1. “Your ePortfolio for your use for your whole professional career”
Nursing and Midwifery
Evaluation
April 2014
“Your ePortfolio for your use for your whole professional career”

2. Evaluation :- April 2014 User activity report December, 2013
2,269 Nursing and Midwifery ePortfolio users:
1,335 (60%) of users had logged onto their ePortfolio account in 2013
2,858 evidence forms have been completed to date (December, 2013)
1,685 personal and professional profile forms have been completed to date (December, 2013)

3. Agenda for Change band of ePortfolio user respondents (n=173)

4. Self reported IT skills (n=170)

5. Use of ePortfolio (n=162)

6. Parts of ePortfolio used (n=154)

7. Usefulness of ePortfolio

8. Practice educators/PEF’s are promoting ePortfolio in a number of ways:
Clinical updates, induction, Flying Start, Effective Practitioner, Leading Better Care, and leadership/management programme sessions
Specific sessions to show links between ePortfolio/ the Knowledge Network databases / Effective Practitioner, CPD
Distributing getting started guide and pocket flyers/cards
Face to face sessions aimed at those not using ePortfolio
Mentor updates
Newsletters

9. Activity across Scotland
2800 accounts given throughout (to December 2013)
Pilot in UWS/NHS AAA with pre-registration mental health nurses
General Practice Nurse programme
Advance Practice (GGC and Lothian)
Flying Start completers

10. Some challenges...
“IT access. Difficult for staff to access e-portfolio where IT access is limited. Many staff have minimal IT literacy and this is a barrier to them utilising E-Portfolio.” “Staff highlight workload pressures and low morale as a inhibiting factor in using e portfolio.” “It’s a fantastic concept but needs to be easier and needs to be taught and sold.”

11. Positive comments
“You can use for whole career and take with you and add to it.” “I was able to give the student feedback though ePortfolio it was really straightforward to do and technically not difficult. I found it a very positive experience.” “People see changes coming and the need for evidence.” “Staff are aware of revalidation and many see E-Portfolio as a method for recording CPD which could in the future be shared easily with the NMC if requested.”

12. Ruther stats will be given for 2014 in march 2015
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