ePortfolio    A  tailored  system  for  NZ  nursing  professional  development  and  

regulatory  recertification

Liz  Manning  Maureen  Kelly  Taima  Campbell

BackgroundIn  2008  the  Ministry  of  Health  announced  a  significant  investment  into  strengthening  the  Māori    health  workforce  including:  

•Training  more  nurses  and  midwives  

•Promoting  clinical  leadership  

•Increasing  the  size  and  quality  of  the  frontline  clinical  workforce

Ngā  Manukura  o  Āpōpō   Tomorrows'  Clinical  Leaders

1. Recruitment:  market  nursing  &  midwifery  careers    

2.  Professional  Development:  focus  on    undergraduate  programmes  and  improving    access  to  professional  development  for    graduate  nurses  

3.  Clinical  Leadership:  training  for  Māori  nurses  &     midwives

ePortfolio• Free  open  source  e-­‐portfolio  system    • Access  from  anywhere    • Customised  to  meet  Nursing  Council  continuing  

competence  requirements  • Processes  and  tools  align  with  regulatory  

requirements  • Widely  accepted  by  the  profession/  sector  • Reduces  barriers  for  Māori  nurses

Solution• Mahara  open  source  software,  linked  with  Totara  e-­‐learning  and  Moodle  compatible  

• Developed  by  Kineo  Pacific  and  hosted  by  Catalyst  

• Adapted  for  the  needs  of  a  regulated  profession  

• Tested  in  phases

Role  of  Nursing  Council  NZ

• Governed  by  Health  Practitioners  Competence  Assurance  Act  2003  

• Purpose  of  the  Act  to  protect  health  and  safety  of  members  of  the  public  

• Does  this  by  ensuring  nurses  are  safe  and  competent  to  practice

Nurses  in  New  Zealand• In  2013,  over  50,000  nurses  in  NZ    • All  nurses  are  required  to  make  an  annual  declaration  of  continuing  competence  

• 5%  of  practising  nurses  are  selected  annually  to  complete  a  recertification  audit  of  continuing  competence  requirements

Setting  up  for  a  regulated  health  profession• Initially  an  education  platform  

• Understanding    and  accepting  differences  in  language  and  comprehension  between  health,  IT  and  education  

• Regulation  has  a  very  different  set  of  requirements  to  an  education  platform  

• So…..  Project  team  selection  vital!  • NCNZ:  regulatory  body  

• NZNO:  union  

• Nurse  executives:  lead  nurses  across  NZ  

• Practice  based  professional  development  experts  

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Your  copied  pages

Competency  pages

• ePortfolio  belongs  to  the  nurse  

• No  one  else  can  see  it  unless  the  nurse  shares  it,  or  part(s)  of  it,  with  them  

• Sharing  can  be  for  any  length  of  time,  and  if  the  nurse  wants  access  withdrawn  they  can  do  that  at  any  time  

• Can  share  with  the  Nursing  Council  for    recertification  audit

Sharing

• Peer  review/  3rd  party  evidence  is  a  regulatory  requirement  

• Nurse  assessors  or  peer  reviewers  can  add  their  reviews  to  the  feedback  section  

• Appraisals  can  also  be  done  this  way  

• Assessment/  Nursing  Council  recertification  audit  from  a  distance

Peer  review  &  assessment

Finding  &  adding  friends

Other  features

• Success  at  Learn  X  2013  ;    Gold  medal  award  • Free  open-­‐source  platform  for  all  NZ  nurses,  in  all  scopes  and  levels  of  nursing,  to  carry  evidence  of  competence  • Accepted  by  NZ  Nursing  Council  for  recertification  audit

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