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Feedback using an ePortfolio for medicine long cases: quality not quantity
BACKGROUND: The evidence for the positive impact of an electronic Portfolio (ePortfolio) on feedback in medicine is mixed. An ePortfolio for medical long cases in a Graduate Medical Program was developed. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of medical students and faculty of the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5073895/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27769240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-016-0801-3 |
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author | Bleasel, Jane Burgess, Annette Weeks, Ruth Haq, Inam |
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description | BACKGROUND: The evidence for the positive impact of an electronic Portfolio (ePortfolio) on feedback in medicine is mixed. An ePortfolio for medical long cases in a Graduate Medical Program was developed. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of medical students and faculty of the impact of the ePortfolio on the feedback process. METHODS: In total, 130 Year 3 medical students, and six faculty participated in the study. This is a mixed methods study, using a combination of both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Quantitative methods were used to quantify the number of long cases performed. Qualitative methods were used to explore the relationship between quantity and quality of feedback, and provide a rich understanding of both students’ and faculty’s experience and perceptions of the ePortfolio. RESULTS: Students received a variable quantity of feedback at each of the three studied clinical schools, with an average of between 4 – 5.4 feedback episodes per student. Feedback that was constructive, specific and timely and delivered by a senior academic was important. Quantity was not an essential factor, with two episodes of detailed feedback reported to be adequate. The barriers to the use of the ePortfolio were technical aspects of the platform that interfered with student engagement. CONCLUSIONS: Feedback using the ePortfolio for medical long cases is a valuable tool providing a senior clinician delivers detailed, constructive and personalized feedback in a timely fashion. The ePortfolio system needs to be user-friendly to engage students. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12909-016-0801-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-50738952016-10-26 Feedback using an ePortfolio for medicine long cases: quality not quantity Bleasel, Jane Burgess, Annette Weeks, Ruth Haq, Inam BMC Med Educ Research Article BACKGROUND: The evidence for the positive impact of an electronic Portfolio (ePortfolio) on feedback in medicine is mixed. An ePortfolio for medical long cases in a Graduate Medical Program was developed. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of medical students and faculty of the impact of the ePortfolio on the feedback process. METHODS: In total, 130 Year 3 medical students, and six faculty participated in the study. This is a mixed methods study, using a combination of both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Quantitative methods were used to quantify the number of long cases performed. Qualitative methods were used to explore the relationship between quantity and quality of feedback, and provide a rich understanding of both students’ and faculty’s experience and perceptions of the ePortfolio. RESULTS: Students received a variable quantity of feedback at each of the three studied clinical schools, with an average of between 4 – 5.4 feedback episodes per student. Feedback that was constructive, specific and timely and delivered by a senior academic was important. Quantity was not an essential factor, with two episodes of detailed feedback reported to be adequate. The barriers to the use of the ePortfolio were technical aspects of the platform that interfered with student engagement. CONCLUSIONS: Feedback using the ePortfolio for medical long cases is a valuable tool providing a senior clinician delivers detailed, constructive and personalized feedback in a timely fashion. The ePortfolio system needs to be user-friendly to engage students. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12909-016-0801-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2016-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5073895/ /pubmed/27769240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-016-0801-3 Text en © The Author(s). 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Bleasel, Jane Burgess, Annette Weeks, Ruth Haq, Inam Feedback using an ePortfolio for medicine long cases: quality not quantity |
title | Feedback using an ePortfolio for medicine long cases: quality not quantity |
title_full | Feedback using an ePortfolio for medicine long cases: quality not quantity |
title_fullStr | Feedback using an ePortfolio for medicine long cases: quality not quantity |
title_full_unstemmed | Feedback using an ePortfolio for medicine long cases: quality not quantity |
title_short | Feedback using an ePortfolio for medicine long cases: quality not quantity |
title_sort | feedback using an eportfolio for medicine long cases: quality not quantity |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5073895/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27769240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-016-0801-3 |
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