RCGP pilots Revalidation ePortfolio

14 January 2010

The RCGP has launched a pilot of its new ePortfolio for GPs to log progress towards revalidation.

The ePortfolio is based on the RCGP Guide to the Revalidation of General Practitioners and is centred on a learning activity log with a simple data entry system. Users view a pictorial representation of their progress towards revalidation before annual appraisals and also before the five-yearly revalidation submission.

The Revalidation ePortfolio links to the College’s new Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit scheme which is now not purely based on time spent but also the impact of learning. The ePortfolio contains a guide to the system and provides a means to record and claim the credits earned.

The system will be free to College members and will link with the trainee ePortfolio. Members’ personal data held by the College will be automatically entered in to the Revalidation ePortfolio. Non-members will be able to purchase the product as a stand-alone item.

The ePortfolio will allow direct links to the College’s other e-learning products such as Essential Knowledge Updates, which will auto-complete relevant entries into the Revalidation ePortfolio.

RCGP Chairman, Professor Steve Field, said:

"This will be the definitive tool for GPs to use to support them in meeting the requirements of revalidation. It is being designed specifically for GPs and their many and varied roles – frontline GPs are trialling the Revalidation ePortfolio so that we can be sure it meets the needs of all GPs, regardless of their individual working circumstances."