A systematic review of the literature on the effects of portfolios on student learning in undergraduate medical education: BEME Guide 11

Summary

In recent years, the use of portfolios as learning and assessment tools has become more widespread across the range of health professions. Whilst a growing body of literature has accompanied these trends, there is no clear collated summary of the evidence for the educational effects of the use of portfolios in undergraduate education. This systematic review is the result of our work to provide such a summary.

Review Group

Sharon Buckley (lead reviewer), Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Tamasine Ashcroft, PGDip Information and Library Studies, is an information specialist supporting the College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Jamie Coleman, MA (Med Ed), MD, MRCP(UK) is a Consultant Physician/ Clinical Pharmacologist at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Birmingham
Khalid Khan, Professor of Obstetrics-Gynaecology and Clinical Epidemiology at the Birmingham Women's Hospital Foundation Trust and the University of Birmingham
David Morley, MA is an Education Development Specialist at the College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham. UK
David Pollard, BA, PGCE, MSc is the learning and teaching support manager in the School of Languages and Social Sciences, University of Aston, Birmingham, UK
Celia Popovic, M.Ed, Ed.D, FHEA is Head of Educational Staff Development at Birmingham City University, UK
Jayne Sayers, RMN Cert Health, BSc(Hons), MSc, PGCE is a Student Welfare and Learning Adviser in the College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Javier Zamora, PhD is Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Complutense University of Madrid. Clinical Biostatistics Unit. Hospital Ramón y Cajal and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP)