140 annual Clinitalk licences cost less than one 6 month extension of training.
If you want to take a deeper dive into the evidence this next section will help. It includes links to evidence, quotes from users and links to video testimonies.
Clinitalk's feedback is evidence-based, utilising key educational theories, NICE guidance and seminal papers as its sources to ensure it is equipping users with reliable and validated guidance.
Integrated theories include: Interleaving, Constructivism, Meta cognition, Experiential learning, Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. Integrated papers include: Linguistic and cultural factors in the MRCGP, RCGP chief examiner reports and papers on differential attainment.
There is growing evidence supporting the effectiveness of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in GP training. The improved accessibility and flexibility that TEL provides allows trainees to learn at their own pace and revisit materials when necessary, accommodating the schedules of busy and diverse learners.
Over the first 9 months of release, users have recorded and analysed 5514 consultations.
Continuous support
Whilst improvement in outcomes is multifactorial. Users and educators have reported an improvement in outcomes they have attributed to engagement with Clinitalk.
When compared to one-off interventions like traditional courses, continuous support has been demonstrated to better foster sustained improvements in learners competency, confidence, and critical thinking.
Educational theories emphasise the importance of regular, formative feedback such as that provided by Clinitalk.
Reference: A Review of Feedback Models and Theories, Front Edu, 2021
Targeted intervention
Clinitalk focuses on consulting areas most linked to exam failure, as well as the groups (IMG, neurodiverse) most susceptible to such failures. The types of information fed back to users has been selected to be the most useful for development, based on a survey of RCGP examiners and trainers.
Trainers & examiners ranked consulting behaviours to identify those critical for success. To support groups at risk of differential attainment, the app gathers data on user characteristics and delivers targeted messaging towards at risk groups. The app can recognise cases that groups of users have poorer outcomes in and highlight the importance of the learning opportunity to the user to enhance engagement and understanding.
You may be entitled to free access through study budget because annual subscription is included in the Clinitalk course.
Approved areas include the West Midlands.
12 month subscription + 1 day course is only £295