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Embedding an ePortfolio in Professional Practice Julia O’Sullivan Matthew Wheeler

Embedding an ePortfolio in Professional Practice Julia O’Sullivan Matthew Wheeler. Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK). Standard setting body for general dental practitioners Education provider Membership body 95% of UK dentistry in primary care. CPD in general dental practice.

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Embedding an ePortfolio in Professional Practice Julia O’Sullivan Matthew Wheeler

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  1. Embedding an ePortfolio in Professional PracticeJulia O’SullivanMatthew Wheeler

  2. Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) • Standard setting body for general dental practitioners • Education provider • Membership body • 95% of UK dentistry in primary care

  3. CPD in general dental practice

  4. Career-long learning tool • Reflective and evaluative tool • Management tool for CPD activity • Assessment tool • Sharing & discussion tool

  5. Project focus Aim: • to develop a CPD tool that is attractive to dental care practitioners and secure to protect confidentiality Outcomes: • Members have a career long online portfolio to manage their CPD activity • Evidence can be extracted to meet a range of purposes including MJDF portfolios of evidence and revalidation • Perceived membership benefit

  6. Methodology: Production of specification (Dec 2009) Structured pilot (Feb – May 2010) Volunteers Feedback & evaluation Customisation (June – Oct 2010) National launch (February 2011) ePortfolio project

  7. Results: Individual use • Primarily CPD tool • Facilitates reflection through proformas • Encourages planning and updating • Ability to cross reference evidence and upload all types of files • Compile ePortfolio’s for external verifiers

  8. Results: Collaborative use • Validation of learning through peer-review • Develop reflective practice on education programmes • Assessments submitted & timely marked • Production of ePortfolio’s for staff appraisals • Divisional & national communication and policy development • Divisional study groups

  9. Lessons learnt • Project plan & engagement of relevant expertise • Identify system requirements • Build a strong working relationship with the vendor • Pilot the system with a variety of uses & audiences • Plan structured induction activities = successful implementation

  10. Reflections • “at last all my records can be kept in one place, rather than in a shoe-box!” • “makes developing my MJDF portfolio a lot easier” • “will aid future revalidation requirements” • “Touchstone provides an effective way of disseminating clinical governance frameworks with the relevant committee”

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