Professional Portfolio• Content

– CV– Personal Development Plan & SMART objectives– Qualifications obtained prior to registration as OHA– Professional Register Qualifications– Professional Record of Employment– Post Registration & Professional Development– In-House courses– Conferences and Study Days– Special projects, assignments, working parties– Publications and research projects undertaken– Accreditation of prior learning– Critical Thinking Reflection– Personal Development Reflection

SMART Objectives

• SMART• Measurable• Achievable• Realistic / Relevant• Timescale

Post-Reg & Professional Development

This would include diploma’s, degrees, etc.• Title:• Date:• Venue:• Key Learning:

Professional Record of Employment

• Employer• Job Title• Salary• Date appointed: From / To• Key responsibilities• What aspects of the job did you develop?• What helped or hindered this development?• What aspects of the role did you least enjoy?• Reasons for leaving

In-House courses

Lunch & learns, induction, etc

• Event / Course• Date• Venue• Key Learning

Courses, conferences, study days, workshops

• Event / Course• Date• Venue• Key Learning

Special projects, assignments, working party

Also includes committees / professional responsibilities

• Title• Date• Purpose• Office held• Key Learning

Publications, articles, research projects

• Title• Rationale for topic or research• Date

Critical Thinking Reflection

• The experience, dates and time spent• Description of experience (activities, skills, knowledge)• How did the learning outcomes fit into:

– Reducing risk (health promotion, health screening, protecting individuals)

– Care enhancement (empowering clients, new approaches to care, setting standards, assessing work tasks)

– Patient, client or colleagues support (counselling, supervision, leadership, referring on, liaising with HR)

– Practice development (audits, personal research)– Education development

Personal Development Reflection

• Where and when the event happened• Description of what happened, including your own and

others actions• Why the incident was important and how you felt at the

time• What was

– Most satisfactory?– Most troubling?

• What might you have done differently?• What action, if any, will you take as a result of this

learning?