Practical ways to identify your learning and service needs as part of your portfolio

Setting standards to show that you are competent The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) stresses the importance of lifelong learn­ ing. The Council recognises that healthcare is an area of constant change which necessitates a dynamic approach to learning. In order to develop and maintain your competence you are required to ‘demonstrate responsibility for your own learning through the development of a portfolio ... and to be able to recognise when further learning and development may be required’.1