Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Introduction to e portfolio for The Pharmacy Vocational Training Scheme August 2013

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy What are we going to cover in this session? the advantages and disadvantages of the e portfolio the overall structure of the portfolio the curriculum within e portfolio linking of evidence to the competencies the type of evidence suitable for inclusion in your personal library the different types of logs/forms within the VT e portfolio how to prepare a care plan for inclusion in your e portfolio the process for seeking feedback from trainers the process for seeking feedback from your tutor

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy The Pharmacy Vocational Training Scheme? For each stage of training development of different skills over 2 – 2.5 years e portfolio – access to previous e portfolios competency framework, tasks, resources educational supervisor/Locality tutor, tutor and trainers

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Advantages of the e portfolio Safe and secure environment to store evidence Efficient way to enter and store information Enables information to be shared across platforms (download and upload) Can download sections of e portfolio if required Remote access Paper free system – no portfolios Reduces footprint – no transportation of portfolios Provides structure for portfolios Provides one portal for access to resources All information in the one place Enables tutors and trainers to access evidence easily Enables assessors to access evidence easily and efficiently Enables presentation of clear evidence – not reliant on handwriting

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Disadvantages of the e portfolio Takes time …to get used to Passwords Relies on engagement between the trainee and the tutor Reduces personalisation of portfolio Relies on computer access Risk…. to have all information stored in the one online system The system can go ‘off line’ can be inaccessible Requirement to complete all sections of logs and forms before can save evidence

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy What should a good portfolio contain? A structured collection of your evidence that is clearly referenced to the competency framework codes… Examples of your own practice confirming your involvement in the experience Evidence that shows progression in your practice and progression in your learning Summaries of your personal reflection of your learning for each task/piece of evidence.

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy What should a good portfolio contain? Feedback from your tutor, trainer and other healthcare professionals Confirmation from your tutor that your evidence is at a suitable level

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy How do we complete the portfolio? E portfolio Log in page with links to Audit, SEA pages on NES website There are links to SEA and Audit NES website pages

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Course = VT2

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Programme details

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Personal details page Drop down menu…..

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy The competency framework

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy The competency framework

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Performance indicators Information boxes

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Competencies linked to different forms of evidence

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy The personal library for storing of CPD records

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Process for seeking feedback

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Process for seeking feedback

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Process for seeking feedback

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Developing a care plan Develop sections at a time Join together as PDF E mail to tutor for feedback

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Forms

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy Resources section Links to website, PDFs

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Pharmacy What are we going to cover in this session? the structure of the portfolio the different types of logs/forms within the VT e portfolio how to prepare a care plan for inclusion in your e portfolio the type of evidence suitable for inclusion in your personal library how to link evidence to the competencies the process for seeking feedback from trainers the process for seeking feedback from your tutor