Last Updated on 17/01/2023
As part of the programme’s accreditation, the BPS require us to have a clear system of recording competencies within their Standards for the accreditation of Doctoral programmes in clinical psychology. We provide this in electronic form via the OneFile system.
We expect that trainees make use of the ePortfolio throughout training, and this is why it has been incorporated into the Individual Training Plan (ITP) document. We provide a teaching session on use of the ePortfolio early in training, the slides and recording of which are subsequently available on Moodle for those in need of a refresher. A guide for both trainees and supervisors on the use of the system are also available in the documents section of each trainees OneFile account. The SAT and PALOG will remain as independent assessment tools, whilst the ePortfolio is a recording tool (i.e. we do not comment on the quality of achievement of competencies within the ePortfolio, but this is done within the SAT and PALOG, which is underpinned by other requirements of the BPS and the HCPC).
Where the ePortfolio is not being completed by a trainee, this will be noted in the ITP, and will be regarded as an issue of professional behaviour. The task has been set out as a responsibility of trainees, and as with any other task, if not completed we will clarify the barriers to this, and support trainees in finding ways to ensure they can do so.
Supervisor’s guide to the ePortfolio
ePortfolio competencies