Information for trainees
ETP Induction 2024
We recently welcomed the new intake of ETP trainees at the ETP Induction 2024 in central Birmingham. The presentations from the induction day are available to view and download on the School website.
View and download presentations from the induction day
Getting to know the OneFile e-portfolio service: webinar for trainees
Thursday 24 October 2024 – 10am to 11am
Join us for an introduction to OneFile for ETP trainees. We will show you how to navigate the system, set up your submissions and give you some top tips and tricks to ensure you get the most out of the e-portfolio software while on the programme.
Sign up for the OneFile webinar (expired link)
ETP training standards – trainee responsibilities
Taking on the trainer role is a significant responsibility and commitment. To support your trainer and departmental colleagues to navigate these responsibilities, we have developed a set of standards which clearly articulate what is expected of them. These are known as the NSHCS training standards and expectations.
Alongside your trainers’ responsibilities, you as the trainee have responsibilities, as you are an active participant in your own learning journey. Read about responsibilities for training.
These responsibilities can be found on the ETP trainees section of the School website. This is a dedicated section containing key information and resources to help current ETP trainees during their training. Please do take some time to familiarise yourself with this section and the information available to you.
View the ETP trainees’ section of the website
Guidance resources for trainees on the NHS Learning Hub
For each of the 5 training standards, we have developed ‘quick guides’ for trainees on specific topics. These quick guides are available on the NHS Learning Hub which we encourage you to access.
We suggest that you access, in the first instance, the ‘Developing evidence to demonstrate achievement of training activities’.
To access the NHS Learning Hub, you will need to have an account with the service. Once you have access to the Learning Hub you can access the National School of Healthcare Science catalogue. See below for details of how to sign up for the NHS Learning Hub.
If you have an NHS email
To access the NSHCS catalogue of resources, you will need to sign up for free to the NHS Learning Hub using your NHS email address. Click on this link and follow the instructions.
If you do not have an NHS email address
Complete this brief form to grant us permission to send your name and e-mail address to the NHS Learning Hub development team to request access. You must provide your professional, work email address.
View the National School of Healthcare Science catalogue
Have Your Say: Complete the National Education and Training Survey (NETS)
NETS is the only national survey open to all healthcare students, trainees and apprentices, including resident doctors and dentists in postgraduate training.
NETS offers a platform to share your experiences and shape the future of healthcare education. Your feedback helps us make informed decisions to enhance learning environments, support retention and recruitment.
Take 10 minutes to share your experiences! The survey is open until Tuesday 26 November 2024.
Go to the NETS survey to share your experiences
Information for training officers
Register for the November Healthcare Science Education and Training Collaborative
Our next Healthcare Science Education and Training Collaborative will take place online on the afternoon of Tuesday 12 November 2024.
We are very excited that our new Head of School, Professor Delia Ripley, will be opening the online Collaborative in November.
At the Collaborative, we plan to provide an update on recruitment for STP, the year 1 progression review and the new final assessment.
We will be looking at the other healthcare science courses that the NSHCS have helped to develop, both from the perspective of the providers and from recent alumni. Come and see what else the School has to offer beyond the commissioned programmes of STP, ETP and HSST.
The Collaborative will close with a presentation from Vicky Chalker, Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, NHS England, who will be expanding on the presentation she gave at the face-to-face Collaborative in March about the future of healthcare science.
View the agenda for the November collaborative
Register for the November collaborative
Our training package for ETP trainers
The training package we provide for trainers includes:
- ETP Train the Trainer
- NHS Learning Hub resources
- Sharing Good Practice series
All of which are underpinned by the NSHCS training standards and expectations.
Training standards and expectations
Taking on the trainer role is a significant responsibility and commitment. To support you and your departmental colleagues to navigate these responsibilities we have developed this set of training standards which clearly articulate what is expected of you.
There are 5 training standards and for each one there is a suite of training materials available on the NHS Learning Hub which we encourage you to access.
View the training standards and their associated support resources
Guidance and resources for trainers on the NHS Learning Hub
For each of the 5 training standards, we have developed a suite of training materials available on the NHS Learning Hub which we encourage you to access.
We suggest that you access, in the first instance, the ‘Developing evidence to demonstrate achievement of training activities’.
To access the NHS Learning Hub, you will need to have an account with the service. Once you have access to the Learning Hub you can access the National School of Healthcare Science catalogue. See below for details of how to sign up for the NHS Learning Hub.
If you have an NHS email
To access the NSHCS catalogue of resources, you will need to sign up for free to the NHS Learning Hub using your NHS email address. Click on this link and follow the instructions.
If you do not have an NHS email address
Complete this brief form to grant us permission to send your name and e-mail address to the NHS Learning Hub development team to request access. You must provide your professional, work email address.
View the National School of Healthcare Science catalogue
Sharing Good Practice
In many areas of our work, we receive requests to support trainers in the workplace by connecting them with each other and, in particular, by helping them learn from centres and colleagues that have developed good training practice.
We are pleased to announce that we have the following confirmed webinars:
Neuroinclusive communication
Wednesday 16 October 2024 – 10am to 11am
View further details and register for this event (expired link)
UKAS Accreditation – making quality improvement part of your journey
Wednesday 20 November 2024 – 10am to 11:30am
View further details and register for this event
Sharing Good Practice – Managing training
Thursday 5 December 2024 – 10:30am to 11:30am
View further details and register for this event
If you would like to present at this webinar, please email our Education Training Manager, Sally Clee at england.nshcs.training@nhs.net
Strength in numbers – the benefits of a Training Consortium
Tuesday 17 December 2024 – 2pm to 3pm
View further details and register for this event
The webinars will be recorded and be available on our website.
If you or your network have developed practice that you feel could be valuable to share with your peers, please express an interest in sharing your practice via the form linked to below.
Express an interest in contributing to our Sharing Good Practice webinar series
ETP Train the Trainer
Friday 6 December 2024 – 10am to 1pm
If you are new to the role of Training Officer and will be taking responsibility for an ETP trainee, this training session is essential to your training and is part of the ETP endorsement process.
The training session will cover the roles and responsibilities of the ETP Training Officer, including the planning and delivering of work-based training. The webinar will last a maximum of 3 hours.
Register for ETP Train the Trainer
Getting to know the OneFile e-portfolio service: webinar for ETP and STP Training Officers
Join us at 11am on Friday 18 October for an introduction to OneFile for ETP and STP Training Officers, where we will show you how to navigate the system and how to get the most out of the e-portfolio software.
Sign up for the OneFile webinar (expired link)
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.
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.