensures that the feedback you receive is elevated to guide continuous quality improvement and professional development.
Maximise the impact of your feedback, enhance patient care, and boost your professional growth with Multi-Source Feedback and a personalised formal debrief.
Frequently Asked Questions
A personalised formal debrief is a one-hour, confidential session with an expert from CFEP Surveys. During this session, your debriefing expert will guide you through your Multi-Source Feedback report, providing a detailed review of your feedback from colleagues, patients, and your self-assessment. The session will help you interpret key findings, uncover trends, and develop a targeted action plan to improve your professional practice and patient care.
The debrief session turns your Multi-Source Feedback into an actionable professional development tool, which aligns with the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) framework. By reflecting on your feedback and developing a structured improvement plan during the debrief, you fulfil an essential part of your CPD requirements, supporting both your personal growth and your practice’s continuous quality improvement.
Yes, the personalised formal debrief session can be conducted over the phone or via video conference, depending on your preference. This flexibility allows you to choose the format that best fits your schedule and working environment, ensuring you can engage with the feedback in a way that suits you.
To get the most out of your debrief, we recommend reviewing your Multi-Source Feedback report beforehand and noting any specific areas or questions you’d like to discuss. Reflecting on your feedback before the session will help you engage more deeply with the insights provided by your debriefing expert. The session is designed to be collaborative, so come prepared to explore your feedback and develop a practical plan for professional improvement.
R2C2 is an evidence-based reflective model for providing feedback and coaching through an interactive conversation. It comprises four iterative phases: Relationship, Reaction, Content and Coaching.
The importance of formal debriefing in Multi-Source Feedback
Once clinicans receive their Multi-Source Feedback reports, engaging in a formal debrief is an important step to enhance opportunities for professional development. Formal debriefing, structured around models like the R2C2 feedback model, guides practitioners through a process of building relationships, exploring feedback, and developing action plans for improvement.
Studies highlight that debriefing enhances self-awareness and responsibility, turning feedback into actionable steps for professional growth. Tools like the Manitoba Physician Achievement Review (MPAR) and other peer-assisted debriefing studies have shown that facilitated sessions lead to improved communication, better documentation, and enhanced clinical performance.
Formal debriefing, whether conducted with a trained facilitator or a trusted colleague, ensures that the Multi-Source Feedback report becomes a foundation for ongoing reflection, planning, and professional improvement.
To further support this, CFEP Surveys offer a range of resources tailored for debriefing, which include:
resource detailing the multi-source feedback process, best practices,
and reflective exercises.
Unlock the full potential of your feedback with a personalised formal debrief.