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ArticleSystematic reviews2024

Protocol for a scoping review study on learning plan use in undergraduate medical education.

Anna Romanova, Claire Touchie, Sydney Ruller, Victoria Cole, Susan Humphrey-Murto

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5 authors.

Anna RomanovaThe Ottawa Hospital - General Campus, 501 Smyth Rd, PO Box 209, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada. aromanova@toh.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-1118-1604
Claire TouchieThe Ottawa Hospital - General Campus, 501 Smyth Rd, PO Box 209, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
Sydney RullerThe Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
Victoria ColeThe University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Susan Humphrey-MurtoThe Ottawa Hospital - Riverside Campus, Ottawa, Canada.

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Department of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Application under reviewUniversity of Ottawa Application under review
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe current paradigm of competency-based medical education and learner-centredness requires learners to take an active role in their training. However, deliberate and planned continual assessment and performance improvement is hindered by the fragmented nature of many medical training programs. Attempts to bridge this continuity gap between supervision and feedback through learner handover have been controversial. Learning plans are an alternate educational tool that helps trainees identify their learning needs and facilitate longitudinal assessment by providing supervisors with a roadmap of their goals. Informed by self-regulated learning theory, learning plans may be the answer to track trainees' progress along their learning trajectory. The purpose of this study is to summarise the literature regarding learning plan use specifically in undergraduate medical education and explore the student's role in all stages of learning plan development and implementation.

methodsFollowing Arksey and O'Malley's framework, a scoping review will be conducted to explore the use of learning plans in undergraduate medical education. Literature searches will be conducted using multiple databases by a librarian with expertise in scoping reviews. Through an iterative process, inclusion and exclusion criteria will be developed and a data extraction form refined. Data will be analysed using quantitative and qualitative content analyses. DISCUSSION: By summarising the literature on learning plan use in undergraduate medical education, this study aims to better understand how to support self-regulated learning in undergraduate medical education. The results from this project will inform future scholarly work in competency-based medical education at the undergraduate level and have implications for improving feedback and supporting learners at all levels of competence. SCOPING REVIEW REGISTRATION: Open Science Framework osf.io/wvzbx.

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Education, Medical, UndergraduateLearningClinical CompetenceCompetency-Based EducationHumansScoping Reviews as TopicCompetency-based medical educationLearning planSelf-regulated learningUndergraduate medical education

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PMID38745201
PMCPMC11095015

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