Using mobile technology in assessment of entrustable professional activities in undergraduate medical education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The adoption of competency-based medical education requires objective assessments of a learner's capability to carry out clinical tasks within workplace-based learning settings. This study involved an evaluation of the use of mobile technology to record entrustable professional activity assessments in an undergraduate clerkship curriculum.

Approach

A paper-based form was adapted to a mobile platform called eClinic Card. Students documented workplace-based assessments throughout core clerkship and preceptors confirmed accuracy via mobile phones. Assessment scores for the 2017-2018 academic year were collated and analyzed for all core rotations, and preceptors and students were surveyed regarding the mobile assessment experience.

Evaluation

The mobile system

SUBMITTER: Duggan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8633342 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature