Electronic portfolio use in pediatric residency and perceived efficacy as a tool for teaching lifelong learning

BMC Medical Education

Research Article

Kimberly Gifford¹  Annabel Frank² 

[1] Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Program Director, Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Pediatric Residency, One Medical Center Drive, 03766, Lebanon, NH, USA;Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Expected M.D. 2018, 1 Bluxome Street, Suite 205, 94107, San Francisco, CA, USA;

关键词: Electronic portfolio;    Lifelong learning;    Individualized curriculum;    Self-reflection;    Goal setting;    Competency;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-017-1045-6

 received in 2016-09-13, accepted in 2017-11-02,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundResidency programs use electronic portfolios (efolios) to organize data, track resident performance, and sometimes teach and assess lifelong learning (LLL) skills. Published studies on efolios in graduate medical education are mostly descriptions of implementation at individual institutions.MethodsAn anonymous online survey was sent to 199 pediatric residency program directors across the United States. Efolio usage patterns were described and compared between program directors that perceived efolios effective at fostering LLL and those that did not.ResultsSurveys were completed by 82 of 199 program directors (41%), and 55% used efolios. The 20% (9 of 45) of program directors that believed efolios were effective at teaching LLL more often used self-assessment (88% vs. 50%, p = 0.05) and goal-setting (75% vs. 40%, p = 0.03) functionalities. Common efolio challenges included limited usability and difficulty integrating data. Most non-users (65%) would like to invest in efolios.ConclusionsRespondents reported technical and convenience-related challenges to efolio use, which need to be addressed for efolios to meet their potential as valuable learning tools. The use of self-assessments and goal-setting features was associated with program directors’ perceptions that efolios were effective at fostering LLL.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2017