Using an assessed ePortfolio to enhance student employability skill development and careers management Dr Julia Choate (deputy biomedical course convenor) Sandy Cran (careers program coordinator) Dr Maria Demaria (program coordinator) MONASH BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
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Using an assessed ePortfolio to
enhance student employability skill
development and careers
management
Dr Julia Choate (deputy biomedical course convenor)
Sandy Cran (careers program coordinator)
Dr Maria Demaria (program coordinator)
MONASH
BIOMEDICAL
SCIENCES
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THE NEED FOR A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM – NEW PATHWAY INTO GRADUATE MEDICINE
2014: pathway into
graduate Medicine
Monash undergraduate biomedical
sciences cohort
2013 2015 2017
Significant student numbers200 550 590
Changes
in career
aspirations
Research 20% 5% 4%
Graduate
Medicine 53% 80% 70%
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THE NEED FOR A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM – FINAL YEAR STUDENT FEEDBACK
Final year students (2014) focus group feedback:
- they did not understand that they were developing employability skills during their
course (content/discipline focussed);
- they said that (early) career planning could have assisted them with the uncertainty
about careers options (apart from medicine and research);
- they had not engaged with developmental activities to build their skills and
employability.
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AIMS OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (PDP)
To challenge unhelpful beliefs regarding linear career pathways;
To explore and build career options;
To assess capabilities and development needs;
To build a record of experiences, skills, knowledge and capabilities that