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About your ePortfolio for Professional Competence

 

Help Us to Help You!

It's all too easy to leave your ePortfolio to the last minute. To make sure that we have time to help you with any potential problems before the professional competence year-end, please try to record your activities regularly, and contact us straightaway if you need help.

You can find a wealth of information on how to use your ePortfolio in our knowledge base "What you need to know about ePortfolio for Professional Competence"

We have a highly experienced Professional Competence support team that is always happy to answer your questions and advise you on how to maintain Professional Competence.  The fastest way to contact this department is by logging in to our support desk here.

  • If you need help with your ePortfolio, we can arrange a convenient time to work with you to ensure your records are up to date.
  • Contact the Professional Competence Team at professionalcompetence@rcpi.ie. If you would like a callback, please let us know the best time and phone number to call you.
  • Alternatively, you might like to visit Professional Competence FAQs
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What Happens to Historical Data?

In line with the GDPR principle of ‘storage limitation’, we are obliged to ensure that personal data is stored only for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data was collected.

How does GDPR impact professional competence?

The permitted storage period in RCPI ePortfolio has been set at six years because the Medical Council has advised that retention of PCS data is only required for the current and previous five years.

Each year we will contact doctors who have ePortfolio records that fall into the date range for deletion. For example, in 2022-2023, all data up to 2017-2018 was permanently removed, and in 2024-2025, all data up to 2018-2019 will be removed.

See: RCPI Help Centre: How to download your data from risr (Kaizen)

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