Position Paper on Tracking Assessment of Personal Professional

							                                        MBChB Programe
                                       Curriculum Executive
                                         January 31, 2007
                                                                                    PAPER 06/CE/18

    Position Paper on Tracking Assessment of Personal Professional Development in the
                                  MBChB Programme

Background
    18th April 2006
          o Tracking Assessment of Personal Professional Development paper
             presented to Coordinating Assessment Board proposed system for
             tracking and monitoring PPD issues (attached).
          o Coordinating Assessment Board approved proposal to track and monitor PPD
    June 2006
          o Working group set up to develop tracking system of PPD. Members included Dr
             Helen Cameron, Lindsay Dalziel, Karen Simpson and Rachel Ellaway.
    October 2006
          o GMC workshop(Edinburgh) to discuss draft paper on Student Fitness to Practice
             document set out standards expected of students on a medical course. Final
             document due in Oct 2007.
    29th Nov 2006
          o Duty of Care Paper presented to Curriculum Executive outlined the need to store
             relevant PPD concerns in one location (attached).

Current Situation
   1. Personal and Professional Development is currently assessed in the following areas:
      attendance, commitment, motivation, interpersonal relationships, ethics awareness,
      personal organization, reliability, self care and self directed learning. This is recorded on
      paper after each clinical attachment;
   2. Feedback and ‘actions taken’ in response to PPD assessment are not readily available to
      relevant individuals (eg Student, Director of Studies, Year Director);
   3. The PPD working group is currently developing an electronic tracking system to record
      PPD assessment on the assessment engine that will secure with limited access.
      Discussions with relevant individuals on the type of PPD information/concerns that needs
      to be stored on system have been taking place. This has highlighted the differing roles
      and responsibilities of the PPD vertical theme, Professional Development
      Committee(PDC) and Fitness to Practice Committee(FPC). For example information
      required for the continuing support and development of student versus information on
      Fitness to Practice/disciplinary procedures.

Proposal
   1. PPD working group to continue to develop the PPD tracking and monitoring system;
   2. PPD working group to consult with selected members of PDC and FPC in reference to
       purpose, content, policy and procedures within PPD tracking system throughout
       development and before final approval by CE;
   3. To electronically record PPD assessment using the current PPD domains as areas for
       concern. i.e. attendance /time management, commitment, motivation, interpersonal
       relationships, ethic awareness, organizational skills, reliability, self care and self directed
       learning;
   4. To continue to use current PPD assessment form to record overall PPD satisfactory level
       and identify specific PPD concerns as outlined above;
   5. To investigate the possibility of recording actions taken as result of PPD assessment.

K Simpson
Fellow in Medical Education
                               MBChB Programe
                              Curriculum Executive
                               January 31, 2007




K Simpson
Fellow in Medical Education