Crowdsourcing in health professions education : what radiography educators can learn from other disciplines

St John-Matthews, J; Newton, PM; Grant, AJ; Robinson, L

Abstract

Objectives: Crowdsourcing works through an institution outsourcing a function normally performed by an employee or group of individuals. Within a crowdsource users, known as the crowd, form a community who voluntarily undertake a task which involves the pooling of knowledge resources. A literature review was undertaken to identify how the tool is being used in health professions education, and potential for use in radiography education.

Key Findings: 17 papers were returned. Literature identified was assessed against an established crowdsourcing definition. Reviewing these yielded four themes for discussion: student selection procedures, lesson planning, teaching materials and assessment.

Conclusion: Crowdsourcing is associated with innovative activities through collective solution seeking via a large network of users. It is increasingly being adopted in healthcare training and maybe transferable to educational activities within the field of radiography education.

Citation

St John-Matthews, J., Newton, P., Grant, A., & Robinson, L. (2018). Crowdsourcing in health professions education : what radiography educators can learn from other disciplines. Radiography, 25(2), 164-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2018.11.006

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 20, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Dec 11, 2018
• Publication Date: Dec 11, 2018
• Deposit Date: Apr 23, 2019
• Journal: Radiography
• Print ISSN: 1078-8174
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 164-169
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2018.11.006
• Keywords: Consensus, Crowdlearning, Crowdsourcing, Education, Wisdom
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2018.11.006