ArticleJournal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA2025
Association between clinical learning portfolio recording and medical students' competencies and entrustable professional activities in Taiwan.
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backgroundThe clinical reflection-oriented learning portfolio is widely applied in clinical rotation, but it is time-consuming for clinical trainees, and the effect on learning is still questionable. This study aims to provide evidence of the effectiveness of the learning portfolio by examining the association between portfolio appraisal and clinical performance.
methodsFrom 2020 to 2022, data were evaluated to investigate the relationship between excellent portfolio award status, proficiency in entrustable professional activities (EPAs)-based assessments, and clinical competencies based on the core EPAs for entering residency of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC), as well as eight core competencies evaluated every 2 weeks from each clinical department. In addition, clerks who continued their second-year clerkship at the research hospital (continuous follow-up group) were analyzed to further explore the association between first-year award status and second-year clinical outcomes.
resultsA total of 148 first-year clerks were included in the overall group (award recipients and non-recipients). Among them, 86 continued their clerkship at the research hospital in the second year (continuous follow-up group). In the overall group, compared with excellent learning portfolio non-recipients, award recipients demonstrated higher scores in 11 of the 13 EPAs and in all eight core competencies. Moreover, higher-frequency award winners obtained significantly higher scores compared to lower-frequency award winners. Stratified analyses based on gender yielded similar results during clerkship. However, this beneficial association was not observed in the continuous follow-up group.
conclusionThis database study supports that better learning portfolio recording is associated with better clinical performance during the early stage of clerkship. Learning portfolio could be an effective tool to facilitate clinical learning in early clerkship.
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