Should we add patients in concordance of judgment learning tool panels? - An analysis between patients and primary care physicians

Abstract

Introduction

The Concordance of Judgment Learning Tool (CJLT) has been developed for distance asynchronous learning of professionalism in health sciences education. The learning of professionalism is induced by a student’s comparison of their own responses with those of the panel members. Whilst CJLT programs typically include same profession experts in their panels, we believe that they could also include patients. Accordingly, we conducted a study aimed at comparing CJLT response patterns between two groups of primary care physicians (PCPs) and patients.

Methods

We conducted a mixed prospective study of responses to a CJLT program based on a group of PCPs and a group of patients: an analysis of the response patterns of the two groups and a qualitative analysis of justifications.

Results

A total of 110 participants were included in the study: 70 patients and 40 PCPs. We found a significant difference in response patterns between the PCP and patient groups for nine of the fifteen questions (60%). The qualitative analysis of justifications between groups allowed us to comprehend patients’ views on the professionalism of PCPs.

Conclusions

Including patients in CJLT panels can enrich the feedback offered to students in these online training programs.

Keywords:

• Professionalism
• concordance of judgment learning tool
• patients

Authors’ contribution

ML and PB designed the study, collected and analyzed the data, drafted the manuscript, and approved the published version. CL helped collect and analyzing the data, critically revised the manuscript, and approved the published version.

Acknowledgements

Professor Nicolas Fernandez from the university of Montréal, Canada, helped critically revise the manuscript.

Disclosure statement

The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.

Data availability statement

Full data are available on request to the corresponding author.

Geolocation information

Grand-Est and Bourgogne regions, France.

Additional information

Funding

None.

Notes on contributors

Mathieu Lorenzo

Mathieu Lorenzo, MD, has a PhD in educational sciences. He is a senior lecturer in general practice. He is the head of the general practice department at the University of Strasbourg, France.

Pierre Bailly

Camille Lépine, MD, is a junior lecturer in general practice at the general practice department, University of Strasbourg, France.

Camille Lépine

Pierre Bailly, MD, is a former general practice student at the University of Strasbourg, France.