Abstract
This study reports on the strategy to improve the use of online portfolios as a learning assessment instrument of a discipline taught to fourth-year medical students. The discipline comprises practical activities of comprehensive care of children, teenagers, adults, and women in primary care in the Brazilian city of Campinas. Using portfolios, students are able to reflect upon the provided care as to the knowledge, clinical skills, and doctor-patient bond shown in the appointment. The online portfolio enabled to review the assessment criteria, and streamline and facilitate managing the assessment conducted by 80 evaluators from three medical specialties. Access to the portfolio’s information in the Moodle platform enabled a fast decision-making process in aspects that need to be adequate to improve the teaching and learning process.
Online portfolio; Moodle; Medical course; Educational assessment
