Portfolio Online & WPBA Information

Portfolio Online is a web-based tool that will allow you to build an electronic repository of your professional activities, development and achievements, including workplace based assessments (WPBAs).  It is designed to promote the use of the postgraduate psychiatric curricula in educational planning and enhance learning based on reflection.

Access Portfolio Online

Please choose one of the four options below:

• Portfolio Online Sign-up for registered members, affiliates or pre-membership psychiatric trainees. Please note it is a mandatory requirement for all trainees to be registered with the College, as set out in the Gold Guide (section 2.15).

• Trainee Registration for Trainees in GMC approved programmes not yet registered.

• Affiliate section for staff grade, associate specialist, specialty doctors or other non-consultant career grade posts.

• Annual Portfolio Subscription for those not registered as a College member, affiliate or registered trainee.

Specialty Training Guides

Specialty Training Guides for further guidance on workplace based assessments including psychotherapy and WPBA for core trainees.

Additional Workplace Based Assessments

For assessments not administered by the Portfolio Online system, please see the downloadable forms below.

Psychotherapy Assessments

• Instructions for presenting Case Based Discussion Groups in psychotherapeutic aspects of Psychiatry
• Case Based Discussion Group Assessment Form
• SAPE (Assessment of Psychotherapy Expertise)
• Psychotherapy ACE

DOPS

• Guide to Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS)
• Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) ST All levels

CP

• Case Presentation - eg Grand Round (CP) ST All levels
• Guide to assessment of a Case Presentation (CP)
• Performance descriptors for the guidance of Case Presentation assessors

JCP

• Guide to assessment of a Journal Club Presentation (JCP)
• Journal club presentation ST all levels

AoT

• Assessment of Teaching form

ARCP Structured Report Forms

• Educational supervisors report 
• College tutor structured report