eFolio Interoperability Initiative (EII)

Goal Develop standards and specifications to promote interoperability among medical schools and longitudinally with other data custodians along the career paths of health professionals

Background May 2007 Portfolio Colloquium October 2007 Invitational Conference November 2008 Invitation to Schools with Active Portfolio March 2009 Selection of Trajectory through Medical School as Pilot Project

Trajectory through Medical School Pilot Project Capture and document in a routine and standarized way student participation in: – Formal curricular activities – Informal professional development activities – Breaks in matriculation – Enrichment activities

Why The Trajectory Through Medical School? Some commonality across medical schools but implemented differently at each school. Some data routinely reported to LCME. Routine reporting focus on deceleration Little agreement complete data set that should be recorded Little agreement on how/what data regarding non-formal learning should be recorded

Why The Trajectory Through Medical School? More complete picture of student accomplishments in keeping with the spirit of learning portfolios Medical students increasingly diverge from the standard four year trajectory Provide base rate data within a medical school and across schools Inventory of non-formal learning

Why The Trajectory Through Medical School? Backbone for sharing professional competence of learners across medical school, residency and practice Promote opportunities for self reflection and learning. Large (de-identified) data sets in support of educational reserach

The e-Folio Interoperability Initiative (EII) Community of Practice Educational Content experts Local Context Process experts Ideal “test labs” Champions to larger medical education community Connections to key stakeholders

Membership in EII Medical Educators University of Maryland – Carol Carracio & Linda Lewin Cleveland Learner College – Elaine Dannefer & Neil Mehta Northwestern – Marianne Green University of Minnesota – Lindsay Henson University of Missouri – Kimberly Hoffman Indiana University – Debra Lizelman University of California SF – Pat O-Sullivan Vanderbuilt – Anderson Spickard III Partners and Sponsors AAMC – Brownie Anderson, Carol Aschenbrener, Morgan Passiment FSMB – Carol Clothier NBME – Bob Galbraith – Amber Montanano Odeon Data – Michael Barbouche