The project piloted the use of an iPad for clinical staff assessing veterinary students. The students have clinical rotations in set subjects, each lasting one week. The iPad was introduced to allow/encourage members of staff to give a midweek feedback.
FOCAL - Feedback on clinical achievements @ Liverpool
1. FOCAL
Feedback On Clinical
Achievements @ Liverpool
Denis Duret (dduret@liv.ac.uk) & Avril Senior (avrils@liv.ac.uk)
2. Why/how did we start?
• Improving the feedback to the students
(National Student Survey)
• Inspired by the School of Dentistry
(LIFTUPP project) . Staff use an iPad to assess and capture the
performance of a student.
• See what an iPad could do for us!
So we applied to the Research & Development
Sub-Group and were successful!
3. Clinical Rotation (CR) - Timeline
Summative Summative Summative
Week 1 Assessment Week 2 Assessment Week 3 Assessment
Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri
Group A1 Group A1 Group A1
Formative Formative Formative
Assessment Assessment Assessment
Group A1 Group A1 Group A1
Summative
Summative Summative
Cardiology Assessment
Assessment Assessment
Front line skills - Imaging
Small animal practice: 1st opinion
6. Feedback ( Students)
• How did this affect your performance during the rotation
Few said that “it helped to identify learning objectives” but most people said
“Made no difference”
• How does it compare with the feedback you have received in
other rotation
Better/More than others
• What would you change to improve that pilot project
“May be give more feedback not just tick boxes”
7. Feedback ( Staff)
• Could you comment on how this project affected your work?
“When the clinics were not busy, it helped assessment of practical tasks but if
busy ….”
• Do you think that it allowed you to give more feedback?
“Yes – Especially for practical tasks”
• What would you change to improve that pilot project
“Change the assessment/feedback form”
9. Feedback ( Students)
• How did this affect your performance during the rotation
“Helped to see where you could improve”
“It gave me an idea of how I was doing”
• How does it compare with the feedback you have received in other
rotation
“Nice to have midweek feedback” “Better than nothing but I prefer oral
feedback”
• What would you change to improve that pilot project
“Has to be meaningful and personal otherwise not worth doing”
10. Feedback ( Staff)
• Could you comment on how this project affected your work?
“Improved quality of assessment. Fast + efficient”
• Do you think that it allowed you to give more feedback?
“Yes – the midweek was very useful as students can improve”
• What would you change to improve that pilot project
“Keep the iPad for the entire week”
12. Feedback ( Students)
• How did this affect your performance during the rotation
“Positively – Very useful to have part to improve on”
“It reassured me that I was doing ok and increased my confidence”
• How does it compare with the feedback you have received in other
rotation
“Much more directed to oneself” “It was more thorough than previous feedback”
• What would you change to improve that pilot project
“Other than actually sit down & Chat. Nothing”
13. Feedback ( Staff)
• Could you comment on how this project affected your work?
“I felt the iPad was much easier and quicker to provide feedback than
individually writing out, naming and dating the traditional hard copy”
• Do you think that it allowed you to give more feedback?
“I think it allows far more broad feedback. We often give feedback as going
along but students do not often see this as feedback”
• What would you change to improve that pilot project
“Nothing”
14. Version 4 (Resit)
• How did this affect your performance during the rotation
“Was good to have feedback”
“I thought it was useful”
• How does it compare with the feedback you have received in other
rotation
“Better” “Mixed feedback in other rotations so it was helpful to know progress”
• What would you change to improve that pilot project
“Encourage member staff to use this system”
15. Why/how did we start?
• Improving the feedback to the students
(National Student Survey)
• Inspired by the School of Dentistry
(LIFTUPP project) . Staff use an iPad to assess and capture the
performance of a student.
• See what an iPad could do for us!
16. Recommendations &
Future development
• Use tailor-made assessment form
• Improve consistency between rotation
• Identify rotations where iPad could be used
• Work with FormConnection for a better App
17. Conclusion
• It has improved students’ performance
• Great technology is invisible
Steve Jobs – June 1995
Hinweis der Redaktion
The project piloted the use of an iPad for clinical staff assessing veterinary students
