Log Book audit as a medical student assessment strategy

 

The individual students in each annual batch is evaluated under 

three headings :

1) Presence (offline and online availability and prompt response to text message) 

2) Learning competencies attained 

3) Impact on the learning ecosystem and patient outcomes 

Results of the students are divided into 

three groups: 

Average, negative and positive Outliers :

Average : scored 5/10

 

Negative Outliers--

Scored less than 5/10 - few students who have  

less than desired presence, 

Below average competencies in areas of 

knowledge, 

patient data capture in terms of life events and Clinical findings 

and 

inabilty toward clinical data analysis to arrive at a diagnosis and treatment plan after raising relevant pedagogic questions to ascertain the patient requirements and their own learning requirements 

also 

negatively influencing other group members toward avoidance of patients as well as  learning sessions. 

Positive Outliers--

Scored more than 7/10:

Regular punctual presence and proper efforts toward patient data collection and analysis, not only to satisfy their own learning competencies but also help improve others learning outcomes by sharing their queries in local as well as global groups, kindling the discussion to enable all the members to learn from it as well as put positive efforts toward organizing diagnosis and treatment strategies to improve patient outcomes (for example encourage blood and organ donors and organize resources for necessary investigations or treatment). 

Log all the above daily in their blogged online learning portfolios with links to their local and global learning activity.

Our log book evaluation assessment is concordant with the NMC log book guidleines available at this link here: https://www.nmc.org.in › openPDF

Web results

Guidelines for preparing Logbook - NMC