• Complete DOPs and reference in your written competency.
• Do any of the answered questions in the DOP complement the learning for your competency?
• The end of each DOP requires “Actions” to be set by your assessor; by carrying out these actions can you show learning for the competency? Can you reference this?
• Did you write notes when revising/practising for your DOP? Upload these – remember written notes can be scanned in!

• Does the competency have an associated OCE?
• Can you create a new OCE to suit this competency?
• Do the OCE and reference it in your written competency.
• Do any of the questions covered in the OCE complement the learning for your competency!

• Have you undertaken any CBDs which links neatly to this competency?
• Can you expand the CBDs to contain all evidence of learning for this competency?
• Did the CBDs raise any discussion points that may fit into a competency? Write these up, not only as a learning exercise, but as additional evidence for competencies.

• CEL can sometimes be overlooked since it isn’t assessed – but it is still compulsory and should be recorded in your Reflective Log. The reflections on CEL can be referenced in competencies.
• Similarly with completing assessments, do you have an associated CEL?

• Have you carried out a test on a batch of samples/data or, performed a procedure on a patient? Upload the worklist/analysis/patient history/data read-out.
• Have you participated in an audit, risk assessment or written/updated a standard operating procedure; upload with a description of the evidence.
• Maybe keep a record in a spreadsheet of all practical work/demonstrations that you participate in. It is an easy way to record what you have and haven’t seen or done and can later be uploaded to your e-portfolio and referred to for competencies. You could use Microsoft Excel, Google sheets or Numbers if you use a Mac.

Lecture notes you’ve been provided:

• Can you include scanned in copies with notes?
• Can you condense the lecture notes into bullet points to evidence of learning?

Evidence that you’ve covered the material in exams:

• Perhaps your respective marks?
• Perhaps the question you answered?

Presentations you’ve given as part of your taught course:

• Upload the PowerPoint
• Perhaps your respective marks?

Did you have to attend any workshops as part of you course? Do these relate to any competencies?

• Upload the presentations or scan in any handouts/notes.

Mandatory training at your Trust:

e.g. Fire safety, manual handling, infection control

• Most of this should be covered shortly after you join your trust and formal records are usually kept. Get a copy of this and upload to your e-portfolio.

In house training from your department:

• Attendance at team meetings
• Attendance at Journal Clubs
• Are you part of a subcommittee e.g. the Quality Team?
• Do you have ‘In house’ competencies you’ve had to do in your role that you could reference again to?

External courses:

• Attendance at professional body meetings
• Update events e.g. Events which provide information

Attendance at conferences:

• Usually there are one or two conferences that your department will attend anyway, but don’t forget to keep an eye out for any of interest.

Other sources:

• Inductions from being inducted when on rotation to new departments
• Involvement with charities
• Your elective