nMRCGP Workplace Based Assessment (WPBA)

The three year training program is based on the Royal College of General Practitioners Curriculum for General Practice

The full RCGP curriculum can be viewed  by clicking "RCGP Curriculum for General Practice"

The RCGP WPBA website can be viewed by clicking "RCGP WPBA"

These are CBD, COT, DOPS, mini-CEX, MSF, PSQ and CSR

The 12 competency areas required for WBA

What is the evidence

How often do I have to submit the evidence and how many do I have to do

In order to pass nMRCGP and gain the Certificate of Competency in Training (CCT), the GP Registrar must demonstrate competency across the 12 Competency areas of Workplace Based Assessment as well as pass the AKT and CSA examinations. The Curriculum covers the areas of knowledge the GP Registrar is expected to cover.

The 12 Competencies have been derived from the Core Curriculum document  "Being a GP".

In order to complete Workplace Based Assessment at the final review, it is these 12 Competency areas that will be assessed. The Educational Supervisor will assess these 12 areas of competency by looking at the evidence supplied in the GP Registrars e-Portfolio. The Deanery will be advised by the Educational Supervisor, supported by the GP Registrars e-Portfolio as well as the successful passing of the AKT and CSA examinations, in recommending to PMETB that there has been satisfactory completion of training such that the CCT can be issued.

To demonstrate the 12 Competencies of WBA, the GP Registrar needs to show that they can cover the whole breath of General Practice. This breadth of General Practice is encapsulated in the Curriculum.

The aim of workplace based assessment is to:

• Provide feedback on areas of strength and development needs

• Identify trainees in difficulty

• Drive learning in important areas of competency

• Determine fitness to progress to the next stage of the trainee’s career

How the 12 Competencies are assessed

Across the 12 professional competence areas in workplace-based assessment, progression towards expertise is described in terms of:

• Insufficient evidence

• needs further development

• competent

• excellent

Tools used by the GP Registrar to provide this evidence are cross mapped to the 12 Competencies within the e-portfolio.

The competent level reflects the standard for independent practice. By the end of the training period, a level of competent is expected across all of the areas.

Prior to each 6 month review a minimum amount of evidence should be collected.

In assessing the 12 Competencies, both the Educational Supervisor and the GP Registrar make their own assessments although it is for the Educational Supervisor to make the final recommendation to the Deanery