title: Competency-based assessment for clinical supervisors: design-based research on a web-delivered program.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Clinicians need to be supported by universities to use credible and defensible assessment practices during student placements. Web-based delivery of clinical education in student assessment offers professional development regardless of the geographical location of placement sites.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This paper explores the potential for a video-based constructivist Web-based program to support site supervisors in their assessments of student dietitians during clinical placements.
  
  
  METHODS
  This project was undertaken as design-based research in two stages. Stage 1 describes the research consultation, development of the prototype, and formative feedback. In Stage 2, the program was pilot-tested and evaluated by a purposeful sample of nine clinical supervisors. Data generated as a result of user participation during the pilot test is reported. Users' experiences with the program were also explored via interviews (six in a focus group and three individually). The interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematic analysis conducted from a pedagogical perspective using van Manen's highlighting approach.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This research succeeded in developing a Web-based program, "Feed our Future", that increased supervisors' confidence with their competency-based assessments of students on clinical placements. Three pedagogical themes emerged: constructivist design supports transformative Web-based learning; videos make abstract concepts tangible; and accessibility, usability, and pedagogy are interdependent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Web-based programs, such as Feed our Future, offer a viable means for universities to support clinical supervisors in their assessment practices during clinical placements. A design-based research approach offers a practical process for such Web-based tool development, highlighting pedagogical barriers for planning purposes.
authors: School of Public Health and Nutrition, Bruce ACT, Australia. Rachel.Bacon@canberra.edu.au.
authors: Rachel
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2066-4264
authors: R
authors: Bacon
authors: Lauren Therese
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-0319
authors: LT
authors: Williams
authors: Laurie
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0699-2886
authors: L
authors: Grealish
authors: Maggie
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3452-9565
authors: M
authors: Jamieson
keywords: competency-based education; constructivist; dietitian; e-learning; pedagogy; preceptorship