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Portfolios in Saudi medical colleges: Why and how?
Over recent decades, the use of portfolios in medical education has evolved, and is being applied in undergraduate and postgraduate programs worldwide. Portfolios, as a learning process and method of documenting and assessing learning, is supported as a valuable tool by adult learning theories that...
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Saudi Medical Journal
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800886/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26905344 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.3.12937 |
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author | Fida, Nadia M. Shamim, Muhammad S. |
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description | Over recent decades, the use of portfolios in medical education has evolved, and is being applied in undergraduate and postgraduate programs worldwide. Portfolios, as a learning process and method of documenting and assessing learning, is supported as a valuable tool by adult learning theories that stress the need for learners to be self-directed and to engage in experiential learning. Thoughtfully implemented, a portfolio provides learning experiences unequaled by any single learning tool. The credibility (validity) and dependability (reliability) of assessment through portfolios have been questioned owing to its subjective nature; however, methods to safeguard these features have been described in the literature. This paper discusses some of this literature, with particular attention to the role of portfolios in relation to self-reflective learning, provides an overview of current use of portfolios in undergraduate medical education in Saudi Arabia, and proposes research-based guidelines for its implementation and other similar contexts. |
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spelling | pubmed-48008862016-04-01 Portfolios in Saudi medical colleges: Why and how? Fida, Nadia M. Shamim, Muhammad S. Saudi Med J Review Article Over recent decades, the use of portfolios in medical education has evolved, and is being applied in undergraduate and postgraduate programs worldwide. Portfolios, as a learning process and method of documenting and assessing learning, is supported as a valuable tool by adult learning theories that stress the need for learners to be self-directed and to engage in experiential learning. Thoughtfully implemented, a portfolio provides learning experiences unequaled by any single learning tool. The credibility (validity) and dependability (reliability) of assessment through portfolios have been questioned owing to its subjective nature; however, methods to safeguard these features have been described in the literature. This paper discusses some of this literature, with particular attention to the role of portfolios in relation to self-reflective learning, provides an overview of current use of portfolios in undergraduate medical education in Saudi Arabia, and proposes research-based guidelines for its implementation and other similar contexts. Saudi Medical Journal 2016-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4800886/ /pubmed/26905344 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.3.12937 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Fida, Nadia M. Shamim, Muhammad S. Portfolios in Saudi medical colleges: Why and how? |
title | Portfolios in Saudi medical colleges: Why and how? |
title_full | Portfolios in Saudi medical colleges: Why and how? |
title_fullStr | Portfolios in Saudi medical colleges: Why and how? |
title_full_unstemmed | Portfolios in Saudi medical colleges: Why and how? |
title_short | Portfolios in Saudi medical colleges: Why and how? |
title_sort | portfolios in saudi medical colleges: why and how? |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4800886/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26905344 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.3.12937 |
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