The year-long Workplace Learning Portfolio (WLP) course is designed to support longitudinal development of skills in the clinical environment. Current medical education research highlights the value of a longitudinal approach to learning and assessment. The WLP tasks comprise Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercises (Mini-CEX), Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) and Compulsory Observed Procedural Skills (COPS) Through Clinical Participation Assessments (CPA), student development will also be monitored across the Domains of Professional and Clinical Practice, Professional Practice, Reflective Practice, and Social/Cultural Competence and Safety. Evidence of student development is aggregated in Blackboard and in the UQ eportfolio system. Students are encouraged to monitor their longitudinal clinical development and proactively manage their learning in response to feedback. A mid-year
review
of the WLP assists staff and students in identifying areas for improvement, and the strategies required to achieve this.
Advantages
Facilitates student and supervisor interaction in the clinical environment.
Challenges
Logistical: to date no fit for purpose eportfolio to collect and manage (and analyse) student data. An adjustment in mindset for students and assessors: tasks such as Mini-CEX and DOPS are not intended to be high stakes pieces of assessment
Tips for implementation
Any software to undergo a soft pilot with involvement of and feedback from all stakeholders. Always have a back up option available if the software does not work.
Faculty engagement is key.
PLEASE NOTE: The academic integrity information displayed on this page is currently under review. Some examples and descriptions were developed before the widespread availability of generative AI tools and may not reflect current approaches to assessment security. When adapting an assessment idea, staff should consider how the design supports authorship, verifies student achievement of learning outcomes, and mitigates inappropriate use of AI and other forms of academic misconduct.
