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. 2018 May 15;35(2):Doc16.
doi: 10.3205/zma001163. eCollection 2018.

Perceived usability of the National Competence Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education by medical educators at the Hannover Medical School

Sandra Steffens  1 , Volker Paulmann  1 , Jasper Mecklenburg  1 , Konstantin Büttner  1 , Marianne Behrends  2
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Perceived usability of the National Competence Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education by medical educators at the Hannover Medical School

Sandra Steffens et al. GMS J Med Educ. .

Abstract
in English, German

Background: The aim of this study was to assess usability and identify possible challenges in the implementation of the National Competence Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education (NKLM) among medical educators. Methods: A comprehensive survey among experienced medical educators (responsible for the teaching content and didactical development in their module/field) based on the System Usability Scale (SUS) was carried out focusing on the awareness, usability and challenges of the NKLM. Results: The questionnaire was completed by 52 of the 64 addressed educators. Most of the participants had 6-10 years of teaching experience. 30% of the educators were not familiar with the NKLM. During the evaluation of the NKLM, usability was rather poorly rated. However, 71.9% of medical educators agreed that the various aspects of the medical professions were well integrated in the NKLM with only 12,5% stating that they would not use the NKLM for teaching and lesson preparation. Conclusion: The awareness and promotion of the NKLM need to be improved. Furthermore, these data suggest that - although difficult to use - there is a solid acceptance of the content of the NKLM. Medical educators seem to be willing to use the NKLM. Therefore, further attempts to support colleagues with the handling of the NKLM seem to be inevitable to pave the way for a competency-based curricular change.

Hintergrund: Das Ziel der vorliegenden Studie war es, die Gebrauchstauglichkeit des Nationalen Kompetenzbasierten Lernzielkatalogs Medizin (NKLM) aus der Sicht von Lehrenden im Studienfach Humanmedizin zu bewerten und mögliche Hindernisse bei seiner Einführung zu identifizieren.Methodik: Es wurde eine standardisierte Befragung unter den Lehrverantwortlichen, die für die inhaltliche und didaktische Gestaltung der jeweiligen Module verantwortlich sind, durchgeführt. Basierend auf dem System Usability Scale (SUS) wurden neben der Gebrauchstauglichkeit auch die generelle Vertrautheit sowie die Schwierigkeiten im Umgang mit dem NKLM untersucht.Ergebnisse: Der Fragebogen wurde von 52 der 64 befragten Lehrverantwortlichen ausgefüllt. Die meisten der befragten Personen verfügen über 6-10 Jahre Lehrerfahrung. 30% waren nicht mit dem NKLM vertraut. Die Evaluation verdeutlicht, dass die Gebrauchstauglichkeit des NKLM als unzureichend bewertet wird. Jedoch stimmen 71,9% der Lehrverantwortlichen der Aussage zu, dass die verschiedenen Aspekte des Arztberufes gut im NKLM dargestellt sind. Lediglich 12,5% können sich nicht vorstellen, den NKLM für die Lehre und die Unterrichtsvorbereitung zu nutzen.Schlussfolgerung: Die Wahrnehmung und Verbreitung des NKLM müssen verbessert werden. Des Weiteren legen die Daten nahe, dass – trotz des schwierigen Umgangs mit dem NKLM – die inhaltliche Akzeptanz gegeben ist. Die befragten Lehrverantwortlichen zeigen die Bereitschaft, mit dem NKLM zu arbeiten. Um diese Bereitschaft zu stärken müssen weitere Anstrengungen unternommen werden, um die Lehrenden auf dem Weg zum kompetenzbasierten Curriculum zu unterstützen.

Keywords: National Competence Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education (NKLM); curriculum; teaching; usability.

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Table 1
Table 1. Responses to individual statements in the NKLM System Usability Scale. Distribution of the responses to the single items in total / percent, N=32. The two outer categories on each side of the scale were aggregated e.g., “Strongly Agree and Agree”, into a single value.
Table 2
Table 2. Characteristics of survey participants (n=51 and n=1 not applicable).
Figure 1
Figure 1. Responses to individual statements in the NKLM System Usability Scale.
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