Dental Core Training Handbook

Wales DCT Programme (continued)

E-Portfolio (E-PDP)

Each dental core Trainee must complete a HEIW approved learning and development portfolio to provide evidence of educational and training activity.

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) uses the nationally approved AXIA e-portfolio.

Usernames and passwords for dental core Trainees will be issued and these will be sent to Trainees via email prior to the start date. It is important for Trainees to check their “junk” email folders for initial log-in details.

Portfolio support for DCT Trainees in Wales is provided by Rachel Morgan –Email: Rachel.morgan30@wales.nhs.uk

A fully completed e-portfolio is required for satisfactory completion of the training programme and this will be checked at Interim Review of Competence Progression (IRCP) in February/ March and Final Review of Competence Progression (FRCP) in July.

**Please see the detailed user guides developed by HEIW for more information on different areas of the e-portfolio how to upload evidence to the e-portfolio and to link that evidence to the curriculum items**.

The Curriculum

The Curriculum for the Dental Core Training Programme can be obtained on the COPDEND website (www.copdend.org.uk). You need to consult the September 2018 curriculum which is the current one in place for training in the UK.

The FOUR competency domains are as follows:

  1. Professional Behaviour and Trust
  2. Communication, Teamworking and Leadership
  3. Clinical Safety and Quality
  4. Good Clinical Care

Within these 4 domains there are 18 mandatory outcomes:

  1. Professional Behaviour and Trust
    • Acts professionally
    • Delivers patient-centered care & maintains trust
    • Behaves in accordance with ethical & legal requirements
    • Keeps practice up to date with learning & teaching
    • Engages in career planning
  2. Communication, Teamworking and Leadership
    • Communicates clearly in a variety of settings
    • Works effectively as part of a team
    • Demonstrates leadership skills
  3. Clinical Safety and Quality
    • Recognises and works within limits of professional competence
    • Makes patient safety a priority in clinical practice
    • Contributes to quality improvement (i.e., Clinical audit or a quality improvement project - Improvement in Practice)
  4. Good Clinical Care
    • Obtains history & performs clinical examination
    • Requests relevant investigations/special tests and acts on findings
    • Prescribes safely
    • Performs clinical procedures safely
    • Is trained in managing medical emergencies
    • Promotes general and oral health
Interim Review of Competence Progression (IRCP)

IRCP takes place in February / March, prior to the changeover in rotational posts. The IRCP Panel will usually consist of the following:

  • Postgraduate Dental Dean or Associate Dean for DCT
  • TPD from another scheme
  • RCP/E-Portfolio

List of (typical) requirements for Outcome 1 at IRCP (Note this is subject to change in line with national guidelines and developments):

  • Completion of a Personal development plan (PDP) and monitored progress against that
  • Initial and interim Educational Supervisor reports
  • Submission of a personal development plan for each rotation
  • Study Day attendance record (DCT1 Trainees Only)
  • Completion of a clinical logbook (without patient identifiable criteria)
  • Completion of a minimum of 12 SLEs
  • Completion of a minimum of 5 reflections (must be made available for viewing on Axia e-portfolio, not marked ‘private’).
  • Completion of Foundations in Improvement (DCT1 only)
  • Minimum of 10 Patient Satisfaction Questionnaires (PSQs).
  • Minimum of 1 Multi Source Feedback (MSF) with 10.
Final Review of Competence (FRCP)

FRCP takes place in July when a formal FRCP panel will convene to discuss Trainee progression and agree the final outcome. This panel will consist of the following:

  • Postgraduate Dental Dean or Associate Dean for DCT
  • Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean from a different Local Office / Deanery
  • Senior Clinical Trainer or Training Programme Director from another scheme
  • RCP/E-Portfolio Administrator
  • Lay Rep

List of (typical) requirements for Outcome 1 at FRCP (Note this is subject to change in line with national guidelines and developments):

  • Completion of a PDP and monitored-progress against that
  • Initial and interim Educational Supervisor reports
  • Detailed final Supervisor report prepared by Educational Supervisor
  • Study Day attendance record (DCT1 Trainees only)
  • Completion of a minimum of 24 SLEs (including at least one “developing the clinical teacher”)
  • Completion of Audit or Quality Improvement for DCT1 or Improvement in Practice (QI) project for DCT2/3
  • Minimum of 20 Patient Satisfaction Questionnaires (PSQs)
  • Minimum of 1 satisfactory Multi Source Feedbacks (MSF) with a minimum of 10 participants per placement
  • Minimum of 10 reflections for the training year
  • Evidence of Audit or Quality Improvement project for DCT1 and Improvement in Practice for DCT2 & 3
  • 18 mandatory curriculum items have been evidenced with at least 2 SLEs and each SLE has not been linked more than three times.
  • CPD record compliant with GDC

On completion of the training programme a Certificate of Achievement will be issued. The certificate will list the specified outcomes that have been attained by the Trainee and define any areas of development for outcomes that were specified in the learning agreement but not acquired during the training year. Outcomes that were planned but not achieved through lack of opportunity rather than lack of competence will also be identified.

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