Application of EVE

Questions appraisers could use to at each level of the taxonomy

Tell me about...

Do you have more confidence in this area / using the drug / this aspect of your work?
Do you consider yourself up to date in this role?
Are you more reassured that your practise is up to date / correct?
Could you now teach this?
Could you demonstrate this to someone else?
Could you summarise how this works in practice?
How does your current understanding compare to where you were before the course?

Have you started to apply this knowledge clinically?
How many patients benefitted from this?
How many times have you performed this procedure / prescribed this drug / used this technique?
Is this now part of your current practise?
How are you using this knowledge in your practice?
Have you implemented this procedure?
Have you (or how have you) changed your practise as a consequence?
Is this affecting the way you train others?
Do you prescribe / examine / investigate in different way as a result of this?
Is your record keeping different because of this?
How have you modified your practise as a result?

How in your view does this new treatment compare to the old?
Have you encountered any problems with this change?
Do you think this is better for your patients?
Having made changes, how confident are you that patients are better off?
Do you envisage any problems with this change?
Can you be certain that this is an improvement?
Can you tell the difference in practice?
Could you outline the pros and cons of the new services?
Is this change open to criticism in any way?
What would the cynical doctor say about this?
What do patients / health care professionals / colleagues / secondary care doctors think? What do your patient questionnaires say? Have you asked patients what they think? have you asked the right group of their views?

Are you doing what you say you are and how do you know / how are you demonstrating this?
Are you able to demonstrate to others the vale of doing this?
Have you demonstrated that you are performing in this way?
Are you meeting guidelines? How are you demonstrating that you are meeting these guidelines?
How do you judge that this change is successful?
how are you showing that you critically analyse what you do?
Are you convinced that this is an improvement to your patients care?
How do you demonstrate the value of this intervention?
Can you show others that you are competent in this area?
What are the problems with the intervention in the practice? What could you do about this?
How would you justify this to others
Are you patients better off because of this?
Could this outcome have been achieved in any other way?
Are you happy that your terms of reference are valid - have you set the right standards - can you back these up?
So what?

How will you develop this in practice?
How could you take this further
In what way could you take this forward?
Are you interested in trying to improve this service in any way?
Is this piece of work complete - what else could you do with this learning?
Could you construct a protocol / guidance document for others to use?
Could this develop outside of the practice / service / hospital?
Could you share this with other doctors / practices?
Is this generalisable to other aspects of your work - learning style / format of learning / teaching style / something else that needs a similar approach / a service that needs looking at?
Do you need to share this with others in the practice / department / wider health care community
How will you integrate this into your current service provision?
How will you provide this service within your health service - does it need to train others?
Are there any adaption to your current practice that will need to be made to accommodate this?
Are there any potential problems with introducing this? Have you considered where it might go wrong? Can you predict any problems?