The Royal College of Psychiatrists is pleased to announce the
launch of
Portfolio Online – a new web-based tool
for trainees allowing them to build an electronic repository of
their professional activities, development and achievements,
including workplace-based assessments (WPBAs). Portfolio
Online is a performance based tool designed to promote the use of
the postgraduate psychiatric curricula in educational planning and
enhance learning based on reflection. The portfolio can support the
deaneries during the Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP)
by demonstrating how and what the trainee is learning and by
allowing the supervisor to measure their progress, both in relation
to the curriculum.
Portfolio online has been developed with
extensive input from trainees and heads of school and is currently
being piloted in three Schools of Psychiatry across the country.
The new system has been built on the existing Assessments Online
platform and centres on the trainee’s learning objectives, that
are derived from the curriculum and includes the full set of
Assessments Online functionalities PLUS these additional
features:
- Developing a learning plan
- Linking learning plan to curriculum
- Compiling evidence
- Linking evidence to curriculum
- Sharing with supervisors
- Supervisor functions
- Storing reports
- Facilitating reviews
- Archiving annual content
- Content printing
To complete specialty training and obtain
positive ARCP outcomes trainees are expected to meet the
competencies set out in the relevant curriculum – and provide
evidence to support this. The e-portfolio is, therefore, the
perfect tool to collate all the educational activities and show
documented evidence of developing key skills and meeting the
required competencies. Linking assessments/experiences to the
curriculum is the most efficient way to demonstrate adequate
coverage of the curriculum – it also looks good and makes it much
easier for users to navigate. And it is a great way to keep
everything in one place!
The Assessments Online (AO) usernames and
passwords of all users have been retained, so if you were
registered with the AO, either as a trainee or an
assessor/supervisor, you do not need to do anything. When you
log into your account here
(using the same username and password) you will notice the name has
changed to Portfolio Online and you will be able to explore new
areas straight away.
Trainees who have not used the system before
can register here. This facility is
provided to all trainees as a benefit of their trainee registration
fees. Please remember that GMC requires all trainees to register
with the College. For more information on this go to
Annual Trainee Registration.
If you are a Clinical or Educational
Supervisor, Tutor, Training Programme Director, Director of Medical
Education (or equivalent) or Head of School and have not registered
before please go here to register in
order to monitor and review the progress of your trainees.
As always, we are grateful for any feedback. Please email us.
Wednesday, 4 August 2010