Personal learning log

Please refer to the UKFPO website for a full explanation of the personal learning log.

Please note: the personal learning log was previously named mandatory teaching log.

If you are a foundation doctor: Contact your local Horus ePortfolio administrator (this will usually be your local postgraduate centre administrator).

If you are a postgraduate centre administrator: Contact your local foundation school administrator.

If you are a foundation school administrator: Contact your local foundation school manager/director.

Information about what the personal learning log is.

1. Portfolio > personal learning log [or Forms (start new) > personal learning log]
2. Select 'Start new form'
3. Complete the fields in the form
   - Log learning hours rounded to the nearest half hour
   - Add any notes and attachments (these are optional and it is not required to upload evidence of attendance)
4. Select 'Save changes'
5. Select 'Make further changes' to edit the form or select 'Mark as complete' if you want to add the form to your log

Personal learning does not need to be verified by an administrator. When a foundation doctor creates and completes a personal learning form it is automatically added to the log and total learning hours are calculated accordingly. The total amount of hours logged will often be cross-checked against trust records though.

Yes, completed e-LfH modules can be added to your personal learning log.

There are two ways to log completed e-LfH modules:

A) Directly from your list of completed e-LfH modules (if you have linked your Horus account to your e-LfH account)

1. Portfolio > e-LfH
2. Select 'Add' in the "Add to teaching log" column next to the required e-LfH module
3. Follow steps 3-6 here (please check the accuracy of any pre-populated fields)

B) As a general learning log (if you haven't linked your Horus account to your e-LfH account)

Follow the steps here.

Any other e-learning can be logged in this same way.

Horus counts the number of hours (core, non-core and total) logged, visible to all users with access to the relevant FD's account, on the following pages:

• Portfolio Overview
• Portfolio 'Personal learning log' landing page
• Summary of evidence report

Users with administrator permissions (including FPDs and FSDs) also have access to the Personal learning log "form count" report.

Yes, personal learning logs can be edited and deleted.

Yes - personal learning logs can be mapped to the curriculum:

1. Portfolio > Personal learning log
2. Select 'map to curriculum' in the 'Details' column next to the relevant log
3. Follow steps 4-8 here

Completed personal learning logs can be seen on the 'Personal learning log' portfolio landing page. They do not show on the 'Contents' portfolio landing page.

Personal learning logs in draft can be seen on the foundation doctor's/NTG's home page (by the FD/NTG only - administrators and trainers will not see this).

Yes, you can upload evidence in the same way you can to other forms.

Uploads are optional and it is not required to upload evidence of attendance.

Learn more about uploading an external document

Whilst mandatory teaching during a FiY1 placement is considered valuable towards your foundation training, the hours logged do not count towards the minimum amount of hours needed during F1. This will be reflected in the mini reports on the mandatory teaching log overview page and the portfolio overview page.

Please note that whilst the mini reports mentioned above have been updated to reflect this change, the mandatory teaching log form count report has not and will show all teaching hours logged during an F1 year (including any FiY1 placements).