About WPBA assessments
WPBA evaluates the trainee's progress in areas of professional practice best tested in the workplace and:
- looks at the trainee's performance in their day-to-day practice to provide evidence for learning and reflection based on real experiences
- supports and drives learning in important areas of capability with an underlying theme of patient safety
- provides constructive feedback on areas of strength and developmental needs, identifying trainees who may be in difficulty and need more help
- evaluates aspects of professional behaviour that are difficult to assess in the Applied Knowledge Test and Clinical Skills Assessment
- determines fitness to progress towards completion of training.
Evidence of WPBA, as approved by the GMC, includes the completion of specific assessments and reports, the documentation of naturally occurring evidence as well as certain mandatory requirements such as Child safeguarding and Basic Life Support. More information on the requirements for WPBA can be found below.
Overview documents
Assessment numbers
Where required numbers are stated, these are minimum numbers and to achieve the Capabilities to the required standard, further assessments may be required.
Less than full time (LTFT) placements
For trainees who are less than full time the same number of assessments need to be completed per ‘training year’ (this will be longer than a calendar year). For example a trainee on a 50% less than full time rotation will take 2 years to complete a ‘training year’.
Programme construction
Where requirements and minimum numbers are set for a training year, it is important to note that these remain the same whatever the program construction.
Some posts may provider fewer opportunities to complete WPBAs than others particularly when posts include a non-clinical or non patient facing elements. If this is the case, the requirements for the training year remain the same and minimum numbers still need to be met.
For Combined Training, the requirements for the training year remain the same but the number of individual assessments CCRs, COT and CbDs is prorate for the time in training as per the detailed guidance (PDF file, 155 KB).
WPBA numbers for each year of training
Mandatory evidence sheet - WPBA numbers for each year of training (PDF file, 349 KB)
The following video explains the new assessments in the Trainee Portfolio.
Assessment numbers information last updated: 21 April 2022 (added new mandatory evidence sheet)