Information for trainees
Final year trainees – STP Completion 2024: important stages and deadlines
Final year trainees – now that you have sat your IACC and completed your MSc we hope that you are focusing on completing the final tasks for your OneFile e-portfolio so that you can successfully exit the STP and progress forward in your careers.
Your OneFile e-portfolio will be suspended at 5pm on Monday 16 September 2024. The School will then review all OneFile accounts and cross reference your OneFile progress with your MSc and IACC outcomes to determine your completion status. Completion status outcomes will be communicated to trainees from the week commencing 23 September 2024.
View the important completion stages and deadlines
Read the detailed guidance about STP Completion 2024
2023 starters – Are you ready for your first progression review by the School?
Earlier this year the School launched a new process to review the progress of STP trainees commencing on programme in 2023. Full details are available on the School website at the link below.
By end of September 2024 you should have:
- completed of all phase/year 1 rotations on the e-portfolio
- completed of an end of year review meeting between trainee and Training Officer that is recorded using the review meeting tool on the e-portfolio
Hopefully all is going well and you have enjoyed your first year of training. However, if you do have any issues affecting your progress you will be able to let us know by exception via the raising a concern process which will you have recently been emailed about.
If you have any questions about the progression review process, please come to one of our progression strategy drop-in advice sessions, details of which are available via the link below.
Read the guidance about the new review of progression process
View the details about drop-in advice sessions
Information for all trainees and training officers
The STP final assessment for 2025
We have previously shared with you our rationale for the changes we are making to assessment of the STP following the introduction of the new curricula in 2022. This includes changing the format of the final assessment from 2025.
We are introducing the STP Final Year Assessment as the summative assessment for the STP. Trainees who joined the STP from 2022 onwards will sit the STP Final Year Assessment, with the exception of 2022 Clinical Microbiology trainees who will continue to sit the IACC.
The aim of the STP Final Year Assessment is to ensure that trainees are able to practise safely, uphold professional standards and are ready to register with the HCPC as a Clinical Scientist. To demonstrate this, trainees will be asked to describe how they would manage typical scenarios that may be faced by threshold-level, newly registered Clinical Scientists.
More information about the assessment is now available on our website. We recommend trainees who will be sitting the assessment familiarise themselves with the information linked to below.
We are continuing our preparation and planning to deliver the assessment next summer and don’t have all the details to share with you yet. We will continue to add information to the website as we progress, including information to support trainees to prepare for the assessment.
View further details about the STP Final Year Assessment
STP completion 2025 – for 2022 trainees completing in 2025 and their Training Officers
Following the introduction of the new curriculum for STP in 2022 and the reduced impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on training, the requirements for completion have returned to normal. This means that trainees who began the programme in September 2022 and who will be completing the STP in 2025 are expected to achieve the following by the published deadline of 5pm Monday 15 September 2025:
- 100% completion of the e-portfolio – all modules including rotations, specialist and core
- A pass in the MSc in Clinical Science
- A pass in the final year assessment (further information below)
For the e-portfolio there will no longer be a requirement for separate signature from a registered Clinical or Biomedical Scientist as all trainees must achieve 100% in order to complete the programme.
View further details on the requirements for completion in 2025
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 on the STP.
Find out more and sign up for this webinar
Information for training officers
How to be ready to complete a review of progress in the e-portfolio
One of the mandatory requirements of the new progression review process for trainees commencing the STP from 2023 onwards is the completion of an end of year review meeting between trainee and Training Officer that is recorded using the review meeting tool on the e-portfolio between 1 to 30 September each year.
To be ready to conduct your review meeting, watch the short video on the page linked to below for guidance on how to use the review meeting tool.
Find out how to complete a review of progress in the e-portfolio
Hold the date for the November 2024 education and training collaborative
The November Healthcare Science Education and Training Collaborative will take place online on Tuesday 12 November 2024 from 1pm to 4:30pm.
The agenda and details of how to register will be published very soon. For now, please hold the date.
Get involved in the delivery of the final assessment for 2025
The School will be introducing the STP Final Year Assessment as the final assessment for the STP from 2025. There are a number of roles for specialty experts that are required to deliver the assessment. We need to fill these roles to ensure that we can deliver a robust, reliable and valid assessment for every specialty.
The School is now seeking expressions of interest for roles to support the delivery of the STP Final Year Assessment.
Read more about the roles and express an interest
Read more about the STP Final Year Assessment
STP Induction 2024
The STP Induction will be held online over 2 half days.
Day 1 – Becoming a healthcare scientist
Tuesday 10 September 2024 – 9:30am to 1:15pm
Click this link to view the agenda (expired link)
Day 2 – Managing your programme
Wednesday 11 September 2024 – 9:30am to 1:15pm
Click this link to view the agenda (expired link)
As part of the induction package there will be 4 mandatory post induction webinars for all new STP trainees. The webinar registration links will be sent to trainees on Wednesday 11 September 2024 after day 2 of the induction programme. The dates for the webinars are as follows:
Understanding work-based assessments
Tuesday 17 September 2024 – 4pm to 5pm
Getting to know the OneFile e-portfolio service
Thursday 19 September 2024 – 4pm to 5pm
Progression expectations and reviews
Tuesday 24 September 2024 – 4pm to 5pm
Question and answer session with Training Programme Directors and Heads of functions
Wednesday 25 September 2024 – 4pm to 5pm
STP Induction for New Trainers
The next ‘STP Induction for New Trainers’ will be held on Wednesday 18 September 2024.
Find out more and register for the STP Induction for New Trainers (expired link)
Getting to know the OneFile e-portfolio service: webinar for STP Training Officers
Join us at 11am on Friday 18 October for an introduction to OneFile for 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)
View a recording of our Sharing Good Practice webinar on delivering training in the workplace
Our Sharing Good Practice webinar on delivering training in the workplace took place on Tuesday 13 August 2024.
View a recording of this webinar
Missed a previous edition of the STP Monthly Memo?
We’ve published copies of the Monthly Memo for STP trainees and training officers on our website.
Click here to view previous editions of the STP Monthly Memo.