Smartphone-based evaluations of clinical placements-a useful complement to web-based evaluation tools / 보건의료교육평가
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
;
: 55-2015.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-150540
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Web-based questionnaires are currently the standard method for course evaluations. The high rate of smartphone adoption in Sweden makes possible a range of new uses, including course evaluation. This study examines the potential advantages and disadvantages of using a smartphone app as a complement to web-based course evaluationsystems.METHODS:
An iPhone app for course evaluations was developed and interfaced to an existing web-based tool. Evaluations submitted using the app were compared with those submitted using the web between August 2012 and June 2013, at the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University, Sweden.RESULTS:
At the time of the study, 49% of the students were judged to own iPhones. Over the course of the study, 3,340 evaluations were submitted, of which 22.8% were submitted using the app. The median of mean scores in the submitted evaluations was 4.50 for the app (with an interquartile range of 3.70-5.20) and 4.60 (3.70-5.20) for the web (P=0.24). The proportion of evaluations that included a free-text comment was 50.5% for the app and 49.9% for the web (P=0.80).CONCLUSION:
An app introduced as a complement to a web-based course evaluation system met with rapid adoption. We found no difference in the frequency of free-text comments or in the evaluation scores. Apps appear to be promising tools for course evaluations. web-based course evaluation system met with rapid adoption. We found no difference in the frequency of free-text comments or in the evaluation scores. Apps appear to be promising tools for course evaluations.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Sweden
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Complement System Proteins
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Smartphone
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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