Emergency medicine residents' beliefs about contributing to an online collaborative slideshow. Issue 4 (26th February 2015)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Emergency medicine residents' beliefs about contributing to an online collaborative slideshow. Issue 4 (26th February 2015)
- Main Title:
- Emergency medicine residents' beliefs about contributing to an online collaborative slideshow
- Authors:
- Archambault, Patrick M.
Thanh, Jasmine
Blouin, Danielle
Gagnon, Susie
Poitras, Julien
Fountain, Renée-Marie
Fleet, Richard
Bilodeau, Andrea
van de Belt, Tom H.
Légaré, France - Abstract:
- Abstract: Objective: Collaborative writing applications (CWAs), such as the Google Docs TM platform, can improve skill acquisition, knowledge retention, and collaboration in medical education. Using CWAs to support the training of residents offers many advantages, but stimulating them to contribute remains challenging. The purpose of this study was to identify emergency medicine (EM) residents' beliefs about their intention to contribute summaries of landmark articles to a Google Docs TM slideshow while studying for their Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) certification exam. Method: Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, the authors interviewed graduating RCPSC EM residents about contributing to a slideshow. Residents were asked about behavioral beliefs (advantages/disadvantages), normative beliefs (positive/negative referents), and control beliefs (barriers/facilitators). Two reviewers independently performed qualitative content analysis of interview transcripts to identify salient beliefs in relation to the defined behaviors. Results: Of 150 eligible EM residents, 25 participated. The main reported advantage of contributing to the online slideshow was learning consolidation ( n= 15); the main reported disadvantage was information overload ( n= 3). The most frequently reported favorable referents were graduating EM residents writing the certification exam ( n= 16). Few participants ( n= 3) perceived any negative referents. The most frequentlyAbstract: Objective: Collaborative writing applications (CWAs), such as the Google Docs TM platform, can improve skill acquisition, knowledge retention, and collaboration in medical education. Using CWAs to support the training of residents offers many advantages, but stimulating them to contribute remains challenging. The purpose of this study was to identify emergency medicine (EM) residents' beliefs about their intention to contribute summaries of landmark articles to a Google Docs TM slideshow while studying for their Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) certification exam. Method: Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, the authors interviewed graduating RCPSC EM residents about contributing to a slideshow. Residents were asked about behavioral beliefs (advantages/disadvantages), normative beliefs (positive/negative referents), and control beliefs (barriers/facilitators). Two reviewers independently performed qualitative content analysis of interview transcripts to identify salient beliefs in relation to the defined behaviors. Results: Of 150 eligible EM residents, 25 participated. The main reported advantage of contributing to the online slideshow was learning consolidation ( n= 15); the main reported disadvantage was information overload ( n= 3). The most frequently reported favorable referents were graduating EM residents writing the certification exam ( n= 16). Few participants ( n= 3) perceived any negative referents. The most frequently reported facilitator was peer-reviewed high-quality scientific information ( n= 9); and the most frequently reported barrier was time constraints ( n= 22). Conclusion: Salient beliefs exist regarding EM residents' intention to contribute content to an online collaborative writing project using a Google Docs TM slideshow. Overall, participants perceived more advantages than disadvantages to contributing and believed that this initiative would receive wide support. However, participants reported several barriers that need to be addressed to increase contributions. Our intention is for the beliefs identified in this study to contribute to the design of a theory-based questionnaire to explore determinants of residents' intentions to contribute to an online collaborative writing project. This will help develop implementation strategies for increasing contributions to other CWAs in medical education. Résumé: Objectif: Les applications d'écriture collective (AEC), telles que la plateforme Google Docs TM, peuvent améliorer l'acquisition des compétences, la conservation du savoir et la collaboration en formation médicale. Ainsi, les AEC utilisées à l'appui de la formation donnée aux résidents offrent de nombreux avantages, mais la contribution au contenu relève du défi. L'étude décrite ici avait pour but de recueillir l'opinion des résidents en médecine d'urgence (MU) sur leur intention de présenter des résumés d'article novateur dans un diaporama Google Docs pendant qu'ils se préparaient à leur examen de certification du Collège royal des médecins et chirurgiens du Canada. Méthode: Les auteurs, s'appuyant sur la théorie du comportement planifié, ont interrogé des résidents sortants en MU, en voie d'obtenir leur certificat du Collège royal sur leur intention de contribuer à un diaporama. Les premiers ont posé des questions aux seconds sur leur opinion concernant leurs croyances comportementales (avantages/inconvénients), leurs croyances normatives (groupes de référence favorables/défavorables) et leurs croyances de contrôle (obstacles/facteurs facilitants). Deux examinateurs ont procédé, chacun de leur côté, à une analyse qualitative du contenu à partir de la transcription des entrevues, afin d'en dégager les croyances saillantes en lien avec les comportements définis. Résultats: Vingt-cinq résidents en MU sur une possibilité de 150 ont participé à l'étude. Le principal avantage mentionné de la contribution au diaporama en ligne était l'affermissement de l'apprentissage (n=15), tandis que le principal inconvénient était la surcharge d'information (n=3). Quant aux groupes de référence favorables, c'est celui des résidents sortants en MU, en voie de passer leur examen de certification du Collège royal qui a été mentionné le plus souvent (n=16). Peu de participants (n=3) ont fait état de groupes de référence défavorables. Le facteur facilitant mentionné le plus souvent était l'information scientifique de qualité évaluée par les pairs (n=9) et l'obstacle mentionné le plus souvent, les contraintes de temps (n=22). Conclusions: Il se dégage de l'étude des croyances saillantes quant à l'intention des résidents en MU de contribuer au contenu d'un projet d'écriture collective en ligne, à l'aide d'un diaporama Google Docs TM . Les répondants ont perçu, dans l'ensemble, plus d'avantages que d'inconvénients à la contribution au contenu et ils étaient d'avis que l'initiative recevrait un large appui. Toutefois, les participants ont relevé plusieurs obstacles qu'il faudrait aplanir pour accroître la contribution. Les auteurs ont l'intention, à partir des opinions exprimées dans l'étude décrite ici, de participer à l'élaboration d'un questionnaire fondé sur la théorie, qui permettrait d'examiner les déterminants de l'intention des résidents de contribuer à un projet d'écriture collective en ligne. L'exercice aidera à l'élaboration de stratégies de mise en œuvre visant à accroître la contribution des étudiants à d'autres AEC en formation médicale. … (more)
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- CJEM. Volume 17:Issue 4(2015:Jul.)
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- CJEM
- Issue:
- Volume 17:Issue 4(2015:Jul.)
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- Volume 17, Issue 4 (2015)
- Year:
- 2015
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2015-0017-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 374
- Page End:
- 386
- Publication Date:
- 2015-02-26
- Subjects:
- online learning, -- collaborative writing applications, -- medical education, -- Theory of Planned Behaviour, -- free and open access medical education (#FOAMed), -- knowledge translation, -- evidence-based medicine
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http://link.springer.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1017/cem.2014.49 ↗
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