To facilitate the effective and efficient recording and monitoring of professional competence activities RCPI has developed a new ePortfolio system. The ePortfolio for Professional Competence provides a platform for recording CPD and Clinical Audit activities against defined targets. It will also be used as a mechanism to provide evidence of compliance with the standards set by the Schemes.
Doctors who have completed the enrolment process will receive their unique access details through the email address provided in their application to enrol in a Professional Competence Scheme. In addition, they will receive access to their own RCPI @physicians.ie email account.
How to access your RCPI ePortfolio for Professional Competence
Step 1: Register for RCPI Online Services
If you have never accessed an RCPI Online Service, please follow the instructions found through the link below:
How to complete first time registration
Step 2: Activate your RCPI @physicians email account
Once you have registered for your RCPI Online Services you need to register your @physicians email account:
How to register for @physicians email
Step 3: Log in to the RCPI ePortfolio for Professional Competence
How to log in to the RCPI ePortfolio for the first time
Useful Information
From now on -
This document describes how to proceed once you have completed Steps 1 - 3 above.
The following documents are also available through the Information section of your RCPI ePortfolio for Professional Competence
RCPI ePortfolio for Professional Competence FAQ
How to use the RCPI ePortfolio for Professional Competence
Medical Council Domains explained
Clinical (Practice) Audit Guide
Professional Competence Scheme Requirements
To view or download a copy of requirements or tables of example CPD and Clinical Audit activities for your Professional Competence Scheme, please click on the Training Body link relevant to you.
Faculty of Occupational Medicine, RCPI
Faculty of Paediatrics, RCPI
Faculty of Pathology, RCPI
Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI
Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, RCPI
Irish Committee on Higher Medical Training, RCPI
Maintenance of Records
It is recommended that doctors record their CPD and Clinical Audit activities on a regular basis and retain documentary evidence to support credits claimed. Records should be retained for a minimum of 6 years or as advised by the Medical Council and are not to be submitted to RCPI unless requested as part of a Verification Audit Process.
Good Professional Practice
The Medical Council’s eight Domains of Good Professional Practice set out the principles on which good practice is founded. These principles together describe medical professionalism in action.
Doctors enrolled on Professional Competence Schemes will be expected to map their activities against the relevant Medical Council Domains of Good Professional Practice and ensure that the activities undertaken during the course of a five year cycle encompasses all eight domains.
Contact:
Professional Competence Department
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Frederick House, 19 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2
Email: professionalcompetence@rcpi.ie
Tel: +353 (0) 1 863 9739
Fax: +353 (0) 1 672 4707