NHS ePortfolio
NHS ePortfolio
Here you'll document your MBChB Phase 2 & 3 placement learning - during CCE, SCP, & Assistantship.
Completing the 'curriculum' lists is a mandatory part of the engagement criteria.
Below you'll find student tips, what's mandatory, what to include, the WMS Sway Guide, a student guide, a quick demo video - & where to approach Clinical Skill sign-offs.
In Phase 2 & 3 there are many SLEs - mandatory ones which you must add to your ePortfolio like OSLER, CBD, Mini-CEX & (in Phase 3) Clinical Skills.
Optional SLEs include BST. You can add these to ePortfolio too - they're the best practice for the mandatory SLEs, exams, & to make you a better doctor!
Other mandatory items include reflections, supervisor feedback (i.e. EoB form), & (in Phase 3) TABs.
NHS ePortfolio habits help your future practice, as you'll need to document your learning & experiences as a doctor.
Upload written feedback, commendations, award nominations & wins too - keep them safe & together for Speciality applications.
Top Tip
Get into a routine:
- identify what you need in a CCE or SCP block
- find the opportunity
- ask a clinician if they're happy to co-sign the item
- beforehand for CBDs & Mini-CEXs
- write up & submit on ePortfolio
Importantly - do it before you forget the details, & they forget you did it!
Student Perspective Guides
Here is a helpful Word Guide created by Dr Chloe Berg (2020 Cohort) to give you simplified approach.
Here is a quick demo video created by Dr Tom Shah (2020 Cohort) to show how to submit & view tickets, your personal library, reflections, & TABs.
How do I access my ePortfolio?
The PPD Lead will give an introduction, with a live demo & self-directed guide, before you start CCE1.
You'll then get an email - 'e-Portfolio account information' - with your username & password.
If you can't find or deleted the email, just go to the self-directed guide, click 'Task 1', & follow the instructions for 'Forgot Password', using your Warwick email address.
WMS Sway Guide
Clinical Skills Sign-offs in Phase 3
Click an SCP to see which Clinical Skills may be easier to practice & sign off, & to what level.
Approach them in any SCP/s that suit you - but plan in advance so you're not overwhelmed at the end!
You need to do most more than once before you're ready to be signed-off; these are just one way to group them.
You could focus on the skills in bold in each SCP, as opportunities may be few or absent in other SCPs - or are just ideal or most available in that setting.
You could also do these during ACC prep for OSCEs & OSLERs, & during Assistantship - though there are about 11 Skills you can only do during Assistantship already.
Note: NG tube insertion is only to be performed & signed off to the level of simulation.
Your e-Portfolio account is live for 7 years. England use a different system - Horus - but Trusts in Scotland, Wales, & Northern Ireland use this e-Portfolio, so you'll continue with it if your Foundation training is with one of those. Plus, some Royal Colleges use it for their training pathwaysLink opens in a new window.