Curriculum and e-portfolio.
Curriculum
The Faculty of Public Health (FPH) provide the training curriculum for public health trainees. This lists the learning outcomes which must be achieved during training and approximate timings relating to phases of training when each should be met. The curriculum has recently been reviewed and modified, with changes now approved by the GMC. More details of the 2015 curriculum can be found at the FPH website.
A learning contract (example template here) should be agreed between trainees and supervisors to plan work done to acheive the curriculum outcomes. More details of this can be found in the supervisor section of the "Support during training" tab here.
E-portfolio
The FPH e-portfolio is used to document progression through training and is based on the FPH curriculum. This is described in more details on the faculty website and can be accessed through this link.
All registrars must maintain their own e-portfolio, by providing pieces of evidence to support each learning outcome. If appropriate, educational supervisors approve the evidence provided and sign off each learning outcome during their training placements. These approvals are then used during the Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) to demonstrate progression in training.
As the e-portfolio represents each trainee’s summary of their training experience, we encourage registrars to become familiar with the system early on in training. Training sessions are run intermittently to assist new registrars in mastering the e-portfolio and when changes occur to the system. In addition, registrars are always happy to support each other in achieving the learning outcomes and documenting them on the e-portfolio.
Accelerated CCT
Principles for review of a CCT date
Public Health Registrars may be seeking acceleration through their training programme as a result of the following:
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They have had previous experience or training (in UK or overseas) that has meant that they had already acquired significant capability prior to entering the formal GMC approved training.
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They have entered the training programme without prior relevant experience but are acquiring capability at a significantly faster rate than that suggested by the indicative programme time.
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Changes to a CCT date should represent at least 10% of the total indicative programme duration (i.e. at least 5 months of a 4 year programme and 6 months of a 5 year programme). Smaller reductions in training time will only be considered in exceptional circumstances.
It is an NHSE and Faculty of Public Health requirement that a Registrar and their Educational Supervisor (ES) will have discussed the early completion of training at an educational meeting, before it is raised formally. The support of the ES should then be documented in the ES report on ePortfolio or provided in writing with the below application form.
This should also be discussed at the KA10 Assessment if Registrars have an indication at this juncture that they may be looking to accelerate their CCT date.
More details and application form can be found at the bottom of the page
