ePortfolio Submissions
Health NZ (HNZ) Te Whatu Ora Canterbury nurses will now submit a portfolio only via electronic means (Mahara ePortfolio) and not a hardcopy.
Before commencing your ePortfolio, ensure you have had a conversation with your manager if you wish to submit or re-submit at proficient, expert, or accomplished level.
Please ensure you contact a Nurse Educator for assistance prior to downloading and editing an ePortfolio. Many are submitted to the office with incomplete or missing sections and are being 'released back' to the nurses to amend.
Goals are not required in the ePortfolio, for Health NZ Canterbury staff. These are now included in the Max Success and Development process.
Nurses are required to 'share' their ePortfolio with the Nurse Manager for 8 weeks, so they have time to complete their sections in the portfolio. Please start your portfolio early to allow time for this.
The ePortfolio platform is funded by Health (HNZ) Te Whatu Ora. Joining forces with the Mahara ePortfolio site that is used by several other HNZ Te Whatu Ora in Aotearoa, nursing staff from the South Island Te Kāhui Kōkiri Mātanga PDRP are now able to access ePortfolio through a portal that has been set up in healthLearn (except for Nelson Marlborough Region nursing staff will access via Ko Awatea LEARN and North Island partnering organisations will also need to gain access to Mahara via Ko Awatea LEARN in partnership with their local HNZ, Te Whatu Ora.)
The electronic portfolios contain pre-formatted templates from the Aotearoa Collaborative National PDRP template developed by a National Nurse PDRP Coordinator (NNPC) sub group.
All nurse applicants, PDRP assessors, nurse educators, preceptors, CNM's, CNS's, CLN's (area specific) essentially all those who undertake the peer reviewer role, those who provide guidance, support and/or assessment for a nurse applicant against the NCNZ competencies need to complete a short PDRP Introductory course on healthLearn - ePortfolio RGIT003.
On completion of this course you will then be given access to Mahara
The first time you visit this ePortfolio Mahara site your account is automatically created and a 'ePortfolio' link is created on the left-hand side in your healthLearn home page.
- Once in the Mahara site join your PDRP group by:
- Click on Engage
- In the search group dropdown menu > select 'All Groups' (NOT all my groups)
- In the Group Category > select Te Waipounamu
- Click + Join this group on the applicable PDRP DHB Group (i.e Canterbury region)
(Those partnering organisations able to access Mahara via Ko Awatea LEARN which are in the North Island belong to the Canterbury region).
You will be able to book in for ePortfolio training which is applicable to your nursing role via healthLearn.
After the - RGIT003 ePortfolio introduction course…
- Can managers/reviewers please ensure they review the resources applicable to them
- Can assessors please ensure they review the resources applicable to them.
Resources available on RGIT003 under Further Resources:
Manager or Peer Reviewer: Providing Manager or Peer Review evidence to a portfolio
Assessors: How to assess a portfolio
Staff Teaching plans: Guide and Resources - Staff Introduction Session PDRP
Each of the South Island HNZ Te Whatu Ora regions will be conducting teaching sessions to suit their regions..
HNZ Te Whatu Ora partnering regions - please contact your Regional PDRP Nurse Coordinator for further information.
Te Whatu Ora ePortfolio resource
Appraiser-Peer Reviewer Cheat Sheet 11 July 2023
Creating An ePortfolio Cheat Sheet applicant 11 July 2023
Please book for these education sessions via healthLearn:
- ePortfolio Training Sessions CAIT005
Build an ePortfolio (2hrs)
This training is aimed at creating your own ePortfolio with a view of being able to provide support to those applicants in your area to develop their ePortfolio. Please bring a hard copy of your CV or be prepared to create one so you can fully engage in the session.
This session is suitable for all roles.
ePortfolio Peer Reviewer (1hr)
This training is aimed at those involved in writing the peer review/assessment for the nurse applicant eg. CNM/s, Preceptors, CLN/s (area specific), CNS/s, Nurse Consultants.