amee 2013 poster does eportfolio engagement predict performance in undergraduate medical education?

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Dr LauraJane Smith, Dr Rosie Belcher, Dr Deborah Gill Academic Centre for Medical Educa?on, UCL Medical School, London, United Kingdom In this study there was no correla2on between engagement with an ePor7olio as measured by a novel engagement score, and end of year summa2ve assessment performance. A focus on maximising the benefit students can get from ePor7olio use in rela2on to forma2ve assessment and lifelong learning skills is advisable. Take home message Does ePor7olio engagement predict performance in undergraduate medicine? ePorDolios are a core component of postgraduate medical educa?on and training. Increasingly, undergraduates mirror postgraduate learners in the use of ePorDolios 1 . Assessment of porDolios is usually a combina?on of grading individual components and a measure of engagement with the ePorDolio. There remains some debate about engagement and aMendance as predictors of success in undergraduate and postgraduate medical educa?on 2 . Anecdotally it has been claimed that engagement with an ePorDolio is a predictor for other outcomes such as performance in end of year wriMen and OSCE examina?ons. Background Summary of work Students were required to complete 16 workplacebased assessments (WPBAs), aMend and record 4 mee?ngs with their personal tutor and upload a number of documents to their personal library (both wriMen and peer assessments). In addi?on students were invited to use other elements of the ePorDolio such as the reflec?ve logs and personal development plans, but these were not required or assessed. We created a matrix to score ePorDolio engagement, including measures of students’ use of compulsory and noncompulsory elements of the ePorDolio, and the students’ organisa?on of contents (Table 1). Summary of results As ePorDolio use increases in undergraduate medical educa?on, cau?on must be exercised to ensure that they are not used as surrogates of other outcomes without a robust evidence base. We plan to extend the study to the three collabora?ng schools, to further inves?gate links between porDolio engagement and assessment outcomes. Engagement with a porDolio is required for postgraduate learners to progress in training and retain a licence to prac?ce. Rather than a surrogate for knowledge and skills acquisi?on, porDolios should be conceptualised as assessing other facets of professional prac?ce not captured by exis?ng assessment methods. Seen in this light they offer an opportunity to support and develop essen?al lifelong learning skills, freed from the o[en rigid constraints of summa?ve assessment methodologies. Conclusions We assessed 90 randomly selected undergraduate ePorDolios (selected using a random number generator) and compared engagement scores to end of year summa?ve assessment scores. We used SPSSv20 for descrip?ve sta?s?cs and to calculate the Pearson coefficient. Mean engagement score was 5.4 +/ 1.75. No correla?on was found between engagement score (range 0 – 10) and overall summa?ve assessment results (r=0.11, p=0.31), or with individual components of the engagement matrix. For example when WPBA number (range 9 – 40) was taken as a con?nuous variable there was also no correla?on (r=0.11, p=0.32). Authors 0 1 2 Workplace based assessments <16 16 20 21 – 30 Personal Library content* Not all required elements present All required elements present Personal Library content No extra material Extra material Personal Library organisa2on Not organised into folders and/or file names unclear Some organisa?on into folders Completely organised into folders Reflec2ve logs/ Personal Development Plan Not used Used Photo upload / personal profile updated No Yes Personal tutor reports None 1–2 3–4 References 1. Buckley, Sharon et al. “The educa?onal effects of porDolios on undergraduate student learning: a Best Evidence Medical Educa?on (BEME) systema?c review. BEME Guide No.11.” Medical Teacher (2009); 31(4): 28298 2. Hyde, Richard M., and D.J. Flournoy. “A case against mandatory lecture aMendance.” Journal of Medical Educa?on (1986); 61(3) : 175176 Table 1. Engagement scoring matrix UCL is one of four medical schools working collabora?vely with NHS Educa?on for Scotland to adapt the postgraduate ePorDolio currently used in UK Founda?on Schools for use in undergraduate medicine. The ePorDolio collects and collates large amounts of electronic data on students about their engagement with the programme, and the first year of adop?on provided an opportunity to inves?gate the links between porDolio engagement and assessment success. NHS Educa?on for Scotland UCL Medical School Bristol Medical School Glasgow Medical School Brighton and Sussex Medical School Maximum score was 14. Students comple?ng the compulsory elements with no addi?onal elements scored 4. 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Summa2ve end of year examina2on score ePor7olio engagement score Plot of ePor7olio engagement score against score in summa2ve end of year examina2on score. Plot of engagement score vs examina2on score

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Poster presented at AMEE 2013 looking at whether engagement with an ePortfolio (the NHS Education for Scotland or NES ePortfolio that most Foundation Year doctors in the UK use) predicts performance in summative assessments.

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Page 1: AMEE 2013 poster Does ePortfolio engagement predict performance in undergraduate medical education?

Dr  Laura-­‐Jane  Smith,  Dr  Rosie  Belcher,  Dr  Deborah  Gill    Academic  Centre  for  Medical  Educa?on,  UCL  Medical  School,  London,  United  Kingdom

In  this  study  there  was  no  correla2on  between  engagement  with  an  ePor7olio  as  measured  by  a  novel  engagement  score,  and  end  of  year  summa2ve  assessment  performance.  A  focus  on  maximising  the  benefit  students  can  get  from  

ePor7olio  use  in  rela2on  to  forma2ve  assessment  and  lifelong  learning  skills  is  advisable.    

