Bloom’s Taxonomy Graphic by Vanderbilt University (Armstrong, n.d.)
The purpose of the assessments throughout this learning resource is to provide opportunities for learners to reflect on their learning and to assist in the solidification of newly acquired knowledge (James, 2020). According to Bloom’s Taxonomy, there are six categories for showcasing educational proficiency – remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create (Armstrong, n.d.). While the remember stage involves basic fact memorization and recall, the analysis state requires a higher level of intellectual involvement – namely comprehension (understand) and application (apply) (Armstrong, n.d.). Since our goal is to have learners recognize the characteristic of EHRs and its benefit, differentiate between EHR and paper-based records, and identify the difference between EHR vs EMR vs PHR, learners need to be able to critically think about and analyze the material that is provided.
To ensure that learners reach the analysis stage, each of our modules provides opportunities for feedback through quizzes and interactive forum activities. Forum activities, which will act as formative assessment, allows our learners to communicate with instructors and peers, and also informs the instructors and learners about any possible misconceptions around presented materials (James, 2020). Quizzes through Kahoot! and Quizlet, which are a traditional form of summative assessment, will provide information on a learner’s ability to reach stated learning outcomes and results can be used to update our modules if necessary (James, 2020). Furthermore, at the end of the modules, there will be a final forum post asking learners how they will leverage EHRs and other health information technologies to better manage their healthcare and medical information in the future. Although the summative method is most likely used for final course evaluations (James, 2020), our pod decided to use formative assessment (i.e. the forum) so learners can have the opportunity to apply their acquired knowledge in a way that is relevant and applicable to them, thus encouraging deep learning through Merrill’s (2018) principle of integration.