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Building Your Portfolio

Learn how to create a successful medical portfolio, including electronic and paper components, to enhance your chances of securing SHO/ST3 positions. Explore alternative ways to showcase achievements, such as CVs, and discover the importance of a structured, concise, and relevant presentation. Gain insights into the key components of a medical portfolio, including academic achievements, research, presentations, teaching experience, courses, and clinical audit. Don't miss this opportunity to demonstrate your commitment to your specialty and increase your chances of obtaining your desired position.

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Building Your Portfolio

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  1. Building Your Portfolio Sherry Honarbakhsh Cardiology ST at Barts health Imperial College of School of Medicine Careers Fair February 2015

  2. Objectives • What is a Medical portfolio • Components of a successful portfolio • Presentation (electronic/paper) • NHS eportfolio • SHO/SpR applications

  3. Portfolio • Alternative way to demonstrate achievements (CV) • Electronic/Folder • Used in day-to-day training from Foundation to Specialist training (NHS eportfolio) • SHO/ST3 application

  4. NHS eportfolio • Electronic portfolio • Used from Foundation training onwards • Work based assessments • Curriculum • Certificates • References • Revalidation • www.nhseportfolios.org

  5. Portfolio • Structured • Concise • Clear • Relevant PRESENTATION IS EVERYTHING

  6. Components of Portfolio • Academic • Undergraduate degree • Intercalated degree Bsc+/- MSc • Merit/Distinction • Prizes • Clinical experience • Foundation/CMT/Specialist trainee • Relevant procedural skills/experience to specialty • Work based assessments • Supervisor reports

  7. Components of Portfolio • Research • Original, review articles, case reports • Pubmed cited • Impact factor • Authorship • Get involved in Medical School • Target research to area of interest

  8. Components of Portfolio • Presentation • Local/Regional/National/International • Poster/Moderated Poster/Oral • Teaching • Organiselocal/regional/national teaching program(s) • MOCK OSCES/PACES (examiner) • Feedback (written) • Audits/Quality improvement • Organise and lead • Complete full audit cycle (implement change and re-audit)

  9. Components of Portfolio • Courses • Essential ones for training (ALS) • Teaching courses (Teach the Teacher, STELI) • GIM (RCP) • Specialist courses (RSM) • Communication/leadership/team work (RCP) • Conferences

  10. SHO/ST3 applications • Points for each section and those with the highest score will be: • Shortlisted for interviews • More likely to get the job and their first hospital pick(combined with interview score) • Build your portfolio to ensure obtaining highest score possible and demonstrating commitment to specialty

  11. SHO/ST3 application • Additional undergraduate degrees and qualifications (max 10 points) • Intercalated BSc (1/2.1/2.2) • Postgraduate degrees and qualifications (max 10 points) • PhD, MD, MPhil • Additional achievements (max 10 points) • National Prizes, High achievement award, Distinction, Medical School Prizes

  12. SHO/ST3 application • MRCP UK (max 14 points) • Presentations/Posters (max 6 points) • Oral at national/international or regional, poster at national/international or regional, local meeting • Publications (max 8 points) • First author, multiple, pubmed cited, original research • Teaching experience (max 10 points) • Organise a teaching course at regional level, attended formal teaching courses • Clinical audit and quality improvement (max 10 points) • Lead, organise and complete the audit cycle

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