Pros of Technology in Healthcare Education

Healthcare has been and always will be one of, if not the most, important part of civilization, and the reason humans are the dominant species of our planet despite being physically one of the weakest. As such, it is important that the study and research of this fundamental aspect of our life should be performed to the best of our ability. To that end, the Clinical Tracking App is a great boon to all students and teachers of this most august profession.

Introduction

The TracPrac app designed by Vestigo Health Solutions is one such example of an app that can support both Students and Educators in tracking clinical hours, as well as attendance, evaluation and evidence of clinical practice in a digital format.

The Creators

The team of Vestigo Health Solutions has more than 38 years of experience in the healthcare industry and thus have superior insight in understanding the challenges faced by students and teachers alike. Their app, the TracPrac is a well designed Clinical Evaluation Tool that can help the students keep track of their performance and records in labs, simulation centres and hospitals/patient care facilities.

Help the Students

Students can use the app for Mobile Clinical Attendance, recording their activities and tracking their academic progress. Students can interact with their evaluators directly through the app, saving time and receiving a more personal instruction on their queries. The app interface is also easier to use for students allowing them to enter and navigate their data easily, instead of maintaining countless paper records.

Help the Teachers

Educators/Supervisors can track clinical training hours as well as performance of the students using this same app, allowing them more insight to the strengths and weaknesses of each individual student to guide them accordingly. They can approve and evaluate their students’ progress with just a few taps allowing for better instructions.

More Features

TracPrac, short for “Track Practice” allows a digital solution to the traditional paper methods of collecting clinical performance and evaluation records of students. Instead of filing out lengthy paper forms, students can submit their assignment forms through the app. Students can also submit their professional certification cards and/or badges into the Clinical Wallet, thus providing a paperless storage space for their academic progress and qualifications. All clinical data is securely stored in a cloud based server website and can be easily accessed from the database from anywhere with your app. You can also generate custom reports to provide clinical performance analytics as evidence to meet program competencies and streamline the preparation of accreditation reports. This app can serve all fields of Healthcare Education including: Nursing, Dental Hygiene, Respiratory Care, Imaging technology, Physical and Occupational Therapies.

Paper vs Electronic

TracPrac is a great way to transform your program’s record keeping and reduce your paper trail. As we all know, not only is being paperless a good way to reduce your carbon footprint, but paper forms can be lost or misplaced quite easily and cannot be tracked with the same efficiency as digital data. After all, the world’s best paper filing methods are still not half as fast as a simple data search which can be accomplished with a few taps on your smartphone. Paper forms are also fragile and can be damaged easily and have to be stored carefully while the data on the server is secure and easily accessible at the same time.