Information for trainees
Quick guide for trainees to developing evidence for training activities
One of the most frequent requests that we receive at the School is for more guidance about how trainees can and should develop their evidence to demonstrate achievement of training activities / competencies. In response to this important need, we have recently published a new quick guide for trainees in our catalogue of learning materials on the NHS Learning Hub, entitled ‘Developing evidence to demonstrate achievement of training activities’.
This guide focuses on what makes good evidence for training activities in work-based training. The guide addresses how different types of evidence can be generated in the course of work-based training and it offers guidance about the different types of evidence that can be generated for the different types of training activity (whether for an entrustable training activity, an observational training activity or a developmental training activity).
This new body of guidance is fully aligned with the new STP curricula and the NSHCS work-based assessment standards. It will provide trainees with concrete help to meet those standards. The module is also fully aligned with the recently-published NSHCS training standards and expectations. It is part of a set of quick guides associated with training standard 1: Plan, design and assess learning and training opportunities.
To access the NHS Learning Hub you will need to have an account with the service. Further details on how to do this can be found within the trainee responsibilities page on the School website.
Information for trainees and training officers
Looking for advice and guidance from the School?
If so, please take the time to look at the School website, which is a comprehensive source of the information and guidance you might need.
We have conducted an analysis of the email queries we receive from trainees and training departments and we discovered that in a large proportion of cases our reply is simply to point trainees to the relevant pages of information on the School website.
Following our merger into NHS England the School is currently and temporarily very understaffed. Our ability to respond to email queries is therefore very compromised.
If you would like swift access to the information and guidance you need, please take a look at the School website first. We’ve upgraded and will continue to upgrade the internal search on the website. Please use it and you will find what you need.
Visit the ETP programme section for key information for trainees and trainers.
Sign up for our Sharing Good Practice webinar on neuroinclusive communication
Wednesday 16 October 2024 – 10am to 11am
In this Sharing Good Practice webinar Rachel Lennon will be talking about neurodiversity inclusion, with a particular focus on communication and information processing. Based on her own experience as a neurodivergent STP trainee, Rachel hopes to provide a new perspective on the neurodivergent experience and suggest practical ways for trainees and Training Officers to promote neuroinclusivity.
Find out more and sign up for this webinar
Information for training officers
The new ETP curricula and the NSHCS work-based assessment standards apply to the programme from September 2024
A quick reminder about changes to the ETP programme for delivery from September 2024.
The revised ETP curriculum can be found in the Curriculum Library. All trainees starting the programme from September 2024 will follow the new curriculum. View the new ETP curriculum.
The School’s Work-based Assessment Standards apply to the new curriculum. Work-based assessments include training activities (known in previous curricula as competencies), DOPS, OCEs, CBDs. The standards define how work-based assessments should be conducted and the responsibilities of trainees, trainers and assessors. View the NSHCS work-based assessment standards.
We have run a number of webinars on the work-based assessment standards which may be helpful. Although designed for STP the information will be applicable to ETP.
- View the ‘explainer’ webinar on the WBA standard for observed assessment.
- View the ‘explainer’ webinar on the WBA standard for case-based discussions.
- View the ‘explainer’ webinar on the WBA standard for training activities.
ETP Train the Trainer
If you are interested in attending a live ETP Train the Trainer webinar please let us know via the online form linked to below.
Express your interest in an ETP Train the Trainer
ETP Induction 2024
The induction event for new 2024 starters on the programme will be held in central Birmingham on Wednesday 2 October 2024.
View the ETP Induction 2024 agenda
ETP trainers drop-in sessions
The schedule of drop-in sessions for the next academic year is now available. At the drop-in sessions you will have the opportunity to talk to Training Programme Director Jane Lynch and School staff about any aspect of the programme. The next drop-in will be on Tuesday 24 September. Drop-in anytime between 12:30pm and 1:30pm.
Find out more about the ETP trainers drop-in sessions and other ETP events
Sign up for our Sharing Good Practice webinar on delivering training in the workplace
The ‘Delivering training in the workplace’ webinar will take place on Tuesday 13 August 2024 at 10am.
Find out more and sign up for this webinar (expired link)
View a recording of our Sharing Good Practice webinar on supporting trainees in the workplace
Our Sharing Good Practice webinar on supporting trainees in the workplace took place on Thursday 18 July 2024.
View a recording of this webinar
Make your suggestions for the November Education and Training Collaborative
The School is currently thinking about the NSHCS Education and Training Collaborative in November and would welcome any suggestions for areas of discussion or specific agenda items. If you have or haven’t attended the collaborative previously, we would appreciate any thoughts you may have on pertinent areas for the Collaborative programme to incorporate. Please let us know your thoughts by completing the survey linked to below.
Share your suggestions for agenda items for the NSHCS Education and Training Collaborative
Missed a previous edition of the ETP Monthly Memo?
We’ve published copies of the Monthly Memo for ETP trainees and training officers on our website.
Click here to view previous editions of the ETP Monthly Memo.