Getting the most out of your e-portfolio

All foundation doctors now have access to an electronic portfolio (e-portfolio). There are two e-portfolio providers used to deliver the Foundation Programme e-portfolio across the UK: NES and Horus. Currently, all foundation schools in the UK except North Western use NES. You will find the contact details below for any enquiries you may have regarding your e-portfolio:

NES: support@nhseportfolios.org 

Horus: j.miles@NWpgmd@nhs.uk

Your foundation school will provide you with the information you need on how to access your portfolio such as website address, log-in details and password. The exact format of each e-portfolio may vary but they generally include the following sections:

• Personal and Professional Development Plan (PDP)
• Meetings with your educational and clinical supervisors
• Workplace-based assessments
• Reflective reports and other evidence

• Sign-off documents

**RESCHEDULED NES e-portfolio downtime to address Curriculum Issues**

It has been identified that not all August 2011 e-portfolio recommendations have been correctly embedded and are functioning as expected within the current NES e-portfolio. The UKFPO and NES are working together to ensure that all August 2011 recommendations are available to all users as soon as possible.

The first stage in addressing one of the problems is planned downtime of the e-portfolio. This has been rescheduled to allow for further testing and the deploy will go ahead tonight, Wednesday 31st August at 10pm. NES apologise for the late notification and thank you for your support to ensure that the matter is resolved.

Release of the NES e-portfolio August 2011

Please click here to download the document outlining the eportfolio key changes for August 2011.

Rough Guide to the Foundation Programme

This guide to the first two years of postgraduate medical training includes an excellent chapter on getting the most out of your e-portfolio. Please click on the links below to download either as a podcast or PDF.

E-portfolio podcast

E-portfolio PDF

Assessment and Assessment Tools

• Mini Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX)
  Mini-CEX - Sample Document
  
• Team Assessment of Behaviours (TAB)
  Team Assessment of Behaviours (TAB) (team) - Sample Document
  Team Assessment of Behaviours (TAB) (self) - Sample Document
  Guidance for foundation doctors
  
• Case-Based Discussion (CBD)
  Case-Based Discussion (CBD) - Sample Document
  
• Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS)
  Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) - Sample Document
  
• Core procedures (formerly the Procedural Logbook)
  Core Procedures - Sample Document 
• Developing the clinical teacher assessment
  Developing the clinical teacher assessment - Sample Document
  

Guidance for assessors and educational supervisors can be downloaded from the Assessment page of the Trainers section.