Story of the FourteenFish MACP portal
Proudly launching our FourteenFish CPD portal - the MACP MSK Capability Portal
On the 6th June 2022 the MACP Executive was delighted to announce a partnership with UK software company FourteenFish to provide you with a brand new eportfolio for Continual Professional Development.
Prior to this collaboration, the MACP spent many months researching and observing the marketplace for e-portfolios. After great consideration FourteenFish were seen as the preferred provider due to their existing work with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGPs). Both the RCGPs and FourteenFish had an excellent understanding of the requirements of the MACP in establishing a portal designed for Physiotherapists - in the first instance - and ultimately all allied health professionals involved in MSK Practice.
Our joint aim was to support members' aspirations in centralising their professional portfolio. Thus, the partnership between the MACP and FourteenFish was born. Throughout the discovery and research phase, the MACP maintained constant communication with both HEE (Health Education England) and the CSP.
- The MACP portal provides access to an e-portfolio that intuitively maps to MACP and therefore IFOMPT Standards as well as FCP standards and MSK Advanced Practice (AP) standards.
- The e-portfolio supports those seeking to provide evidence of capability in completing their FCP and AP frameworks.
- The e-portfolio can support those wishing to join the MACP as Full Members in assisting them in submitting evidence for membership.
- The MACP also recognised the importance of developing the platform to include the upcoming Consultant Framework Capabilities to ensure inclusivity for all our members in recording CPD.
We received convincing and impressive feedback from trial users as follows:
- 100% of trial users said this would be a useful tool for experienced and inexperienced staff in recording CPD
- 90% of trial users felt the e-portfolio was useful for recording CPD
- "great to have everything in one place"
- "easy to navigate: graphics are excellent"
- "looks good overall"
- "the portal as a way of collating info in general is logical and easy to use"
- "Intuitive and clear. I have completed the FCP roadmap so am fairly familiar with the different parts of it, but I still found the portal very simple, clear and walked me through it really clearly"
- "I think this has the utility for FCP and will be really useful as it maps effectively to the KSA and also automatically populates for exemptions eg if MACP members certificate is submitted"
- "brings everything together nicely and can be used throughout your career"
- "Works well on mobile, which is brilliant for me"
The MACP recognises that there are many ways to maintain CPD requirements, however to our knowledge these lack the superior function of the FourteenFish e-portfolio.
Some of these benefits are around its flexibility and ease of use. It can be easily accessed on or offline, from your phone, computer, laptop or tablet. It allows the physiotherapist to share the evidence they choose with managers or supervisors to comment on, enhances HCPC audit and can create colleagues and patient surveys.
We hope that you will all enjoy using this fantastic new member benefit to help with your career journey! We will continue to provide you with updates as they become available.
How to use and benefit from the Fourteenfish MACP portal