The Blackboard Journal - A Tool to Encourage Reflection and Feedback Janne Saltoft Hansen and Mads...

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The Blackboard journal – a tool to encourage reflection and feedback Janne Saltoft Hansen and Mads R. Dahl Center for Health Sciences Education, Aarhus University, Denmark Skill training in clerkship is a significant part of health education. At the Dental Hygienists Education at Aarhus University the students are keeping an online journal during their clerkship. Journal documentation is an obligatory assignment and the journals are continuously commented by the teachers for feedback. The journal was used to support the students’ ongoing reflections during the clerkship. Outcomes Journal supports the students reflections during clerkships Provides the student with punctual feedback Feedback/feed forward impacts the students reflections and behaviour during their clerkships Resource and time consumption Perspective Novel inside knowlegde for teacher on clerkship Better collaboration oppertunities Identification of troubled students Contact: Mads R Dahl, [email protected] Danish Paper on topic: Læring & Medier (LOM) – nr. 12 - 2014 ISSN: 1903-248X No feedback driven Reflection-in-action Reflection-on-action based on formative assessment Feedback driven Reflection-in-action Reflection-on-action based on summative assessment Evaluation Feedback on journal Online Journal Implementation Today I learned how to make a SEAL of caries dentalis progressiva at a real workplace …… Student “ …… as the students are away from Campus they experience a lot but still have a continuous connection back to us.” Teacher

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The Blackboard journal

– a tool to encourage reflection and feedback

Janne Saltoft Hansen and Mads R. Dahl

Center for Health Sciences Education, Aarhus University, Denmark

Skill training in clerkship is a significant part of health education.

At the Dental Hygienists Education at Aarhus University the students are keeping an online journal during their clerkship.

Journal documentation is an obligatory assignment and the journals are continuously commented by the teachers for feedback.

The journal was used to support the students’ ongoing reflections during the clerkship.

Outcomes • Journal supports the students reflections during clerkships • Provides the student with punctual feedback • Feedback/feed forward impacts the students reflections and

behaviour during their clerkships • Resource and time consumption

Perspective • Novel inside knowlegde for teacher on clerkship • Better collaboration oppertunities • Identification of troubled students

Contact: Mads R Dahl, [email protected] Danish Paper on topic: Læring & Medier (LOM) – nr. 12 - 2014 ISSN: 1903-248X

No feedback driven Reflection-in-action

Reflection-on-action based on formative assessment

Feedback driven Reflection-in-action

Reflection-on-action based on summative assessment

Evaluation Feedback on journal

Online Journal Implementation

Today I learned how to make a SEAL of caries dentalis progressiva at a real workplace …… Student

“ …… as the students are away from Campus they experience a lot but still have a continuous connection back to us.” Teacher