Web-based 5-Dimensional electronic portfolio (5DEP) as a competency-based assessment tool in post-graduate medical training

  • Received 27.09.2020
  • Revised 17.10.2020
  • Accepted 16.11.2020
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  • Retrieved from Vol. 6, No. 1, 2020
  • Pages 81-87

Background. New challenges of permanently changing context of healthcare system requires new methods of medical education and new assessment tools, as well. Competency-based Medical Education (CBME), framework which has been adopted as a new approach in medical education, needs appropriate assessment tool such as portfolio. Portfolio is learner-centered assessment instrument which evaluates learner’s progression towards outcomes and enables both residents and teachers to engage in a process of learning through assessment. Objective. In this paper we aim to share our successful experience of an effective use of web-based 5-Dimensional Electronic Portfolio (5DeP) as an assessment tool in the Pilot Group. Methods. Pilot Group of sixteen residents (six first year residents of Obstetrics/Gynecology and ten first year residents of Internal Medicine. Tbilisi State Medical University Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Continuous Professional Development) and twelve mentors (four Obstetrics/Gynecology mentor and eight Internal Medicine mentors) reported some feedback about 5-Dimensional Electronic Portfolio (5DeP) as a new assessment tool. Results. Feedback about 5-Dimensional Electronic Portfolio (5DeP) as a new assessment tool from mentors and students demonstrated efficiency of the program. It enables assessment within a framework of transparent and declared criteria and learning objectives; provides a model for lifelong learning and continuing professional development; increases competence in a wider context with benefits to both professional and personal roles; improves organizing skills. Conclusions. 5DeP have been recognized as an extremely effective assessment tool

Competency-based Medical Education (CBME), postgraduate education, electronic portfolio, feedback

https://doi.org/10.11603/ijmmr.2413-6077.2020.1.11504

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