ARCP information for Panels - Working across Wessex

The Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) is a formally defined process within the curriculum in which a resident doctor’s progress in the training programme is assessed and measured using a range of defined and validated assessment tools, along with professional and triangulated judgements about their rate of progression.

The role of a ARCP Panel Member is to review evidence provided by the resident doctor and their Supervisors to arrive at a judgement. It is important that prior to the ARCP that Panel Members review the information in the below links and attachments to prepare for their role.

ARCP Panel Member training requirements

Anyone acting as an ARCP panel member is required to have attended relevant training. We have set up ARCP training days that people can book themselves onto, or online training is available. In addition to ARCP training, all panel members are required to be up to date with Equality and Diversity (E&D) training – i.e. completed in the last 3 years.  You will be asked by the panel Chair to confirm that you have completed the above at the start of the panel. 

ARCP training sessions for Programme Teams, ARCP Panel Members and ARCP Panel Chairs To attend a training session, book via Accent. Select Wessex from the list of regions and then under Courses search ARCP and the following course will appear: ARCP Panel – Programme Teams, Member and Chair Training. Select the date you would like to attend and state why you are attending to help the facilitators prepare the training. 

ARCP/E&D e-Learning modules 
Alternatively, you may complete ARCP Panel Member and E&D training online. Visit the e-Learning for Healthcare (ELFH) Website. Both ARCP training and E&D training should take no longer than 20 minutes each.
If you have not used the ELFH website before, you may need to register.

Once registered, please search in the box at the top ARCP or Equality and Diversity. It will produce results at the bottom of the page.

The modules that need to be completed for ARCP are: Video: ARCP – Introduction, Video: ARCP – Specialty & GP and for E&D – Equality and Diversity and Human Rights – Level 1. Click play next to the module. 

ARCP Panel Member Guidance

Conflicts of Interest

It is not possible for Panel Members to be part of a panel for a resident doctor they have been the Educational or named Clinical Supervisor for during the review period. Panel Members should declare this as soon as possible. Panel Members will also be asked by the panel Chair on the day, and will need to absent themselves from the beginning of the discussion for any doctor they supervise.
The Portfolio will be reviewed in detail during the ARCP panel, it should not be necessary to review the portfolio in advance of the meeting unless asked to do so by the Chair.