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