Risk management of information security has never been more significant in business. To formalise our commitment to maintaining secure information, we chose to seek ISO certification. We are delighted to announce we have been awarded ISO 27001 Certification for Information Security Management Systems.
Topics: eAssessment, datasecurity, dataprotection, digitalprivacy, datagovernance, GDPR2018, digitalscoring, cloud storage, clinical skills assessment, awards, information security, ISO 27001, certification, ISOstandards
Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) is changing the delivery and assessment of medical education in healthcare institutions around the world. CBME is outcome-based education, focusing on what is attained in terms of knowledge, skill, behaviour and attitude. This brings a wider focus to education, not just what is learned from the actual teaching process.
Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are an effective measuring tool for these competencies. An EPA is a core unit of professional practice which can be entrusted to a trainee as soon as they have demonstrated the competence to conduct the task without supervision. Qpercom developed an EPA Management System, Entrust, to provide a digital solution for storing and managing EPAs. An accompanying work-based assessment app measures the trainee feedback, to complete the feedback loop between trainer and trainee.
But what are the benefits of storing and accessing these EPAs digitally over paper?
Topics: competency based assessment, EPAs, entrustable professional activities, curriculum mapping, competency frameworks, competency management system, student feedback, electronic assessment, big data, analysis, medical education, competency based education, dataprocessing, digitalscoring, programming, computer science, cloud storage, feedback, milestones, blueprinting
An essential read for those introducing technology into clinical skills assessment.
Technology can: