Khalid Masood Gondal, Uzma Iqbal, Arslan Ahmed, Junaid Sarfraz Khan.
Supervisors` Perspective on Electronic Logbook System for Postgraduate Medical Residents of CPSP.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;27(9):540-3.

Objective: To find out the perspective of the supervisors about the role of electronic logbook (E-Logbook) of College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan (CPSP) in monitoring the training of postgraduate medical residents of CPSP. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP), Karachi, from May to October 2015. Methodology: An electronic computer-based questionnaire designed in Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) language was distributed to the registered CPSP supervisors through the e-log system. The questionnaire comprised of seven close ended questions. The data were entered and analyzed by SPSS version 20. Descriptive statistics were determined. Results: A total of 1,825 supervisors responded to the questionnaire. Fifteen hundred and ninety-eight (87.6%) supervisors gave regular feedback for their trainees, 88.2% considered it a better monitoring tool than conventional logbook, 92.5% responded that e-logbook helped in the regular assessment of the trainees, 87.8% believe that quality of training will improve after introduction of e-logbook, 89.2% found e-logbook useful in implementation of outcome-based learning and 88.4% considered e-logbook user-friendly. The main reasons for not providing regular feedback included the supervisors not familiar to e-logbook interface, internet access problems, and busy schedules of supervisors. Conclusion: There was a wide acceptability of the e-log system among the supervisors with positive perception about its usefulness. The common reasons that hinder the provision of regular feedback include not being familiar to e-log interface, internet access problem, busy schedule and some consider using e-logbook a cumbersome task. These reasons can be alleviated to provide a better training monitoring system for the residents.

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