Professional
Competence
How can PCS address the Medical Council’s 8 Domains of Good Professional
Practice?
The Medical Council’s eight Domains of Good Professional Practice set out the principles on which good
practice is founded. These principles together describe medical professionalism in action. The Domains
provide a framework to ensure the inclusion of the essential learning activities undertaken by doctors
during the course of a five year cycle. These skills are necessary to effectively meet the health care needs
of the people they serve whether through direct medical treatment or education, management or
governance
Doctors enrolled on Professional Competence Schemes will be required, using the Council’s eight Domains
of Good Professional Practice, to:
Reflect on their practice
Identify areas of practice where they are required to stay up to date
Identify areas of practice they wish to further progress and
Develop their Personal Development Plan in line with the above
Doctors are best placed to choose the activities that reflect their educational needs and will be
expected to make a judgement on the value of a particular activity based on their scope of practice.
They are expected to map their activities against the relevant Domain of Good Professional Practice
and ensure that the activities undertaken during the course of a five year cycle encompasses all eight
domains.
It is possible to assign up to three different Domains to each of your claims in ePortfolio for Professional
Competence.
The following table outlines the categories and Domains of Good Professional Practice that activities in
these categories reflect:
