Context 2 Moving from HE to Work

Context 2 Stage 5 of Student Lifecycle Model Work-based learning Progress File for Under- and Post-graduate Nurses 2 Case Studies

Background Changes to medical education in light of ‘Tomorrow Doctors.’ New 2 year ‘national’ curriculum replacing 1 year ‘local’ arrangements. Multiple challenges Nurses Progress File-Voluntary Participation

Three case studies using different modules Case study E-Portfolio platform No. of partners No. of trainees/ students AudienceModule content 4Bodington1 Teaching Hospital West Yorkshire Deanery 39Pre Registration House Officers Post-graduate Foundation Programme 5BodingtonUniversity of Leeds, School of Healthcare 10Post and Undergradu ate Nursing Students Progress File

Evaluation Methodology Research population  39 PRHO’s  10 Nurses  39 Supervisors  3 Administration Staff  1 Nursing Tutor  3 Clinical Placement Mentors  30 non-e-portfolio users Data collection methods  Online questionnaires  Assessment of Trainee outputs

Findings: Use of e-portfolios 27 PRHO’s have accessed the e-portfolio (n=39) 9 Supervisors (n=39) 6 Nursing Students have accessed the e-portfolio (n=10) 4 regular users

Findings: Use of e-portfolios Technology should not be a barrier to portfolio learning Case 1 & 2 ( n=79 ): 50 % found it very easy or easy to use initially 11% found it hard or very hard. Case 3 ( n=7 ): all found it easy to use.

Findings: Differences Reflective skills Time Ownership Feedback Presenting Evidence for assessment

Findings: Reflective learning (1) Reflective processes important part of professional development in Medicine and Healthcare… Has e-portfolio helped to improve skills of reflection? 1 PRHO (n=8) 2 Nurses (n=4) Which part of e-portfolio have you found most useful Reflection 1 PRHO 2 Nurses

Findings: Reflective Learning E’ users rated themselves better at reflection than paper based users One Nursing tutor felt that the e-portfolio had improved student skills of reflection O ne PRHO noted: “It made me think about things I wouldn’t normally have thought about” “It’s good to have everything in one place”

Findings: Most Useful Nurses: Reflection PRHO: Tracking Competences Most Used Nurses: Placement Records PRHO: PDP, End of Placement Review

TIME Per Month E-Portfolio users: 5.2 hours Paper users: 6.1 hours OWNERSHIP Non-users- All felt they owned own work E-portfolio users-1 felt they owned their work The rest felt the Deanery owned their work

Findings: Feedback Non-users receiving feedback more frequently Nurses noted advantage of being able to receive feedback from multiple sources