Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty, students invited to present on e-Portfolio project research at two national conferences

Dr. Tamja Adonizio, Dr. Michelle Schmude present at NVivo, NRMP conferences

Scranton, PA (09/23/2020) — Two Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty members mentored three GCSOM students on a research project that was accepted for presentation at two national conferences.

Tanja Adonizio, MD, associate dean for student affairs and assistant professor of medicine, and Michelle Schmude, EdD, associate dean for admissions, enrollment management and financial aid and an associate professor, first presented with their students at the Sept. 23 NVivo Virtual Conference. NVivo is a qualitative data analysis computer software package widely used in academia.

The research presented, "A novel use of NVvo for analysisi of professional identity formation ePortfolios in Medical Education," shows that physician career satisfaction is connected with the process of Professional Identity Formation (PIF), a crucial component in medical education. Professionalism is also a core competency required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the body responsible for accrediting all graduate medical training programs for physicians in the United States. Although integrating PIF into the medical education curriculum is still being debated, GCSOM's experience shows that a longitudinal integration with self-reflection and faculty feedback is a successful way to develop the competencies involved in PIF. These activities are tracked and analyzed in each GCSOM student's ePortfolio, a digital collection of student reflections, objective scores on core tenets of professionalism, such as empathy and faculty feedback.

Drs. Adonizio and Schmude will also present "Multifactorial Use for e-Portfolio in Medical Education" at the National Residency Matching Program's (NRMP) virtual meeting, "Transition to Residency," being held Oct. 16-17.

NRMP, also called The Match, is a private nonprofit non-governmental organization created to place - or "match" -- medical school students into residency training programs located throughout the United States.

The presentation examines the connection between physician career satisfaction iand the process of Professional Identity Formation (PIF), a crucial component in medical education. Professionalism is also a core competency required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the body responsible for accrediting all graduate medical training programs for physicians in the United States. GCSOM's experience, to be discussed in the session, shows that a longitudinal integration with self-reflection and faculty feedback is a successful way to develop the competencies involved in PIF. These activities are tracked and analyzed in each GCSOM student's ePortfolio, a digital collection of student reflections, objective scores on core tenets of professionalism, such as empathy and faculty feedback.

The NRMP meeting draws graduate medical education program directors and coordinators, designated institutional officials, and medical school student affairs and academic affairs deans and faculty. Other professionals engaged in medical education research or clinical practice also participate.

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth) is a member of the Geisinger family. Geisinger Commonwealth offers a community-based model of medical education with campuses in Danville, Doylestown, Scranton, Sayre and Wilkes-Barre. Geisinger Commonwealth offers Doctor of Medicine (MD) and masters degrees. The college's innovative curriculum, focused on caring for people in the context of their lives and their community, attracts the next generation of physicians and scientists from within its region , as well as from across the state and the nation. Geisinger Commonwealth is committed to non-discrimination in all employment and educational opportunities. Visit www.geisinger.edu/gcsom.

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