Survey European Rheumatology Portfolio (EMEUNET) |
Introduction
One of the projects of EMEUNET is to investigate if there is a need among rheumatology fellows to develop a European Portfolio. A portfolio is helpful to keep track of your personal development and skills. It might, in the future, also enable movement between countries during training.
Target population for this survey: trainees in rheumatology, (young) rheumatologists, other medical specialists with an interest in rheumatology, researchers who have clinical experience.
What is a portfolio?
A portfolio is an instrument that can help you to reflect your practice, deliver summative assessment and aiding the knowledge management processes. They are seen as a key connection between learning at organizational and individual levels.
Most often, portfolios that are used in education contain evidence of how you as a rheumatology trainee fulfill your tasks and how your competence is progressing. They may be digital or paper-based and content may be prescribed or left to the students’ discretion.
Definition of a portfolio
Portfolios report on:
- List of diagnoses of patients you have seen and procedures (e.g. joint aspiration) you have done
- Other work done (outpatient clinic, PowerPoint-presentation, consultation on the ward, discussing a patient in a multidisciplinary environment);
- Feedback received from supervisors;
- Progress you have made;
- Personal plans for improving competence.
Receiving and reflecting on feedback is essential in a portfolio!
Portfolios may stimulate reflection and personal development, because collecting evidence for inclusion in a portfolio requires looking back and analyzing on what is accomplished. You can discuss your portfolio with a staff rheumatologist / mentor to support further learning.
Purpose of this survey:
1. To see if there is a need for a portfolio among European rheumatology fellows (i.e. to decide whether we should move forward with this project).
2. To define which countries already use a portfolio.
3. To get insight into whether you think that a portfolio is helpful during the training of becoming a rheumatologist.
4. To learn which aspects should be reflected in the portfolio.
For an example of a skill you can reflect on in a portfolio, see below.
The survey will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. If you have used a portfolio in the past: we hope to get more insight into your perspectives about the current portfolio used at your institution, even if you are no longer using it.
Thank you for your help!
The EMEUNET Education Subgroup.
An example of a skill that can be used to reflect on in your portfolio:
On 14th November 2016 you performed an aspiration of the knee under supervision.
Feedback you received from you supervisor: in comparison to the last time, you perfectly located the injection site. The aspiration was successful. However, next time, place the collection container near you. Like this, when you are doing the aspiration alone, you do not have to change your position when you are performing the aspiration.
Progress you have made: this time the aspiration-procedure was successful, it was done only under supervision and no help from your supervisor.
Plans for improving competence: next time you plan to perform an aspiration without supervision, keep all the materials near you. Furthermore, you want to learn how to do a synovial fluid analysis under polarized light.
One of the projects of EMEUNET is to investigate if there is a need among rheumatology fellows to develop a European Portfolio. A portfolio is helpful to keep track of your personal development and skills. It might, in the future, also enable movement between countries during training.
Target population for this survey: trainees in rheumatology, (young) rheumatologists, other medical specialists with an interest in rheumatology, researchers who have clinical experience.
What is a portfolio?
A portfolio is an instrument that can help you to reflect your practice, deliver summative assessment and aiding the knowledge management processes. They are seen as a key connection between learning at organizational and individual levels.
Most often, portfolios that are used in education contain evidence of how you as a rheumatology trainee fulfill your tasks and how your competence is progressing. They may be digital or paper-based and content may be prescribed or left to the students’ discretion.
Definition of a portfolio
Portfolios report on:
- List of diagnoses of patients you have seen and procedures (e.g. joint aspiration) you have done
- Other work done (outpatient clinic, PowerPoint-presentation, consultation on the ward, discussing a patient in a multidisciplinary environment);
- Feedback received from supervisors;
- Progress you have made;
- Personal plans for improving competence.
Receiving and reflecting on feedback is essential in a portfolio!
Portfolios may stimulate reflection and personal development, because collecting evidence for inclusion in a portfolio requires looking back and analyzing on what is accomplished. You can discuss your portfolio with a staff rheumatologist / mentor to support further learning.
Purpose of this survey:
1. To see if there is a need for a portfolio among European rheumatology fellows (i.e. to decide whether we should move forward with this project).
2. To define which countries already use a portfolio.
3. To get insight into whether you think that a portfolio is helpful during the training of becoming a rheumatologist.
4. To learn which aspects should be reflected in the portfolio.
For an example of a skill you can reflect on in a portfolio, see below.
The survey will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. If you have used a portfolio in the past: we hope to get more insight into your perspectives about the current portfolio used at your institution, even if you are no longer using it.
Thank you for your help!
The EMEUNET Education Subgroup.
An example of a skill that can be used to reflect on in your portfolio:
On 14th November 2016 you performed an aspiration of the knee under supervision.
Feedback you received from you supervisor: in comparison to the last time, you perfectly located the injection site. The aspiration was successful. However, next time, place the collection container near you. Like this, when you are doing the aspiration alone, you do not have to change your position when you are performing the aspiration.
Progress you have made: this time the aspiration-procedure was successful, it was done only under supervision and no help from your supervisor.
Plans for improving competence: next time you plan to perform an aspiration without supervision, keep all the materials near you. Furthermore, you want to learn how to do a synovial fluid analysis under polarized light.