Introduction
The College provides all new trainees with an ePortfolio which enables more practical, portable recording of competency development. The electronic format also improves the process for quickly locating and accessing information within the curriculum or logbooks. In addition, the ePortfolio provides opportunities for trainees to reflect on their learning experiences and identify future learning needs. Reflective entries can be typed with associated logs of clinical experiences and the electronic format is proven to encourage organisation of reflective entries more so than in a paper format.
Joining the Trainees' Register and gaining access
All trainees joining the specialty will use ePortfolio and a Pocket Logbook and they will receive ePortfolio access (by email) and a Pocket Logbook (by post) when they join the Trainees' Register.
If you are already in the programme and have a Training Portfolio which you have been maintaining and you wish to carry on working in this way, this is fine. If you or your Deanery would like you to start using ePortfolio (and you are ST5 or below), you will still need to keep your logbooks from your Training Portfolio but you can also use the ePortfolio for recording appraisals, workplace-based assessments and reflective activities. If you wish to discuss the options, please email eportfolio@rcog.org.uk. Your School or Deanery may request you contact us in order to have an ePortfolio account configured, or they may leave it to you to decide.
Demonstration videos
If you cannot view the videos below, click the blue text links.
ePortfolio Trainee & Supervisor Demo from RCOG Education on Vimeo.
ePortfolio Deanery Administrator Demo from RCOG Education on Vimeo.
