PORTFOLIO SESSIONS FOR SEMESTER 4

Preparation for Phase 2

In the two portfolio sessions this semester, you will be involved in activities
which prepare you for Phase 2. The first session focuses on your progress in
learning to conduct a medical interview and also enables you to obtain
feedback from you tutor on your portfolio and your reflective pieces. The
second session is devoted to a formal review of your portfolio
Session 1
By the end of the session, the students should have
1. Considered their own and their clinical partners approaches to
learning
2. Explored some of the key issues which may arise /or have arisen
from their experiences in learning to conduct a Medical Interview
3. Used the reflective structure to aid their reflection on this process
4. Shared experiences and best practice with colleagues
5. Clarified their understanding of what is required for their learning
journals
6. Begun to prepare their portfolios for review in the second session
of this semester
There are four aspects to this session
Evaluation of approaches to learning
Reflection on issues raised by the Medical Interview
Support for Learning Journals
Feedback on portfolios and reflective pieces
1 Approaches to Learning
An important aspect of the Medical Interview is an ability to recall knowledge
in the correct context. How you learn is crucial to this and also has an impact
on your relationship with clinical partner, especially as partners give each
other feedback on their medical interview sessions. It is therefore important
for each member of your pair to have an idea of the learning approaches
adopted by the other. The brief questionnaire on Approaches to Learning will
be used as a basis for this
2. Reflection on issues raised by medical interview
Many important concerns are inevitably raised by you experiences in learning
how to conduct a medical interview. Through group discussion and by working
in pairs you will be able to explore these issues, which will support your
reflection and development through your learning journal. The important point
here is that you may encounter problems and challenges, but how to you
overcome them and progress further.

3. Support for learning journals

You have already been introduced to learning journals in a lecture recently
and a copy of the lecture is available on Medlea. You will be completing two
learning journals, one concerned with their SSC and the other with Medical
Interviewing. During this portfolio session, your tutor will be able to give you
further advice and feedback on your learning journal
4. Feedback on portfolios and reflective pieces
This is the last opportunity you have for feedback before their review, which
will be held in the second portfolio session of the semester. Please note if
your portfolio was satisfactory at review at the end of year 1 does not
necessarily mean that it will be at the end of year 2. It was, after all
satisfactory for the end of their first year, when an understanding of reflection
was all that was necessary; you should have moved on!.
Session 2
Review of portfolio
This is a review of your portfolio over the whole of phase 1 and will be
covered in detail in a lecture event on the 5 th February at 3 pm. Please ensure
that you attend this lecture, as it will contain essential information for your
preparation for this review.