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ArticleBMC medical education2025

EU protection requirements for ePortfolios in clinical healthcare education.

Mieke Embo, Clara Wasiak, Simon Verschaeve, Lisse Van Acker, Margot Timmers, Eva Lievens

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Article in BMC medical education, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mieke EmboDepartment of Educational Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University, H. Dunantlaan 2, Ghent, 9000, Belgium. Mieke.embo@ugent.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2915-6987
Clara WasiakLaw and Technology, Department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
Simon VerschaeveLaw and Technology, Department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
Lisse Van AckerLaw and Technology, Department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
Margot TimmersLaw and Technology, Department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
Eva LievensLaw and Technology, Department of Interdisciplinary Study of Law, Private Law and Business Law, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.

Funding

FWO-SBO, www.sbo-scaffold.com/EN S003219N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhen using ePortfolios in healthcare education, the collection and processing of personal data from various stakeholders, also known as data subjects (e.g., students, mentors, supervisors) is inevitable. This is why it is crucial to identify the stakeholders who need to comply with legal obligations imposed by data protection law, and to assess the legal grounds for processing personal (health) data. Research on the legal aspects of such ePortfolios is lacking. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify and document the data protection requirements for ePortfolios in clinical healthcare education that apply in the EU.

methodsDesk research based on a traditional legal analysis of legislation, policy documents, guidelines, case law, and legal doctrine was performed during a multidisciplinary ePortfolio research project.

resultsThe analysis resulted in a description of the relevant EU data protection requirements covering the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the General Data Protection Regulation, a translation of these legal requirements into the context of ePortfolios in clinical healthcare education and the formulation of recommendations for data protection compliance based on these insights: (1) the duties and responsibilities of educational institutions and the healthcare student must be clarified in an agreement before the start of an internship, (2) '(substantial) public interest' is the most appropriate legal basis for the processing of health data in ePortfolios, and (3) adequate and appropriate measures to protect the fundamental rights and interests of the data subjects must be provided.

conclusionThis study contributes to the limited literature on the legal aspects of the use of digital technologies, such as ePortfolios, in healthcare education. There is a need for rigorous evidence on how to design legally compliant ePortfolios for healthcare education.

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Computer SecurityConfidentialityEducation, MedicalEuropean UnionHumansConsentData protectionDigital portfoliosEPortfoliosGDPRHealth dataWorkplace learning

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PMID41286730
PMCPMC12641944

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