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What is Workplace Based Assessments (WPBA)

Workplace Based Assessment (WPBA) is basically a set of assessments that evaluates our progress over time in areas of professional practice best tested in the workplace. The different assessments cover a range of things that we do for example (COT’s for consultation skills, CEPS for clinical examination and procedural skills, conversations with colleagues (MSF,CSR & ESR) and conversations with patients (PSQ), and so on. 

Evidence is collected over all three years of training and recorded in a web-based portfolio called (Fourteenfish). This evidence is used to inform six monthly reviews, and at the end of GP training collectively forms a holistic qualitative assessment about our readiness for independent GP practice. 

WBPA provides feedback that helps drive our learning, it can also flag areas where we may be having challenges. It is learner led and we decide which evidence to show for our trainer/supervisor to review. 

The assessments used to gather evidence include:

• Case-based Discussion (CbD)

• Care Assessment Tool (CAT which includes CbD)

• Consultation Observation Tool (COT in primary care only)

• Multi-Source Feedback (MSF)

• Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ in primary care only) 

• Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (in hospital posts)

• Mini Consultation Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) (in hospital posts)

• Audio-COT (in primary care only)

• Clinical/ Educational Supervisors Report ( CSR/ESR )

• Quality Improvement Activity (QIA)

• Quality Improvement Project (QIP)

• Prescribing Assessments 

Find more information about the new and existing assessments in the Trainee portfolio by clicking link below: 

https://www.rcgp.org.uk/mrcgp-exams/wpba/assessments

The minimum mandatory evidence requirements for end of each training year is shown in link below:

RCGP WPBA Minimum mandatory evidence

What does WPBA involve?

WPBA consists of a framework of twelve areas of professional capabilities against which evidence is gathered.

Click on the below link for a Professional Capabilities cheat sheet and how to use it to write up learning log entries and CBD’s. 

Professional Competencies - Bradford VTS professional capability RCGP descriptors with ram notes.pdf (bradfordvts.co.uk)

Bradford VTS website has a whole load of helpful learning resources to keep you on top of your WPBA requirements. I’ve found it incredibly helpful. Check it out!

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