Royal College’s Ophthalmology Portfolio Scoring from Severn deanery website

Guidelines

1 point – per qualification – Intercalated degree, MSc, BA (Any subject including Oxbridge), BSc (including Optom)

2 points- for an MD thesis

3 points – for a completed PhD or DPhil

with proof

1 point – 1st in undergraduate degree

1 point – for Best paper or poster at a national meeting, successful research grant application.

2 points – for Best paper or presentation at international meeting, Crombe Medal (stood 1^st in FRCOphth 1)

National Undergraduate prize (in any specialty) e.g. The Duke Elder prize

–  2 points for coming in top 10% of entrants.

–  1 point for being in the top 60%. (or a pass in 2016 or earlier exam sittings)

1 point for each piece of evidence indicating commitment to speciality & non Peer review research

For example: elective ophthalmic project during undergraduate career, maintenance of links with speciality e.g. attending eye casualty/dept regularly in free time,  taster week in ophthalmology, microsurgical skills  course undertaken, evidence of EyeSi assessments, published case reports or letters, any publications in non-peer review journals e.g. British Undergraduate Journal of Ophthalmology, presentations at undergraduate meetings.

2 points: Refraction Certificate

3 points: FRCOphth part 1

4 points (max): Non peer reviewed publications & case reports (Only if first author otherwise no points awarded)

1 point (max): Ophthalmic elective/project

1 point (max): Taster week

3 points (max): Meetings attended – National / International Ophthalmology Courses or meetings attended: 2 points max (1 point per meeting / course) Regional Ophthalmology meetings attended (0.5 point per meeting):1 point max EyeSi assessments (minimum 4 hours min : 1 point max    Attending Eye clinic and theatre sessions (minimum 10 sessions with dates & signed evidence): 1 point max

(MSF)

The MSF must have been taken place within 18 months of the interview date.

Candidates not currently within a clinical post who do not have an MSF within the timeframe (e.g. undertaking a longer period of research or an extended period of leave) should include the MSF from their most recent clinical post.

The MSF should include feedback from a minimum of 5 respondents if in a general practice post or 7 respondents if in a hospital post.  Your educational supervisor or equivalent supervisor should collate this information and summarise it in a report. The report should include the period the MSF covered.  

The report must be signed by the educational supervisor or department lead and stamped with a departmental stamp.  If including a standard Team Assessment Behaviour Form (TAB) printed from E-portfolio it does not require a signature or departmental stamp.

For candidates without access to an on-line portfolio or unfamiliar with the MSF process information can be accessed from the link below.

Click for:  Multi Source Feedback Guidance 

List of publications (preferably from a PubMed Author search) with a photocopy of the first page (original articles or studies). No marks will be given without a copy of the first page of published paper or evidence of accepted paper.

Please also complete a proforma for your publication(s).  A sample of the proforma is below and the actual proforma to be used is available on the recruitment website.  

On the proforma list each journal, the impact factor for each and whether you were 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th or > author.  The proforma will be retained by the central recruitment team for purposes of verification.

The CiteFactor website should be used to obtain the impact factor and both the 2017-2018 and 2019-2020 lists can be used.

Click for:  Proforma

Copy of your best QI project or audit, performed within the last 3 years of the interview date, with a short summary of your role in the project / audit.  The audit should have standards, outcomes, recommendations and signed by the supervising consultant.

Notes: covering letter or certificate are necessary for proof of presentation

List of presentations and copies of abstracts or posters, stating whether it is a poster presentation or oral presentation..  Proof through abstract book or signed letter from supervisor

For example;

1 Point – Regional presentations (signed by training organiser) SOC, SWOS

2 Points – National presentations (For example British Oculoplastic Surgery Society, British and Eire Association of Vitreo Retinal Surgeons, or other specialty equivalents in the UK or national ophthalmology meetings of other countries or equivalent non-ophthalmology meetings) 

3 Points – International meetings – For example Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, RCOphth Congress etc or equivalent non-ophthalmology meetings. 

NB: The same paper presented at different meetings will only be counted once e.g. the highest ranking meeting.

For example;

Designing an educational course or e-learning tool, completing a teaching the teachers course, formal role in examining undergraduates

Writing a chapter in a textbook, Writing a book, Higher teaching qualification such as a Diploma, Certificate or Masters in Medical education

All must come with supporting evidence.

Layout, organisation and quality of how it is presented will be assessed.

Guide to the size of an ideal paper portfolio: