ETP Monthly Memo (December 2025)

Information for trainees

Getting started with your training activities (DTAs & ETAs)

The following resources will support you with your training activities:

1. The NSHCS work-based assessment standards, which outline the evidence requirements for different types of training activity
2. A guide to reflection for the DTAs using the four-dimensional approach (NHS Learning Hub resource)
3. A guide to reflection for the ETAs using the four-dimensional approach (NHS Learning Hub )
4. Developing evidence to demonstrate achievement of training activities (NHS Learning Hub)

Information for trainees and Training Officers

New animations to help you understand work-based assessments

The school has published a series of 3 animations about the various types of work-based assessment, to help trainees, their trainers and assessors to swiftly understand the purpose of each type of assessment and how they should be completed.

The series comprises animations about:

• training activities
• observed assessments
• case-based discussions

Watch the animations about work-based assessments

Are you interested in sharing your practice?

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. We are particularly interested in short talks on:

• Strategies for undertaking and assessing Direct Observation of Practical Skills (DOPS)
• Strategies for undertaking and assessing Observed Communication Events (OCEs)

Express an interest in sharing your practice

Are you interested in the use of Generative AI in Healthcare Education and Training?

Dr Nicholas Hickson recently delivered a Sharing Good Practice session on the ‘Practical applications of Generative AI tools in Healthcare Education and Training’.

Watch a recording of the ‘Practical applications of Generative AI’ session

Are you using AI in your clinical practice?

If you or your network are using AI in your clinical practice, we would like to invite you to present your experience as part of our Sharing Good Practice series. If you are interested, please express an interest via the form linked to below.

Express an interest in sharing your practice

Information for Training Officers

Are you new to the role of ETP Training Officer?

1. Watch the recording of the most recent ETP Train the Trainer webinar and complete the evaluation to gain the certificate
2. Watch the introduction to the OneFile e-portfolio webinar recording
3. View the NSHCS training standards

Supporting your trainee with their training activities (DTAs & ETAs)

The following resources will support you in supporting your trainee with their training activities:

1. Planning for learning (NHS Learning Hub resource)
2. Developing evidence to demonstrate achievement of training activities (NHS Learning Hub resource)
3. The NSHCS work-based assessment standards, which outline the evidence requirements for different types of training activity

Have Your Say: HCPC Consultation on Education and Training Standards

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) are consulting on proposed changes to their Standards of Education and Training (SETs), which underpin the quality of programmes for the 15 health and care professions they regulate. These standards are central to the HCPC’s role in protecting the public by ensuring that anyone qualifying in the UK has the skills and knowledge to deliver safe, effective care. Proposed changes include:

• A new structure
• Stronger EDI focus
• Technology readiness
• Applies to all learning models

The consultation is open for 13 weeks, closing 16 February 2026.

Share your views via the consultation survey

ETP entry criteria review under way

The ETP entry criteria are currently under review. Whilst the content will remain largely the same, with no major changes, we aim to tighten up the wording and clarification in our guidance to ensure consistency in ongoing recruitment.

Read the ETP recruitment guidance

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.