1. Mental Health Nursing Students Accessing NES E-portfolio - Pre To Post Registration Karen J McDowall Senior Nurse (MH) Community North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership Alison Toner Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing University of the West of Scotland

2. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING Competency 7 - All nurses must be responsible and accountable for keeping their knowledge and skills up to date through continuing professional development. They must aim to improve their performance and enhance the safety and quality of care through evaluation, supervision and appraisal NMC(2010).

3. EPORTFOLIO Students required to build portfolio of evidence Historical use of paper document Paper light process Technological advances ePortfolio development Live and dynamic Toner & McDowall (2015)

4. PARTNERSHIP WORKING March 2012 – initial discussion, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, University of the West of Scotland and NHS Scotland. The Dean of Health, Nursing & Midwifery, UWS and the Associate Nurse Director, Mental Health Services, NHS Ayrshire & Arran fully supported the proposal being taken forward. Dedication and conviction to achieve objective.

5. THE JOURNEY – PAPER V ELECTRONIC Was this an idea worth pursuing, what did we hope to achieve? Who needed to be involved? What support did we need from NES? How should we introduce it and with whom? What guidance would be required? What training would be required? Timeframe for implementation/roll out? Audit process?

6. GUIDANCE AND TRAINING Guidance for students Guidance for mentors Training sessions

7. INVOLVING STUDENTS https://vimeo.com/87845713 NHS Education(2016)

8. E-PORTFOLIO CHAMPION Each campus has a lecturer who is an e-portfolio champion. Their role is to: Support the student to set up their e-portfolio and to provide ongoing support to the student to continue to develop it

9. INCREMENTAL INTRODUCTION PRE-REGISTRATION BSC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PROGRAMME STUDENTS All students on all campuses now have access and are developing their NES Career Long ePortfolio. 2015-16 Commenced with Part 1 students Ayr, Dumfries, Hamilton and Paisley. Continue with Part 2 Ayr, Dumfries, Hamilton and Paisley and Part 3 Ayr. 2014 -15 Commenced with Part 1 students Ayr, Dumfries, Hamilton and Paisley. Continue with Part 2 Ayr students. 2013-14 Project commenced at Ayr UWS campus in September with the BSc Mental Health Nursing programme Part 1 students 2012 -13

10. JOURNEY - NES E-Portfolio Pre- registration Student Nurses Transition through NES Flying Start Post registration NMC Revalidation Nursing student to registered nurse journey

11. BENEFITS Comprehensive portfolio of evidence User friendly Positive impact - ripple effect Embedding and capturing the principle of reflective practice

12. FUTURE STEPS Ethical approval has been obtained to undertake an evaluation study of the pilot project. This will include students from the initial cohort, lecturers/personal tutors and mentors who have been involved with this process.

13. REFERENCES NHS Education for Scotland (2016) Nursing & Midwifery Career Long ePortfolio.[Online] Available http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/education-and- training/by-discipline/nursing-and-midwifery/careers-and-recruitment/nursing- midwifery-career-long-eportfolio.aspxhttp://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/education-and- training/by-discipline/nursing-and-midwifery/careers-and-recruitment/nursing- midwifery-career-long-eportfolio.aspx Nursing and Midwifery Council (2010)Standards for pre-registration nursing education. [Online] Available http://caipe.org.uk/silo/files/standards-for- preregistration-nursing-education-16082010.pdfhttp://caipe.org.uk/silo/files/standards-for- preregistration-nursing-education-16082010.pdf Toner, A. and McDowall, K. J. (2015) EPortfolio for students: A paper exercise or the product of effective partnership working? British Journal of Mental Health Nursing. Vol.4 (5), pp.219–222.