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ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem AkramePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
ePortfolios in Medicine:
paddling against the tide ?
John CouperthwaiteCollege of Medical and Dental Sciences
Austen Okonweze, Naseem AkramLearning Development Unit
ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem AkramePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
“The curriculum must have a core and student-selected components (SSCs). The core curriculum must take up most curricular time.
We expect that in a standard five-year curriculum between 25% and 33% would normally be available for SSCs.”
Background: a rationale for change
ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
ePortfolio
Programme Determined
Hospital Placements
Extra-CurriculaSelf-study modules
Reflections Assessments Skills Feedback Plans Goals
Lectures
Small-groups Tutorials
Practicals
Self-study activities
Community Placements
Student Determined
Background: student learning activities
ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
– Student Selected Activities (SSA’s)• Years 1 and 2 (800 students)• Self-directed and academic-led student projects (2 x 1 week)• Personal Mentor review (130 staff)
– Integrated Problems (IP’s)• Years 1 and 2 (800 students)• Problem-based learning sessions (1 day per week)• Facilitated by instructor
– Community Based Medicine (CBM)• Years 1 - 4 (1600 students)• Weekly GP placements• GP tutors
ePortfolio use in the MBChB
Phase 1
Phase 2
ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
file store
diary
privacy controls
personal preferences
guide
mentor area
goals
reflections
Development of the ePortfolio
ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
• Led by the University eLearning Team• Key criteria included:
– Skills recording/tracking– Reflective writing (blogs, journals)– Media support (images, audio, video)– Presentation feature (sharing, publishing, submitting content)– Usability, portability and longevity
• Tools considered:– Blackboard– Elgg– ePET– Moodle– PebblePad– WebCT Vista
Institutional Review
ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
Evaluation of student / staff use
ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
– Student Selected Activities (SSA’s)
Evaluation of student / staff use
– Integrated Problems (IP’s)
– Community Based Medicine (CBM)
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Logging in to PebblePad Navigating through PebblePad
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ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
– Student Selected Activities (SSA’s)
Evaluation of student / staff use
– Integrated Problems (IP’s)
– Community Based Medicine (CBM)
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Creating an action plan Creating a blogCreating a webfolio Sharing your Webfolio with your personal mentor
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ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
– Student Selected Activities (SSA’s)
Evaluation of student / staff use
– Integrated Problems (IP’s)
– Community Based Medicine (CBM)
– It focused my report on specific areas and helped me analyse
my study skills
– ability to share with mentor
– good guidance/examples on how to use
– I think it would be much easier to correspond with your mentor
using word and e-mail
Students
ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
– Student Selected Activities (SSA’s)
Evaluation of student / staff use
– Integrated Problems (IP’s)
– Community Based Medicine (CBM)
– It seems to improve students’ ability to reflect
– good for reviewing all my student’s work
– student presentations are much better
– greater curriculum integration is needed
– Needs to link to assignments
Personal Mentors
ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
– Student Selected Activities (SSA’s)
Evaluation of student / staff use
– Integrated Problems (IP’s)
– students fully engaged with the reflection process
– quality of the work very high
– student feedback to facilitator very positive
– Community Based Medicine (CBM)
ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
Has the tide turned ?
Students and staff need more training
Frequent, facilitated contact works best
Greater curriculum integration improves student buy in
Finding the right ePortfolio is critical to success
Reflect, Review and React
ePortfolios in Medicine: paddling against the tide ?John Couperthwaite, Austen Okonweze, Naseem Akram
AcknowledgementsRob Jones, Web DeveloperNick Ross, Director of InnovationLisa Coulson, Project Researcher
Referenceshttp://del.icio.us/couperjo
Contact detailsDr John Couperthwaite, Educational Technology Manager Email: [email protected]
Austen Okonweze, Project ResearcherEmail: [email protected]
Naseem Akram, eLearning ConsultantEmail: [email protected]