Foundation Doctors News

Useful information for Foundation Doctors.

23rd March 2018

Leader Tool

Effective clinical leadership is essential for good patient care and leadership is now part of the curriculum for foundation as well as core and higher specialty training. In response to this, STFS is piloting the addition of a formative, specific leadership skills assessment form to the foundation ePortfolio. This form – LEADER – Clinical Leadership…

23rd March 2018

Acting up as a medical registrar

Trainee committees have written to the join Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board (JRCPTB) about their survey of acting up practices, which found the F2 doctors were reported as acting up at ST3 level nationally, including in Trusts in London and the South East. Foundation doctors should not be asked to act up; this should…

23rd March 2018

Annual Review of Competence Progression

Doctors who received a successful ARCP outcome can download their Foundation Year 1 Certificate of Completion (for F1s) or Foundation Programme Certificate of Completion (for F2s) from ePortfolio. This can be found under “Forms” and then “Progression/Foundation ARCP”. We suggest that you download a copy of the certificate for your records

23rd March 2018

General Medical Council (GMC) Publish Confidentiality Guidance

The GMC have published revised guidance on confidentiality for doctors. Revisions include clarification on various issues, such as public protection responsibilities of doctors and the importance of sharing information for direct care. Read more here Are you considering a career in Nephrology? An education taster day aimed at anyone interested in this topic, come and…

23rd March 2018

Horus ePortfolio update

The Nes ePortfolio Archive is now live – All foundation users in England who had access to the NES Portfolio, will now have access to the archive Most foundation doctors and their trainers and administrators in England are now using the Horus ePortfolio during the 2017 – 18 training year. Please see below important sources of…

23rd March 2018

Are You Considering a Career in Nephrology?

An education taster day aimed at anyone interested in RENAL, come and meet current trainees and consultants from around the country. For more information mailto:Iain.smith@nbt.nhs.uk

23rd March 2018

PGMDE Support

PGMDE Support Please note all Trust and Trainee enquires must now be submitted via the PGMDE Support Portal (PSP): https://lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home You can also telephone us on: 020 7866 3216

23rd December 2017

How to Download your ePortfolio

Important: All former F1/F2s in England are strongly advised to download your portfolios if you have not already done so. Although there will be continuing access via an archive site you will not necessarily have easy access to all information and you will not be able to use the PDF download function which currently exists…

23rd November 2017

Annual Review of Competence Progression

Doctors who received a successful ARCP outcome can download their Foundation Year 1 Certificate of Completion (for F1s) or Foundation Programme Certificate of Completion (for F2s) from ePortfolio. This can be found under “Forms” and then “Progression/Foundation ARCP”. We suggest that you download a copy of the certificate for your records