| Title | Enhancing Dental Student Learning Through an Interactive, Online, Competency-Based Progress Test System |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Dentistry |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 3 Years |
| Initiation | 04/01/2014 |
| Completion | 11/30/2018 |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2014/2015 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | HsingChi von Bergmann |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 40,200 |
| Year 1: Team Members | HsingChi von Bergmann, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry |
| Year 1: Summary | UBC Dentistry emphasizes an inquiry-based pedagogical approach and follows competency-based education (CBE) ideology. In all educational programs, a sound assessment system helps to achieve the program curricular philosophy. As a part of our curricular renewal and a strong desire to create a holistic CBE program, we propose to introduce a Progress Test System (PTS) to augment our curricular renewal project. Via and interactive, online, four-year continuum of progress tests, students will be assessed on the expected competencies of a new graduate dentist. This system emphasizes the use of an interactive web-based feedback tool where students will complete progress tests, receive immediate formative feedback, engage in online discussion groups, and be directed to specific areas for improvement/remediation. We intend the PTS to encourage self-directed learning and reduce the challenges inherent in scheduling faculty/student face time for providing feedback. Multiple means will be employed to evaluate the intended outcomes of this project. |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2015/2016 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | HsingChi von Bergmann |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 44,032 |
| Year 2: Team Members | HsingChi von Bergmann, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry |
| Year 2: Summary | As a part of our curriculum renewal and the desire to achieve the CBE philosophy, with support from TLEF in 2014-2015, we designed a Progress Test System (PTS) that will be piloted in Spring 2015. A successful result from the pilot will advise a full implementation of PTS to augment our curriculum renewal project. Via an Interactive, online, four-year continuum of progress tests, students will be assessed on the expected competencies of a new graduate dentist. Our PTS emphasizes an interactive-web-based feedback tool where students will: complete progress tests, receive immediate formative feedback, engage in online discussion groups, and be directed to specific areas for improvement /remediation. Multiple means will be employed to evaluate intended outcomes of this project. |
| Year 2: TLEF Showcase |  |
| Year 3: Project Year | Year 3 |
| Year 3: Funding Year | 2016/2017 |
| Year 3: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 3: Principal Investigator | HsingChi von Bergmann |
| Year 3: Funded Amount | 43,170 |
| Year 3: Team Members | HsingChi von Bergmann, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry |
| Year 3: Summary | As a part of our curriculum renewal and a strong desire to achieve the competency-based-education philosophy, and with support from TLEF in the past two years, we began to build a Progress-Test-System (PTS) that was implemented in September 2015. In the twice-a-year, four- year continuum of progress surveys/tests, students are assessed on the expected competencies of a new graduate dentist. The pilot has been conducted, and now we intend to augment the PTS’ feedback system via building an interactive, web-based platform that can build a more sustainable assessment system. The third year project will focus on building an interactive-web-based feedback tool where students will: receive timely, formative feedback, engage in online discussion groups, and be directed to specific areas for improvement /remediation. Multiple means will be employed to evaluate intended outcomes of this project. |
| Year 3: TLEF Showcase |  |