A call to action for eProfessionalism: developing the use of ePortfolio with emerging health and education practitioners

Kirby, Misty M.; Downer, Terri; Slade, Christine; Fisher, Marie B.; Isbel, Stephen; Siddiqui, Zarrin Seema; McAllister, Lynn; Miller, Allison J.; Wilson, Christine Brown

doi:10.1007/s12528-022-09326-1

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“…An electronic portfolio (ePortfolio) is a digital vessel that can be used to store, organise and exhibit a variety of digital assets, including text, video, images and audio (Abrami & Barrett, 2005). Historically, the use of portfolios to enhance employability was mostly confined to the arts disciplines, however, since 2010 ePortfolios have been increasingly used in the health and social science tertiary education sector to aid learning and assessment and to support the demonstration and assessment of professional competency (Janssens et al, 2022a;Kirby et al, 2022). Consequently, ePortfolios now have a breadth of applications for both students and health and social science professionals; these include but are not limited to supporting learning and assessment, developing, and demonstrating core competencies, career development, professional evaluation and collecting evidence for professional registration and to showcase strengths to future employers (Downer & Slade, 2019).…”

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The use of ePortfolio in health profession education to demonstrate competency and enhance employability: A scoping review

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The use of an ePortfolio to support the education of health and social care professionals is increasing in higher education. ePortfolios support the educational journey of students; however, it is unclear how they are used to demonstrate competency or enhance employability. The aims of this study were to explore the literature to identify the use of ePortfolios in health and social care higher education curricula to demonstrate competency or improve employability. Three electronic databases were searched to identify papers using scoping review methodology. Studies that were published between 2001 and 2019 were included. A total of 1530 articles were initially identified after duplicates were removed. Nine studies were included in the final qualitative synthesis following a robust review. Data were synthesised into themes that describe the role of ePortfolios in demonstrating competencies in higher education or improving employability they were (1) Self-Directed Learning, (2) Deeper Learning, (3) Expanding Literacies, (4) Successful Implementation. These studies highlight that ePortfolio is both a product and a process. ePortfolios support students to gather artefacts that demonstrate professional competency which can be applied in the job-seeking process. The ePortfolio development process applies social constructionist approaches to learning which support lifelong learning and enhance employability. The findings also highlight the importance of providing students with clear expectations of the role of an ePortfolio in their professional learning journey.

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