A Guide to Core Psychiatry (CPT) Workplace Based Assessments ...

ACE, mini-ACE, CbD and mini-PAT). Your assessors must then complete these
assessments online.
Workplace Based Assessment Requirements
The learning needs of individual trainees will determine which competencies they need to be
assessed in and the number of assessments that need to be performed; the College
Assessment Programme’s eligibility structure should be regarded as a minimum number.
Briefly, the number of WPBA’s stipulated in the Assessment Programme for CT1 and ST2&3
is as follows
Minimum Number required per year
WPBA CT1 CT2 / ST2 CT3 / ST3
Ace 2 3 3
Mini-ACE 4 4 4
CbD 2 2 2
mini-PAT* 2 2 2
Recommended Number per year
WPBA CT1 CT2 / ST2 CT3 / ST3
CP 1 1 1
JCP 1 1 1
DOPS
As the opportunity arises
AoT
As the opportunity arises
*There will be 5 rounds of mini-PAT’s per year of which 2 must be completed
The guidelines in the above tables should be regarded as the minimum number of
WPBAs: many trainees will need to do more, for example to provide additional evidence of
achievement in a particular area of professional practice. It is important to again note that
there is no ‘pass’ or ‘fail’ score for WPBA.
You must note that, since they form the basis for feedback and educational planning, you
must arrange WPBAs at appropriate intervals throughout your training rather than leaving
them until the end of each stage. In particular, we strongly suggest that within the early
stages of each phase of training or clinical placement (i.e. within the first month) you
undertake a mini-ACE or ACE and a CbD. This is because these tools reflect closely the
expected day-to-day work of a psychiatric trainee both in terms of the assessment of cases
and clinical reasoning and judgement. The purpose of these early assessments is to identify
what you are doing well and in which areas you need to develop. They contribute valuable
information to the educational planning of your placement. Therefore it is most unlikely that
assessments made early will produce ratings consistent with performance at the standard
expected for the completion of the stage of training.
Educational Supervisors Report / College Tutor’s Report
The Educational Supervisor’s Report and the College Tutor’s Report will be submitted for
consideration by the ARCP. It is the ARCP that validates the achievement of competence
after considering the presented portfolio information. It is important to note that as the ARCP