Rotations and placements
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Rotations and placements basics
- What is a rotation?
- What is a placement?
- Who can manage rotations, placements and supervisor assignments?
- How do I create a new rotation?
- How do I delete a rotation?
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How do I update a FD's rotation/placements if they need to extend their training?
In Horus, a rotation is the 'umbrella' for all the placements and content that 'count' towards a foundation doctor's final ARCP for either their F1 or their F2 training year.
So, if a foundation doctor needs longer than originally planned to complete their F1 or F2 training year (or they're working LTFT) you should extend their existing rotation (not create a new rotation):
- Admin menu > Foundation doctors
- Find the relevant foundation doctor in the list
- Select "Rotations" to the right of the relevant foundation doctor
- Select "Modify rotation" to the right of the relevant rotation
- If they have a future rotation already uploaded, you will need to edit that rotation first:
-- Rotation start and end dates cannot overlap each other
-- Placement start and end dates cannot overlap each other - Amend the end date of the rotation to the newly agreed end date
- Scroll to the bottom of the screen and select "Add placement"
- Enter the start date, end date, specialty, organisation and WTE for the placement
- The placement start and end dates must fit into the rotation start and end dates - Repeat step 7 for as many new placements as required
- Select "Save changes"
Reasons why you would need to extend a rotation instead of create a new one:- The foundation doctor has changed from working full time to working less than full time - their current grade of training will now take longer to complete than the standard 12 months (which is what was originally uploaded for them)
- The foundation doctor has taken significant time out of training (for example for parental leave) - their current grade of training will now take longer to complete than the standard 12 months (which is what was originally uploaded for them)
- The foundation doctor has received an outcome 3 and is required to complete an extra 4 or 8 months to achieve their competences
- In this situation, the evidence they gathered during their first 12 months of training counts towards their final ARCP, but was deemed insufficient at their first ARCP. If you do not extend the rotation, the previously gathered evidence will sit in a separate rotation and will not show on the summary of evidence report alongside the newly gathered evidence.
Reasons why you should not extend a rotation - that is, in these situations you would need to create a new rotation:- The foundation doctor has received an outcome 3 and is required to repeat the whole training year
- In this situation, the evidence they gathered during their first 12 months of training does not count towards their new final ARCP. If you extend the rotation instead, previously gathered evidence will mix with the newly gathered evidence, which will cause unnecessary confusion.
- The foundation doctor resigns partway through their training year but returns in the next training year to undertake that grade of training again
- How do I add a FiY1 label to a placement?
- As a foundation doctor, what do I do if my placement information is incorrect?
- How do I view forms for a previous or future rotation?
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Assigning supervisors
- As a supervisor, what do I do if I haven't been linked to a foundation doctor or have been linked to an incorrect foundation doctor?
- How do I assign a Educational/Clinical/Academic/Other supervisor to a foundation doctor's/NTG's placement?
- Do I have to add an educational supervisor to each foundation doctor placement?
- How do I assign a foundation programme director to a foundation doctor?
- How do I delete an assigned supervisor from a foundation doctor’s/NTG’s placement?
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Placement details
- I can't find the required placement specialty in the specialty drop-down list - what do I do?
- Is it possible to add additional specialties to a placement?
- How do I add additional specialties to a placement?
- How do I remove an additional specialty that has been added to a placement?
- How do I add a sub-specialty to a placement?
- What is the "WTE" field and how should it be used?
- What is an out of programme placement?
- How do I record that a foundation doctor is out of programme?
- How do I create an out of programme placement?
- Can forms be attached to an out of programme placement?