Overview of the e-Portfolio
The e-portfolio is much more than an electronic record of
specialist training, updated and accessible through the
internet, it records details of achievement in the Applied
Knowledge Test and Clinical Skills Assessment, and documents
all stages of training including Workplace Based Assessment (WBA)
Many tools will be completed on-line without the contributor
having to enter the e-Portfolio. Writing to many parts of
the e-Portfolio will be limited to the trainer or
educational supervisor. The personal section of the
e-Portfolio will be hidden to all except the GP trainee.
The AKT and CSA must be passed before the e-Portfolio can be
signed off as a complete record of GP training and a
recommendation of certification (CCT), inclusion in the
General Medical Council’s GP Register and applying for
membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
How the e-Portfolio is used.
As well as being used by yourself to record your own
educational progress thru you training and the recording of
supporting evidence, the e-Portfolio is used to support the
following functions:
There are regular reviews by your
Educational Supervisor who will monitor your progress by
looking at the e-Portfolio as a reference tool to make
sure you are on track and highlighting any problem
areas.
The GP Registrar's progress is assessed
by the trainer in each of the twelve competency areas.
Towards the end of training, a final review is
conducted, this time without the trainee’s
self-assessment. Successful completion requires
achievement in each of the twelve competency areas. The
trainer makes a recommendation to the deanery regarding
the competence of the trainee. A failure to reach the
standard will trigger a review by an expert deanery
panel, which will make decisions and recommendations as
to whether the workplace-based assessment has been
completed satisfactorily.
Entries to the e-Portfolio are
cross-referenced to the Curriculum. Deficiency areas are
highlighted
Progression across the twelve competency
areas is recorded at regular, evidenced, staging
reviews. These areas have been identified as those areas
of professional practice that are best tested in the
workplace. The areas, although derived from the RCGP
curriculum, do not represent general practice in its
entirety and should not be treated as a comprehensive
curriculum for professional training.
Each area has been defined in terms of
developmental word pictures that reflect increasing
expertise:
(I)
Insufficient evidence From the available
evidence, the doctor’s performance cannot be placed
on a higher point of this developmental scale.
(N) Needs
further development Rigid adherence to
taught rules or plans. Superficial grasp of
unconnected facts. Unable to apply knowledge. Little
situational perception or discretionary judgement.
(C)
Competent
Accesses and applies coherent and appropriate
chunks of knowledge. Able to see actions in terms of
longer-term goals. Demonstrates conscious and
deliberate planning with increased level of
efficiency. Copes with crowdedness and able to
prioritise.
(E)
Excellent
Intuitive and holistic grasp of situations. No
longer relies on rules or maxims. Identifies
underlying principles and patterns to define and
solve problems. Relates recalled information to the
goals of the present situation and is aware of the
conditions for application of that knowledge.
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The
e-Portfolio is your site for all the information needed for
completion of the nMRCGP. Below is a list of the areas the
e-Portfolio is able to assist you with:
Education Log Learning
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Log Entries:
Clinical encounters, tutorials,
reading, lectures, seminars, professional conversations
and more.
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Personal Development
Plan: A
dynamic record of training needs
Evidence
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Progress to
Certification: Information
on CCT, chart summarizing progress, declarations and
more.
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Applied Knowledge
Test (AKT): Information on
AKT, how to book a test and record of result.
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Clinical Skills
Assessment (CSA):
Information on CSA, online application and record of
result.
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Workplace-based
Assessment (WPBA): Information on
WPBA, professional competencies, DOPS, CBD, MSF, PSQ,
CSR, mini-CEX, COT.
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Reviews:
6 month, 12m, 18m, 24m, 30m and final review, Deanery
Panel Reviews.
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Skills Log:
Record of skills.
Resources
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Curriculum:
‘Being a GP’ linked to RCGP
curriculum.
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Resources:
RCGP resources, ITI, external
resources, e-learning links, podcasts and library
resources.
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Courses:
National and local courses from RCGP.
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Personal Library:
Record of literature and sources
used, including search facility.
Mail box
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