"This presentation describes an ePortfolio capstone project in which student groups in a tutorial setting retrospectively brainstormed experiences and achievements that could be used to evidence professional attainment. This activity served as a prompt for each student to subsequently collect their personal evidence to reflect on, curate and create an employment-focussed personal ePortfolio.
The ePortfolio assessment task had three foci: Professional Capabilities (self-evidence of), University Graduate Qualities and specific Learning to Learn skills. The context was a graduate-entry medical imaging professional degree with 80 students. The Radiographic ePortfolio, or ‘RadFolio’, involved 3 x 2hr interactive lectures plus 2 x 2hr tutorials per student. The assessment involved 2 group reports based on tutorial work, and the creation of a personal ePortfolio of depth and complexity as discussed in tutorials, plus a 1000w structured individual reflection on the process. Student feedback, staff reflections and changes for the next iteration will be discussed.
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A Retrospective ePortfolio Capstone project Jillclarke
1. A RETROSPECTIVE E-PORTFOLIO
CAPSTONE PROJECT
by Jill Clarke & Yobelli Jimenez
Discipline of Medical Imaging Science
University of Sydney
Acknowledgement: USyd Sabbatical Leave
Thanks to: Lynn McAllister and ePortfolio users at
QUT
2.
3. Professional
Programs
•psychomotor skills
•anatomy and pathology
•clinical reasoning
•clinical competence
University education
• graduate qualities
• ‘learning to learn’ skills
• longer-term learning
• typically under-appreciated in
professional programs1
8. I'm a 23 year old graduate ... I've always had an interest
in the field of science, but it wasn't until I was well into
my BSc degree that I realised my passion lay with the
delivery of healthcare … I had always envisioned
myself being involved with the diagnosis of disease ....
To my delight … during my first clinical placement at a
private hospital, I realised I had finally found [my
passion] … This e-portfolio, therefore, is a collection of
evidence for all I have achieved thus far.
Student 1 with permission
11. ‘My ability to be responsible for my own learning has been
demonstrated through … an assignment on the justification
of scoliosis imaging which required me to individually
research … the issues … and the diagnostic imaging
pathways …It also required me to make an informed
decision on the efficacy of routine imaging ...
I also researched, created and gave a presentation during
my clinical placement at a large teaching hospital … which
was well received by the staff …’
Student 1 with permission
13. Mid-placement clinical assessment forms were … a
method of identifying areas in which I could improve
… but it would ultimately come down to me to
imagine ways in which to improve and then
implement those methods for the remainder of the
placement block.
Student 1 with permission
14. ‘My clinical judgement has largely improved during my final two
placements, as evidenced by my knowledge of when [example] … ‘
‘The single best example of this I believe is my engagement with the
simulation clinic … the reflective reports that I wrote … allowed me to look
back on my experiences interacting with different patients and other allied
health professionals …’
I was given the opportunity to collaborate with students from other
disciplines … it was a great learning experience for everyone involved, as
we all gained a greater appreciation and understanding of the different
roles in allied health’
Student 1 with permission
16. ‘… we are often required to get creative
with our techniques to adapt to a patient’s
presentation [followed by an example]’
‘My ability to influence others was
exemplified during my final placement
… when a male patient was referred for a
CXR. On arrival he was sceptical as to how
a simple CXR could still be of any use these
days …’Student 1 with permission
17. ‘… there are certain gaps in
my knowledge and abilities
which I hope to fill during my
[first year of employment]’
‘… my main aspirations for the future are to be trained
in CT and MRI … these modalities … create fantastic
anatomical detail which makes full use of my knowledge
from undergraduate studies. Secondly, I really enjoy
using these technologies (which may just be a male
Student 1 with permission
19. Student 2 with permission‘In writing a piece reflecting on
my cultural competence in a
clinical environment, I was able to
devise strategies [for] future
cases. … the act of reflecting …
assisted in paving the way to
becoming a more culturally-aware
radiographer … in a range of
20. EVALUATION AND CHANGES FOR 2019
• Earlier in Semester
• Big impact on confidence at
Interviews (anecdotally)
• Now have Exemplars
• ‘The e-portfolio assignment was
actually kind of enjoyable and got me
to reflect on all my experiences’
• ‘Having the ePortfolio assessment is
good and vital but probably no need
for progress reports’
Editor's Notes
Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming!
Today my colleague Yobelli and I would like to tell you about an ePortfolio capstone project in which student groups in a tutorial setting retrospectively brainstormed experiences and achievements to curate and create an employment-focussed personal ePortfolio.
I was first introduced to Portfolios in a Masters of Education course which I then implemented into the course I was running at the time. Of all the assessments in the program ths was far and away the best. When I sat down to makr a PF,I could see where the student was at and how I could help.
Most professional programs like mine however programs are focused on training people for the profession. In contrast,
University education emphasise:graduate qualities and the ‘learning to learn’ skills
longer-term learning
typically under-appreciated in professional programs
The ePortfolio assessment task had three foci: Professional Capabilities (self-evidence of), University Graduate Qualities and specific Learning to Learn skills
Context: Graduate Entry Masters in Diagnostic Radiography - 80 students
Final semester - ePortfolio is one of 3 modules
3 x 2hr interactive lectures
2 x 2hr tutorials per student – 3 groups per tutorial
Assessment – 2 group reports based on tutorial work
ePortfolio
Content, Depth and Complexity as discussed in tutorials
+ 1000w structured individual reflection
Added ‘Learning Skills’ - Independent Learning, Reflection, Self-Assessment, Judgement, self-demonstration of Competence
Work in Teams to reflect on and brainstorm evidence
Collect personal examples
Curate these into a statement of achievement/success
Create a professional ePortfolio
3 x 2hr interactive lectures
2 x 2hr tutorials per student – 3 groups per tutorial
Assessment – 2 group reports based on tutorial work
ePortfolio
Content, Depth and Complexity as discussed in tutorials
+ 1000w structured individual reflection
offered tech support (nervously)
So how do you go about retrospectively creating an ePortfolio? Well the students were pretty much their own resources brainstorming examples and incidents, but we did have available all their past Subject Guides for reference, and reminded them of significant experiences – our Simulation Lab where patient actors get angry at them, or cry on them, our interdisciplinary Heath Collaboration Challenge.
Exemplar of a student’s landing page – See the tabs here. One of the tutorial tasks was for each student in the group to investigate different platform that was free, easy to use and had good privacy settings plus a link they could share. Suggestions included
Wix, and Weebly were the most represented
This is Student 1's introportfolio started with ‘My Story’
In Diagnostic Radiography we have an extensive set of professional capabilities defined under 5 Domains. Having to not just reflect on their competencies, but to talk about and document them in their ePortfo, allowed students to own those achievements, rather than just have an assessor check them off. I won’t go into those now.
be able to articulate show others that they have achieved the required competence,
Under the ‘Learning to learn’ Skills’ we talked about 4 things: Independent Learning, Reflection, Self-Assessment, Judgement
Work in groups to reflect on and brainstorm evidence
Collate the personal examples
included quiet time to Curate these into a statement of achievement/success so they had a draft to take away from the tutorial
An example of the curated paragraph on self-assessment, the Boud version of course, which means what the student does before handing in the assignment.. peer or mentor etc.
Many of the University’s GQs overlap with the Prof Comps,
To be effective in exercising professional and social responsibility and making a positive contribution to society
DRAFT: Influence is engaging others in a process, idea or vision.
Of course, I am showing you my best examples today, not everyone went on to do ‘Future Learning’ and ‘Aspirations’ , but even the worst one was terrific.