Meeting with Amandeep Doll - 02/02/17

Amandeep is on secondment to HEE as Pharmacy Clinical Fellow from pharmacy post within a hospital - this secondment will be finishing shortly.

General discussion

Introduction to TIS, Agile, User-Centred Design

Discussion on Pharmacy training improvement project assessments pilot

ePortoflio

ePortfolio used in pharmacy pilot not fit for purpose (Skillwise). Was used because it's the one used for NVQ pharmacy route
Each hospital a separate organisation + Boots, LLyods and other pharmacies
Can only see own students on ePortfolio and not each other's, but can't review own students
Review students every 13 weeks - culture not to review them and give feedback (community pharmacies). Increasing the workload - not used to continual assessment.
Survey was due to go out to evaluate pilot in first week of Feb

Test panel

Didn't tell trainees that their ePortfolio was being reviewed
Random selection of 50 people
Test panel was about finding out what was required for ePortfolio - need progress reviews logged; tutor report
Tutors don't get any training - don't know what good looks like
Will have a trainee report as well as a tutor report

Assessment

Likely will be at 39 weeks (3/4 of the way through their course - 49 weeks) - this will give them 10 weeks to make improvements if required
Don't have the flexibility to extend their training - employers will only pay for 52 weeks
NHS England fund community pharmacists (HEE hospital ones) - NHS England quite happy that new standards will apply across the board
Currently informative process - GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) - will speak to this (??)
Outcomes - Currently Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory - will have 5 outcomes. Outcome 3 (extension) the trainee would have to find themselves another placement
Plan to make Outcome 1 & 2 written feedback, 3 & 4 telephone conversation

Amandeep will forward Pharmacy Guide (equivalent to Gold Guide)