E-learning in medical education: Guide supplement 32.4--practical application.

摘要

The latest AMEE Guide to e-learning in Medical Education recognizes the increasingly important use of mobile handheld electronic devices in medical education and in this article we describe our experience of the use of these devices for undergraduate medical student -workplace-based assessment (WBA).An essential aspect of WBA is its formative, or 'assessment for learning', aspect that combines the need of faculty to track student attainment with feedback that identifies student learning needs (Norcini & Burch 2007). A range of WBA tools are in widespread use, such as the mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini CEX), that allow opportunistic assessment and immediate feedback.