Take  home  message  

Does  ePor7olio  engagement  predict  performance  in  undergraduate  medicine?  

ePorDolios  are  a  core  component  of  postgraduate  medical  educa?on    and  training.  Increasingly,  undergraduates  mirror  postgraduate  learners  in  the  use  of  ePorDolios1.  Assessment  of  porDolios  is  usually  a  combina?on  of  grading  individual  components  and  a  measure  of  engagement  with  the  ePorDolio.  There  remains  some  debate  about  engagement  and  aMendance  as  predictors  of  success  in  undergraduate  and  postgraduate  medical  educa?on2.  Anecdotally  it  has  been  claimed  that  engagement  with  an  ePorDolio  is  a  predictor  for  other  outcomes  such  as  performance  in  end  of  year  wriMen  and  OSCE  examina?ons.    

Background Summary  of  work  Students  were  required  to  complete  16  workplace-­‐based  assessments  (WPBAs),  aMend  and  record  4  mee?ngs  with  their  personal  tutor  and  upload  a  number  of  documents  to  their  personal  library  (both  wriMen  and  peer  assessments).  In  addi?on  students  were  invited  to  use  other  elements  of  the  ePorDolio  such  as  the  reflec?ve  logs  and  personal  development  plans,  but  these  were  not  required  or  assessed.  We  created  a  matrix  to  score  ePorDolio  engagement,  including  measures  of  students’  use  of  compulsory  and  non-­‐compulsory  elements  of  the  ePorDolio,  and  the  students’  organisa?on  of  contents  (Table  1).  

Summary  of  results   As  ePorDolio  use  increases  in  undergraduate  medical  educa?on,  cau?on  must  be  exercised  to  ensure  that  they  are  not  used  as  surrogates  of  other  outcomes  without  a  robust  evidence  base.  We  plan  to  extend  the  study  to  the  three  collabora?ng  schools,  to  further  inves?gate  links  between  porDolio  engagement  and  assessment  outcomes.    Engagement  with  a  porDolio  is  required  for  postgraduate  learners  to  progress  in  training  and  retain  a  licence  to  prac?ce.  Rather  than  a  surrogate  for  knowledge  and  skills  acquisi?on,  porDolios  should  be  conceptualised  as  assessing  other  facets  of  professional  prac?ce  not  captured  by  exis?ng  assessment  methods.  Seen  in  this  light  they  offer  an  opportunity  to  support  and  develop  essen?al  lifelong  learning  skills,  freed  from  the  o[en  rigid  constraints  of  summa?ve  assessment  methodologies.            

Conclusions

We  assessed  90  randomly  selected  undergraduate  ePorDolios  (selected  using  a  random  number  generator)  and  compared  engagement  scores  to  end  of  year  summa?ve  assessment  scores.  We  used  SPSSv20  for  descrip?ve  sta?s?cs  and  to  calculate  the  Pearson  coefficient.    Mean  engagement  score  was  5.4  +/-­‐  1.75.  No  correla?on  was  found  between  engagement  score  (range  0  –  10)  and  overall  summa?ve  assessment  results  (r=0.11,  p=0.31),  or  with  individual  components  of  the  engagement  matrix.  For  example  when  WPBA  number  (range  9  –  40)  was  taken  as  a  con?nuous  variable  there  was  also  no  correla?on  (r=0.11,  p=0.32).    

Authors

0 1 2 Workplace  based  assessments   <16   16    -­‐  20     21  –  30    

Personal  Library  content*     Not  all  required  elements  present  

All  required  elements  present  

Personal  Library  content     No  extra  material   Extra  material    

Personal  Library  organisa2on  Not  organised  into  folders  and/or  file  names  unclear  

Some  organisa?on  into  

folders  

Completely  organised  into  

folders  Reflec2ve  logs/  Personal  Development  Plan  

Not  used   Used    

Photo  upload  /  personal  profile  updated    

No   Yes  

Personal  tutor  reports     None   1  –  2   3  –  4    

References

1.  Buckley,  Sharon  et  al.  “The  educa?onal  effects  of  porDolios  on  undergraduate  student  learning:  a  Best  Evidence  Medical  Educa?on  (BEME)  systema?c  review.  BEME  Guide  No.11.”  Medical  Teacher  (2009);  31(4):  282-­‐98  

2.   Hyde,  Richard  M.,  and  D.J.  Flournoy.  “A  case  against  mandatory  lecture  aMendance.”  Journal  of  Medical  Educa?on  (1986);  61(3)  :  175-­‐176

Table  1.  Engagement  scoring  matrix  

UCL  is  one  of  four  medical  schools  working  collabora?vely  with  NHS  Educa?on  for  Scotland  to  adapt  the  postgraduate  ePorDolio  currently  used  in  UK  Founda?on  Schools  for  use  in  undergraduate  medicine.  The  ePorDolio  collects  and  collates  large  amounts  of  electronic  data  on  students  about  their  engagement  with  the  programme,  and  the  first  year  of  adop?on  provided  an  opportunity  to  inves?gate  the  links  between  porDolio  engagement  and  assessment  success.  

NHS  Educa?on  

for  Scotland  

UCL  Medical  School  

Bristol  Medical  School  

Glasgow  Medical  School  

Brighton  and  Sussex  Medical  School  

Maximum  score  was  14.  Students  comple?ng  the  compulsory  elements  with  no  addi?onal  elements  scored  4.      

100  

110  

120  

130  

140  

150  

160  

170  

180  

0   2   4   6   8   10   12  

Summa2

ve  end

 of  y

ear  e

xamina2

on  

score  

ePor7olio  engagement  score  

Plot  of  ePor7olio  engagement  score  against  score  in  summa2ve  end  of  year  examina2on  score.  

 Plot  of  engagement  score  vs  examina2on  score