NES e-Portfolio

The first Intensive Care Medicine ePortfolio was developed with NHS Education for Scotland (NES). The NES ePortfolio was for trainees on the 2010 standalone ICM CCT (either single or dual programmes), and as such was not suitable for trainees on either the new 2021 ICM curriculum or the previous Joint CCT in ICM.

Move to LLP 

We moved our ICM Portfolio to the RCoA's Lifelong Learning Platform (LLP) in August 2021. This move applied to all ICM StRs except for those who were in Stage 3 and close to the end of their training, for whom the GMC gave dispensation to remain on the 2010 standalone curriculum for a short period. LLP accounts were created for all other ICM StRs.

The deadline for transitioning to the new ICM curriculum, ensuring all data was downloaded from the NES portfolio and uploaded as evidence to the LLP was 31 January 2022. Guidance on transferring data from NES to LLP was provided. 

For those Stage 3 trainees who remained on NES beyond August 2021, were asked to ensure, if their training was to continue beyond August 2022, to ensure that all data had been downloaded and moved to LLP by 31 August 2022 as our contract with NES would cease.

Accessing NES data

If you are an ICM StR that has not yet accessed their old NES data (perhaps on OOP or just returning from any long-term leave), or have had your CCT extended for any reason past 31 August 2022 and not moved to LLP, please contact us. 

ICM ePortfolio Data and Use Policies

STANDARDISED TERMS OF AGREEMENT

WARNING

It is an offence to view or enter data on the ICM ePortfolio if you are not authorised to do so. Authorised personnel include only those registered ‘Users’ from the FICM membership and partner organisations who hold a valid username and password. It is an offence to make use of this platform other than for the purpose for which it was created.

1. Acceptance of Terms

The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine ("FICM") provides access to https://www.nhseportfolios.org/Anon/Login/Login.aspx (the "Site") subject to your acceptance of these Terms. We may update these Terms from time to time without prior notice.

By accessing, browsing, entering data or otherwise accessing the Site, you become a User and assert that you have read and understand and agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If you have any questions about this agreement, please contact us via contact@ficm.ac.uk.

2. Your Obligations

Clinical and non-clinical staff entering data on the ICM ePortfolio are reminded of their legal and professional duty to keep patients’ personal information confidential. As advised in the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges’ Guidance, doctors should anonymise patient data as far as possible in their self-reflective logs. The platform is an educational and not a medical tool and therefore there is no reason to include patient Identifiable or personal data relating to a third party. Please also ensure that you comply with your organisation’s or trust's/board’s information governance policy throughout your use of the platform.

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and your chosen password, and for all activities that occur under your username and password. Under no circumstances should users pass on their login details to others. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorised use of your username or password or any other breach of security.

It is your responsibility to ensure that all data you submit is correct and it must not include any data from any other organisation(s) other than those that the registered user has legitimate access to.

Users should only be able to see their own data or data for trainees that they have supervisory or assessment responsibility for. If a user detects what he or she believes is a breach of security or confidentiality then it is their responsibility not to disseminate the information obtained and to report the event immediately to contact@ficm.ac.uk.

Users will be logged out of the website after a period of inactivity. However, users should log off before leaving computers or mobile devices unattended.

3. Disclaimers

The data and other contents of the Site ("Contents") were furnished by and entered into the ICM ePortfolio site by third parties with the permission of the FICM and are presented for informational purposes only.

The FICM does not make any representations, assurances, or any express or implied warranties, presentations, or endorsements whatsoever (including, but not limited to, warranties of title or non-infringement, or the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose) with regard to the site, the content, any reports provided through the site, and the FICM shall not be liable for any cost or damage arising either directly or indirectly from any content or use of the site.

It is solely your responsibility to evaluate the reliability, accuracy, timeliness, completeness or usefulness of all services and content provided through the site. The FICM does not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defect in the site will be corrected. The site and the content made available on the site are provided on an 'as is' and 'as available' basis.

All activity from a device logged onto the platform using the username assigned to a particular person is considered to be the responsibility of that person.

The FICM reserve the right to revoke access to the ePortfolio system where it considers the facility is being put to inappropriate use, or used in a way that compromises its security.

Information on how the NHS Education for Scotland ePortfolio manages cookies can be found here

FICM uses the same Privacy Policy as the Royal College of Anaesthetists, you can access this here.

FICM ePortfolio Update Log

The FICM ePortfolio sub-committee have been busy behind the scenes making small changes to the ePortfolio to make everyday use easier. The table below contains some of the most recent changes.