Designing an online portfolio for postgraduate training of GPs in Denmark: Stepwise development in collaboration with users

A reform of specialists training for general practice is taking place in Denmark. One consequence of the reform is a mandatory personal portfolio which contains registration of the trainee's clinical performance and experience in relation to the qualifications needed for a specialist in general practice. A significant body of literature describes the use of portfolios in medical education, but so far the practical setup has been given little attention. This article describes an online portfolio for specialist training in family based medicine in Denmark. The focus of this article is on the practical setup and stepwise development guided by evaluations and feedback from users. Effects of the portfolio on learning have been reported elsewhere. Adapted from the source document.