title: The Development of an Electronic Portfolio for Postgraduate Surgical Training in Flanders.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Contemporary surgical postgraduate training is characterized by clear outcomes for the profession and an assessment program that shows that trainees master these outcomes. The tool used to collect assessment and feedback instruments is the portfolio, nowadays used in many countries worldwide.
  
  
  METHODS
  The four Flemish surgical coordinators, together with experts from different universities, devised an electronic portfolio. This portfolio holds both the logbook, as imposed by the evaluation committee and assessment instruments used for the Master in Specialized Medicine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The e-portfolio is now used by a number of surgical trainees and has been approved by the evaluation committee. In 1015, all Flemish surgical trainees will be using one and the same e-portfolio.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the e-portfolio for surgical training has now been devised and accepted by all major parties involved, a lot of work has to be done to implement the instrument. As resident duty hours show no improvement on education in surgery (but rather a perception of worsened education) surgery training is fazing huge challenges.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp ;
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peeraer
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven ;
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Humbeeck
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven ;
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Leyn
authors.affiliation: c Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel ;
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delvaux
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp ;
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hubens
authors.affiliation: d Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University , Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pattyn
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp ;
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Win
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D034742:Electronic Mail; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D011996:Records