Thursday, November 20
11:35-11:55 AM
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Royale 4

An evaluation of the use of electronic portfolios (e-portfolio) in the assessment of clinical practice.

Brief Paper ID: 24240
  1. Hannah Piper
    University of The West of England
  2. Suzanne Easton
    University of The West of England
  3. Simon Messer
    University of The West of England
  4. Marc Griffiths
    University of The West of England
  5. Mandy Tuckey
    University of The West of England

Abstract: A portfolio has been utilised for the demonstration of achievement over a number of years in a range of fields and this has moved into a format using electronic portfolios. E-portfolios allow the assessment of placement utilising evidence-based learning for academic accreditation. Profile is an e-portfolio, which has been designed by the Faculty of Applied Sciences (FAS) at the University West of England, Bristol. For the past two years Profile has been trialled as a medium of facilitating e-portfolios within a clinical placement setting. A 2-stage HEFCE funded project was undertaken to evaluate the use of Profile in undergraduate Radiotherapy, Diagnostic Imaging and Foundation Degree Programmes. The findings from this research have identified a number of areas that indicate that an e-portfolio is a good assessment tool. The areas that have been identified as causing concern can be addressed to improve the student and stakeholder experience of using Profile in clinical practice.

Presider: Marlin Thomas, Iona College

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