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The e portfolioThe e portfolio
Based on ‘e portfolio pearls’Based on ‘e portfolio pearls’
What’s it for?What’s it for?
2 main purposes:Enable ARCP panel to decide whether you
should continue to progress through training, and whether you should get your CCT at the end
An educational tool for your continuing professional development
2 main purposes:Enable ARCP panel to decide whether you
should continue to progress through training, and whether you should get your CCT at the end
An educational tool for your continuing professional development
It’s the glue that holds learning and assessment together
It’s the glue that holds learning and assessment together
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What the EP can do for youWhat the EP can do for you Give you a structured approach to each job (set
objectives and tick them off) Help you identify areas for development Be a storage tool (memory stick) Be a jotter, more reliable than scraps of paper Get you into reflective mode Get you through nMRCGP Make reviews with supervisors more meaningful
Give you a structured approach to each job (set objectives and tick them off)
Help you identify areas for development Be a storage tool (memory stick) Be a jotter, more reliable than scraps of paper Get you into reflective mode Get you through nMRCGP Make reviews with supervisors more meaningful
Pearl no 1 - Don’t get hung up on where to put whatPearl no 1 - Don’t get hung up on where to put what
Clinical encounters Professional conversations Tutorials Lectures and seminars Readings Courses and certificates Out of hours sessions (unscheduled care)
Can link all to curriculum and to competencies
Clinical encounters Professional conversations Tutorials Lectures and seminars Readings Courses and certificates Out of hours sessions (unscheduled care)
Can link all to curriculum and to competencies
2 Write what’s helpful for you - things you want to remember2 Write what’s helpful for you - things you want to remember
Clinical conundrumsPearls of wisdom from othersDifficult encounters with patients,
colleagues or staffThings which went unexpectedly well (you
can identify the skills you used)
Clinical conundrumsPearls of wisdom from othersDifficult encounters with patients,
colleagues or staffThings which went unexpectedly well (you
can identify the skills you used)
3 Record at both general and specific levels3 Record at both general and specific levelsGeneral - ‘tutorial on headaches, red flag
symptoms, migraine management, abdominal migraine in children’ - useful to demonstrate curriculum coverage
Specific - ‘red flags (early morning headache, worse with bending, occipital, visual changes); abdo migraine in children - remember low dose pizotifen’ -uesful for your learning
General - ‘tutorial on headaches, red flag symptoms, migraine management, abdominal migraine in children’ - useful to demonstrate curriculum coverage
Specific - ‘red flags (early morning headache, worse with bending, occipital, visual changes); abdo migraine in children - remember low dose pizotifen’ -uesful for your learning
4 Record your feelings4 Record your feelings
Things which made you feel anxious, angry, frustrated - or good
And your reflections on why it happenedAnd what you have learned from itBut be careful how you write it
Things which made you feel anxious, angry, frustrated - or good
And your reflections on why it happenedAnd what you have learned from itBut be careful how you write it
5 Write in your natural style5 Write in your natural style
Will make it easier and more comfortable for you
Will help your educational supervisor and others get a sense of you - makes it easier for them to help you
Will make it easier and more comfortable for you
Will help your educational supervisor and others get a sense of you - makes it easier for them to help you
6 Visit the EP regularly6 Visit the EP regularly
Log in every day if you can (easy in GP posts)
Make entries straight awayReview whole picture regularly (e g
number of assessments, curriculum and competency coverage)
Doing it all at the last minute is obvious to ARCP panel and gives a bad impression
Log in every day if you can (easy in GP posts)
Make entries straight awayReview whole picture regularly (e g
number of assessments, curriculum and competency coverage)
Doing it all at the last minute is obvious to ARCP panel and gives a bad impression
7 Quality, not quantity7 Quality, not quantity
Educational supervisors and assessors don’t just count the number of entries
They are looking for evidence of reflection and learning
And you want it to be useful to you too
Educational supervisors and assessors don’t just count the number of entries
They are looking for evidence of reflection and learning
And you want it to be useful to you too
8 Use your PDP8 Use your PDP
Simpler than trawling through log entries to see what needs to be done
Makes you actually do the tasks you set out to do - so maximises learning
A snag - supervisor has to have read shared log entry before you can submit it to PDP
Simpler than trawling through log entries to see what needs to be done
Makes you actually do the tasks you set out to do - so maximises learning
A snag - supervisor has to have read shared log entry before you can submit it to PDP
9 Do more than minimum number of assessments9 Do more than minimum number of assessments
Minimum number set for 6m post must be completed before the ES meeting before the ARCP meeting in month 5
Assessments are developmental, they help you learn
(This is easier in GP posts!)
Minimum number set for 6m post must be completed before the ES meeting before the ARCP meeting in month 5
Assessments are developmental, they help you learn
(This is easier in GP posts!)
10 Don’t miss ES sessions10 Don’t miss ES sessions
2 by end of 4th month of every 6m postEducational supervisor is with you
throughout your training, source of help and support as well as e portfolio work
2 by end of 4th month of every 6m postEducational supervisor is with you
throughout your training, source of help and support as well as e portfolio work
ARCP panels look forARCP panels look forGood curriculum coverageSufficient evidence of assessments (at least
minimum number)Active PDPGood quality informationOOH record (number of sessions and
record of learning from them)Evidence of progression (impossible if all
entries done at last minute)
Good curriculum coverageSufficient evidence of assessments (at least
minimum number)Active PDPGood quality informationOOH record (number of sessions and
record of learning from them)Evidence of progression (impossible if all
entries done at last minute)
More help fromMore help from
Guide on RCGP website to the technical aspects of filling it in
E portfolio pearls document - on Bradford VTS and Deanery websites
Trainers, educational supervisors, programme directors, more experienced trainees
Guide on RCGP website to the technical aspects of filling it in
E portfolio pearls document - on Bradford VTS and Deanery websites
Trainers, educational supervisors, programme directors, more experienced trainees