Portfolio Talk

Dear All,

A lunch-time talk on Portfolio in Undergraduate Curricula by Dr Colin J Lumsden, Senior Teaching Fellow, University Of Manchester Medical School has been scheduled for Wednesday, 14 April 2010 from 12.00 -1.00pm in Auditorium 2, Level 4, Bukit Jalil. A synopsis of the talk is enclosed for your information.

This talk is opened to all faculty members and students.

For those of you who wish to attend, kindly confirm your participation. Please note that packed food will be provided after the talk.

Catherine
CtME

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The Use of Portfolio in Undergraduate Medical Curricula

Portfolio’s are increasingly being used in United Kingdom Medical Schools. They have become ubiquitous amongst postgraduate trainees and medical practitioners. This has been driven by the need for doctors to not only be competent but to be able to demonstrate this to regulatory bodies such as the General Medical Council.

All foundation trainees in the United Kingdom must maintain and produce a satisfactory portfolio as a record of their training and progress. Almost all postgraduate trainees are required to maintain portfolios which are used in their competency assessments. All general practitioners in the UK must again maintain a portfolio and all Consultants will begin the process of revalidation this year which again will require the production and maintenance of a portfolio to demonstrate continuing competence and professional development.

Medical students are increasingly being asked to keep portfolio’s mainly for formative purposes but a number of medical schools are using these as part of summative assessment. Students at Manchester must complete a satisfactory portfolio to pass their final examinations and be eligible for graduation.

This seminar will aim to explain the theory behind the use of portfolios. We will hope to elucidate existing beliefs about portfolio and explain how portfolio could be used in your programme. We will discuss how portfolios can be structured and how they can be used as learning tools and in assessment.

We will also demonstrate the use of critical reflection and how this can be used to help students in identifying their own learning needs and encourage them to address these issues independently.



Dr Colin J Lumsden
Senior Teaching Fellow and Honorary Consultant
University of Manchester Medical School