1. Pointless CPD?
Capability, Competence & Reflection

2. Whatever happened to CPD?

3. Outcomes…by the end of this session….
Demonstrate an understanding of educational theory and practice in relation to the difficulties associated with the concept of “competence” and “capability”
Demonstrate enhanced techniques in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of training as part of the compliance plan
Develop strategies to incorporate reflection into the learning and development agenda for your firm.

4. SRA Regulation O(TR1) Outcome 7.6
you maintain competence through relevant ongoing training
Outcome 7.6
“you train individuals working in the firm to maintain a level of competence appropriate to their work and level of responsibility”
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5. SRA Authorisation Rules
R 8.2: Suitable arrangements for compliance
Supporting training and development
R 8.5 Compliance Officers
…must ….discharge their duties
Guidance Note (iii)(j)
Appropriate systems for supporting the development and training of staff
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6. Level? Bloom’s taxonomy
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7. Competence Properly qualified? Not negligent?
Midway between novice and expert?
Having the ability ‘to perform the tasks and roles required to
the expected standard’ (McKee and Eraut, 2013)
To what extent does it involve a commitment to:
Maintain competence?
Extend the scope and quality of performance?
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8. Capability
…[t]he usefulness of the capability construct for professional education lies in holding … [two meanings of the term “capability”] together in some kind of balance.
In its first sense capability has a present orientation and refers to the capacity to perform the work of the profession: capability is both necessary for current performance and enables that performance.
In its second sense, capability can be said to provide a basis for developing future competence, including the possession of the knowledge and skills deemed necessary for future professional work.
(Eraut, 1994:208)
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9. SRA & Competence Statement of solicitor competence Threshold statement
Statement of legal knowledge
…but…what is this and how do I apply it? Where do I start?
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10. GMC & Competence - What the Doctor ordered?
“You must be competent in all aspects of your work, including management, research and teaching….
You must take steps to monitor and improve the quality of your work
You should be willing to take on a mentoring role for more junior doctors and other healthcare professionals
(General Medical Council, 2013)
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11. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
Effective CPD schemes are flexible and largely based on self-evaluation. This lets [doctors] develop what they do in the context of their individual professional practice while providing evidence for external scrutiny
(Directors of CPD Subcommittee of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, 2011)
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12. Continuing Competence
The SRA Toolkit
Planning (TNA)
Addressing learning needs
Evaluation and measurement
Reflection and professional development
Research - IFF Research and Sherr, (2014)
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13. What do you want to achieve? Flexibility in programme design
L&D Options
What do you want to achieve?
Who can help you?
Flexibility in programme design
Formal training to mentoring
Setting “learning outcomes”- where are you going? Definitions and key concepts
Test the output?
Then evaluation
did you get there?
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14. Find out who is already teaching… TTT programmes
L&D job sheet
Find out who is already teaching…
TTT programmes
TNA for departments (not just individuals)
Work on the outcomes and measurement data
Show links between feedback and changes to programmes
Be consistent
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15. Learning outcomes The intended results:
Verb (describe, understand, critically analyse, demonstrate, perform)
Object (on or with what: with clients, in the magistrates’ court)
Standard (three examples, consistently, to X level)
Constructive alignment: tell them what they are going to learn, teach so they can learn it, then assess that.
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16. The Evaluation & Monitoring Process
Immediate evaluation
The post course questionnaire
and more…why?
Measurement & transfer over time?
Change in behaviour?
Link with personal development plans and learning & development plans
Peer review/interview?
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18. Evaluation questionnaires
Participant satisfaction?
Participant learning?
Organisational change?
Participants’ use of new knowledge and skills?
Client impact?
Value for money?
Adapted from Muijs & Lindsay (2008)
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19. Reflection: A new approach in CPD?
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20. "I have reflected on my practice
The Annual Declaration
"I have reflected on my practice
and addressed any identified learning and development needs.”
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21. From GMC – Good Medical Practice (2013)
“You should regularly reflect on your own performance, your professional values and your contribution to any teams in which you work. You should ask for, and be prepared to act on, feedback from colleagues and patients, including through the outcomes of audits, appraisals and performance reviews and through patient complaints and comments.”
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22. Reflecting on reflection
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23. Monitor/measure over time E&T report as part of management cycle
Discussion points
Education Strategy
Not a reward or a punishment
Educational spend
data provides supportive compliance evidence
Monitor/measure over time
Vary monitoring methods
E&T report as part of management cycle
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24. Questions & Discussion
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25. Pointless CPD?
Capability, Competence & Reflection