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Training & Quality team
Deaneries under Health Education England (HEE), now known as NHS England, and deaneries in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, are responsible for the education and training of health and public health workers at a regional level. Here are some guidelines and information for deaneries about the quality management of paediatric training, including externality and ePortfolio guidance.
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Externality

The underpinning rationale for externality is to provide independent critique and identify areas of good practice or of concern. At the core of the process is ensuring patient safety.

The use of external representation is vital to ensure that standards are upheld and also to maintain the robustness and fairness of the process, applying the principles of equality and diversity.

The (General Medical Council) specifies external representation at the following events:

  • 10% of ARCP outcomes for each Deanery
  • triggered/monitored visits
  • appeal panels.

It is the responsibility of the Deanery to ensure external representation takes place.

For queries on externality and help securing external representation, please contact qualityandtrainingprojects@rcpch.ac.uk

Post and programme approval

All requests for post and programme approval are all made directly to the GMC. 

College Tutor

The College Tutor is the RCPCH representative in the NHS Trust. Each Tutor has a duty to keep up to date with our standards in education and training, new educational initiatives and changes to the curriculum, examinations and assessments.

Find out what a College Tutor does, including the appointment process and how to notify us of a change in Tutor.

RCPCH ePortfolio

RCPCH ePortfolio is the online learning tool for paediatric trainees to monitor progress through the curriculum. It's easy to use and stores everything trainees do in their timeline. To support trainees - and trainers - in your region, you may need to review content on ePortfolio or set up ARCP (Annual Review of Competence Progression) panel forms.

Logging in

To log in, you'll need your RCPCH number and password. If you don't know this, or need help, please contact us on training.services@rcpch.ac.uk

Your profile, role and permissions

Once logged in you will see your profile page.

  • You will have a widget with the users you have access to.
  • You will see your inbox with RCPCH messages. We use this contact you where needed and important messages are conveyed.
  • Your profile with the roles you have been assigned and your current location permissions.
Finding a trainee

The widget on the right side shows how many trainees you have access to.

  1. Click on User Management, click on Users to display trainees attached to you.
  2. To search for a specific trainee please type their name or RCPCH number into the search box.
  3. Below the trainees name are the areas of the trainee’s profile you can review.
  4. To start a new event, for example educational or clinical supervisor’s trainers report, click New Event.
  5. For a more advanced search use this area, you can search by the type of user (trainee) or a trainee’s email address.
Setting up an ARCP form

Some deaneries like their ARCP forms set up in advance. To do this, find the trainee who needs the ARCP form (as they own the outcome) and select "Create new event".

  1. Select the form ARCP outcome form for General Paediatrics training (including sub-specialty) - two part form
  2. Enter the details for the trainee
  3. Select the ARCP panel member who needs to complete this form and click Submit

This form will sit with the ARCP panel member in their to do list.

Deanery contacts

These are available on our deanery contact page - see list of deaneries