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E-portfolios: Enhancing Assessment in Allied Health Education

Explore how e-portfolios are revolutionizing assessment for Allied Health students at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. Learn about the benefits, challenges, and current outcomes of this innovative approach.

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E-portfolios: Enhancing Assessment in Allied Health Education

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  1. E-portfolios: Alternative Assessment for Allied Health Students Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Dorothy Hendrix, M.Ed. Jaclyn Conner, M.S.

  2. Introduction College of Allied Health • Programs • Bachelor of Science • Associate of Science • Certificate

  3. Demographics • Faculty Total: 53 • Full time: 27 • Part-time: 26 • Male: 41.5% • Female: 58.5% • Student Total: 253 • Male: 48% • Female: 52%

  4. Why we chose to use e-portfolios? • To help initiate more support for integration of materials across the curriculum • To assess higher-order skills or outcomes not easily measured by exams such as community service learning projects • To help students reflect on their personal accomplishments

  5. Challenges • Faculty buy-in to curriculum change that can affect their program courses • Recruiting faculty to teach introductory course (PHE 250 Community Health Issues: Introduction Community Service Learning) • Faculty typically are not compensated for the extra work they perform to support instruction with technological innovations (e.g. Using faculty assessors) • Ability to measure individual students' levels of preparedness in use of technology • Student willingness to prepare a document such as an e-portfolio (Transfer students)

  6. Process

  7. Distribution of Goals by Course and Category

  8. Current Outcomes • E-portfolio tool implemented in Fall semester 2004 • All current students have completed PHE 250 Community Health Issues: Introduction to Service Learning course • Sample e-portfolios Template | Sample | Sample 2

  9. Next Steps • Assemble Faculty Assessor groups to review e-portfolios • Collect rubric data and assemble by program • Evaluate collected information to determine if educational goals are being met • Analyze the need for changes in this form of assessment tool • Identify how e-portfolios will be viewed -Public versus private

  10. Contact Information • Dorothy Hendrix, Associate Deandohendri@cdrewu.edu • Jaclyn Conner, Web/Courseware Developerjaconner@cdrewu.edu

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