title: A Conceptual Analytics Model for an Outcome-Driven Quality Management Framework as Part of Professional Healthcare Education.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Preparing the future health care professional workforce in a changing world is a significant undertaking. Educators and other decision makers look to evidence-based knowledge to improve quality of education. Analytics, the use of data to generate insights and support decisions, have been applied successfully across numerous application domains. Health care professional education is one area where great potential is yet to be realized. Previous research of Academic and Learning analytics has mainly focused on technical issues. The focus of this study relates to its practical implementation in the setting of health care education.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to create a conceptual model for a deeper understanding of the synthesizing process, and transforming data into information to support educators' decision making.
  
  
  METHODS
  A deductive case study approach was applied to develop the conceptual model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analytics loop works both in theory and in practice. The conceptual model encompasses the underlying data, the quality indicators, and decision support for educators.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The model illustrates how a theory can be applied to a traditional data-driven analytics approach, and alongside the context- or need-driven analytics approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Learning Informatics Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Vasilis.Hervatis@ki.se.
authors.forename: Vasilis
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5716-2524
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hervatis
authors.forename: Alan
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7298-3451
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loe
authors.forename: Linda
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7148-3271
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barman
authors.forename: John
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3387-4121
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Donoghue
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8999-6999
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zary
keywords: Analytics; Computer-assisted Decision Making.; Decision Support Model; Healthcare, Professional Education; Medical Education; Quality Management