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ArticleInternational journal of emergency medicine2018

The role of emergency medicine clerkship e-Portfolio to monitor the learning experience of students in different settings: a prospective cohort study.

Arif Alper Cevik, Sami Shaban, Margret El Zubeir, Fikri M Abu-Zidan

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Article in International journal of emergency medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Arif Alper CevikDepartment of Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine Clerkship, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 17666, United Arab Emirates. aacevik@uaeu.ac.ae.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6691-6298
Sami ShabanDepartment of Medical Education, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Margret El ZubeirDepartment of Medical Education, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Fikri M Abu-ZidanDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

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backgroundAlthough emergency departments provide acute care learning opportunities for medical students, student exposure to recommended curriculum presentations and procedures are limited. In this perspective, clinical environments providing learning opportunities for students should be monitored as part of an ongoing quality improvement process. This study aims to analyze student exposures and their involvement levels in two different hospitals (Tawam and Al Ain) so as to improve the teaching and learning activities.

methodsThis is a prospective study on all 76 final year medical students' electronic logbooks (e-Portfolio) of the academic year 2016/2017.

resultsStudents recorded 5087 chief complaints and 3721 procedures. The average patient and procedure exposure in a shift per student in Al Ain Hospital compared with Tawam Hospital were 7.2 vs 6.4 and 5.8 vs 4.3, respectively. The highest full involvement with presentations was seen in the pediatric unit (67.1%, P < 0.0001). Urgent care shifts demonstrated the highest area of "full involvement" with procedures for our students (73.2%, P < 0.0001). Students' highest involvement with presentations and procedures were found during the night shifts (P < 0.0001, 66.5 and 75.1%, respectively).

conclusionsThe electronic portfolio has proven to be a very useful tool in defining the learning activities of final year medical students during their emergency medicine clerkship and in comparing activities in two different clinical settings. Data collected and analyzed using this e-Portfolio has the potential to help medical educators and curriculum designers improve emergency medicine teaching and learning activities.

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Electronic logbookEmergency medicinee-PortfolioUndergraduate medical education

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PMCPMC5897274

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