ArticleBMC medical education2025
Constructing medical student personas via social sensing data and entrustable professional activities (EPAs) framework: a multimodal thematic analysis approach.
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objectiveTo construct precise learner personas for medical students by integrating social sensing data with the Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) framework, thereby informing targeted pedagogical strategies. The study aims to address the gap in integrating behavioral data with competency assessment for multidimensional learner characterization.
methodsPurposive sampling was employed to recruit 45 clinical interns (June–December 2024) based on data saturation principles. Data collection combined semi-structured interviews, social sensing technology (multimodal data from medical forums and clinical sensor arrays with AES-256 encryption for privacy protection), and EPA-based clinical observations. Thematic analysis via NVivo 12 Plus was used to extract features, with manual coding validating theoretical saturation after 45 interviews.
resultsA four-dimensional persona framework (learning attitude, clinical competence, social interaction, self-improvement awareness) was discovered, yielding five archetypes: Proactive Achievers (28.89%), Skilled Practitioners (20.00%), Social Collaborators (17.78%), Passive Followers (24.44%), and Ambiguous Improvers (8.89%). Intergroup differences in EPA-assessed clinical skills were significant (ANOVA, p < 0.05 for all dimensions).
conclusionThe multimodal framework enables data-driven learner characterization, providing evidence for personalized medical education. Future work will validate persona utility in educational interventions.
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