Educators and practitioners’ perspectives in the development of a learning by concordance tool for medical clerkship in the context of the COVID pandemic

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced medical schools to create educational material to palliate the anticipated and observed decrease in clinical experiences during clerkships. An online learning by concordance (LbC) tool was developed to overcome the limitation of students’ experiences wit...

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Autores principales: Marie-France Deschênes, Bernard Charlin, Véronique Phan, Geneviève Grégoire, Tania Riendeau, Margaret Henri, Aurore Fehlmann, Ahmed Moussa
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:97def48f27814a9191be5c118bd8ea802021-12-01T22:35:27ZEducators and practitioners’ perspectives in the development of a learning by concordance tool for medical clerkship in the context of the COVID pandemic 10.36834/cmej.724611923-1202https://doaj.org/article/97def48f27814a9191be5c118bd8ea802021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/72461https://doaj.org/toc/1923-1202 Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced medical schools to create educational material to palliate the anticipated and observed decrease in clinical experiences during clerkships. An online learning by concordance (LbC) tool was developed to overcome the limitation of students’ experiences with clinical cases. However, knowledge about the instructional design of an LbC tool is scarce, especially the perspectives of collaborators involved in its design: 1- educators who wrote the vignettes’ questions and 2- practitioners who constitute the reference panel by answering the LbC questions. The aim of this study was to describe the key elements that supported the pedagogical design of an LbC tool from the perspectives of educators and practitioners. Methods: A descriptive qualitative research design has been used. Online questionnaires were used, and descriptive analysis was conducted. Results: Six educators and 19 practitioners participated in the study.  Important to the educators in designing the LbC tool were prevalent or high-stake situations, theoretical knowledge, professional situations experienced and perceived difficulties among students, and that the previous workshop promoted peer discussion and helped solidify the writing process. Important for practitioners was standards of practice and consensus among experts. However, they were uncertain of the educational value of their feedback, considering the ambiguity of the situations included in the LbC tool.  Conclusions: The LbC tool is a relatively new training tool in medical education. Further research is needed to refine our understanding of the design of such a tool and ensure its content validity to meet the pedagogical objectives of the clerkship. Marie-France DeschênesBernard CharlinVéronique PhanGeneviève GrégoireTania RiendeauMargaret HenriAurore FehlmannAhmed MoussaCanadian Medical Education JournalarticleEducation (General)L7-991Medicine (General)R5-920ENCanadian Medical Education Journal (2021)
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topic Education (General)
L7-991
Medicine (General)
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spellingShingle Education (General)
L7-991
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Marie-France Deschênes
Bernard Charlin
Véronique Phan
Geneviève Grégoire
Tania Riendeau
Margaret Henri
Aurore Fehlmann
Ahmed Moussa
Educators and practitioners’ perspectives in the development of a learning by concordance tool for medical clerkship in the context of the COVID pandemic
description Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced medical schools to create educational material to palliate the anticipated and observed decrease in clinical experiences during clerkships. An online learning by concordance (LbC) tool was developed to overcome the limitation of students’ experiences with clinical cases. However, knowledge about the instructional design of an LbC tool is scarce, especially the perspectives of collaborators involved in its design: 1- educators who wrote the vignettes’ questions and 2- practitioners who constitute the reference panel by answering the LbC questions. The aim of this study was to describe the key elements that supported the pedagogical design of an LbC tool from the perspectives of educators and practitioners. Methods: A descriptive qualitative research design has been used. Online questionnaires were used, and descriptive analysis was conducted. Results: Six educators and 19 practitioners participated in the study.  Important to the educators in designing the LbC tool were prevalent or high-stake situations, theoretical knowledge, professional situations experienced and perceived difficulties among students, and that the previous workshop promoted peer discussion and helped solidify the writing process. Important for practitioners was standards of practice and consensus among experts. However, they were uncertain of the educational value of their feedback, considering the ambiguity of the situations included in the LbC tool.  Conclusions: The LbC tool is a relatively new training tool in medical education. Further research is needed to refine our understanding of the design of such a tool and ensure its content validity to meet the pedagogical objectives of the clerkship.
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author Marie-France Deschênes
Bernard Charlin
Véronique Phan
Geneviève Grégoire
Tania Riendeau
Margaret Henri
Aurore Fehlmann
Ahmed Moussa
author_facet Marie-France Deschênes
Bernard Charlin
Véronique Phan
Geneviève Grégoire
Tania Riendeau
Margaret Henri
Aurore Fehlmann
Ahmed Moussa
author_sort Marie-France Deschênes
title Educators and practitioners’ perspectives in the development of a learning by concordance tool for medical clerkship in the context of the COVID pandemic
title_short Educators and practitioners’ perspectives in the development of a learning by concordance tool for medical clerkship in the context of the COVID pandemic
title_full Educators and practitioners’ perspectives in the development of a learning by concordance tool for medical clerkship in the context of the COVID pandemic
title_fullStr Educators and practitioners’ perspectives in the development of a learning by concordance tool for medical clerkship in the context of the COVID pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Educators and practitioners’ perspectives in the development of a learning by concordance tool for medical clerkship in the context of the COVID pandemic
title_sort educators and practitioners’ perspectives in the development of a learning by concordance tool for medical clerkship in the context of the covid pandemic
publisher Canadian Medical Education Journal
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