Minimum Evidence

Prior to each review, the trainee is required to collect a number of pieces of evidence to support judgments that will be made about their progress. The minimum data set required is shown below.

 

The description given below applies only to those starting a three-year programme on 1 August 2007. Trainees who have two years of training to complete from 1 August 2007, will begin WPBA from the heading Specialty Training Year 2 onwards. Trainees who have one year of training to complete from 1 August 2007, will begin WPBA from the heading Specialty Training Year 3 onwards.
 
Please note that further information about these arrangements will be available in due course via the Deaneries and Trainers. Doctors who have completed hospital and/or GPR posts prior to 1 August 2007, will be asked to produce the usual VTR/2 and/or VTR/1 forms for these posts.

Specialty Training Year 1

Minimums prior to 6 month review:
  • 3 x COT or mini-CEX
  • 3 x CbD
  • 1 x MSF, 5 clinicians only
  • DOPS, if in secondary care
  • Clinical supervisors’ reports, if in secondary care

Minimums prior to 12 month review:

 
  • 3 x COT or mini-CEX
  • 3 x CbD
  • 1 x MSF, 5 clinicians only
  • 1 x PSQ, if in primary care
  • DOPS, if in secondary care
  • Clinical supervisors’ reports, if in secondary care

Specialty Training Year 2

Minimums prior to 18 month review:
  • 3 x COT or mini-CEX
  • 3 x CbD
  • PSQ, if not completed in ST1
  • DOPS, if in secondary care
  • Clinical supervisors’ reports, if in secondary care

Minimums prior to 24 month review:
  • 3 x COT
  • 3 x CbD
  • PSQ, if not completed in ST1 

Specialty Training Year 3 (primary care)

Minimums prior to 30 month review:
  • 6 x CbD                                                   
  • 6 x COT
  • 1 x MSF

Minimums prior to 34 month review:
  • 6 x CbD
  • 6 x COT
  • 1 x MSF
  • 1 x PSQ

Specialty Training Year 3 (half primary and half secondary)

Minimums prior to 30 month review:
  • 6 x CbD                                                      
  • 3 x COT
  • 3 x mini-CEX
  • 1 x MSF

Minimums prior to 34 month review:
  • 6 x CbD
  • 3 x COT
  • 3 x mini-CEX
  • 1 x MSF
  • 1 x PSQ

Notes

1. Throughout the training mini-CEX and COT assessments will be used interchangeably. The former being adopted in the secondary care setting, the latter in primary care.

 

2. DOPS assessment will only need to be carried out until the mandatory practical skills have been assessed as satisfactory.

 

3. Patient satisfaction will only be assessed in the primary care setting.

 

4. Multi-source feedback will involve clinical raters only when in secondary care and both clinical and non-clinical raters when in primary care.

 

5. There has been a change to the minimum MSF and PSQ evidence required by LTFTTs in ST1 and ST3.  More information ...