96 | Chapter 4 T rainee 13: That you perhaps have to complete much more forms than you may need in daily practice, only to make it assessable. That is how that feels. So, it needs to be well-ordered for someone else, and the only thing you can do is just tag along. In contrary to you deciding what to document, based on what you want. Ambiguities Another theme that can explain limited SRL in relation to portfolio use, were the ambiguities regarding portfolio use. For many respondents it was unclear why and how the portfolio should be used. T rainee 14: I also think that it needs to be more clear for every faculty member, for every supervisor how the portfolio is structured. Otherwise, I think, this chaos will continue. T rainee 13: This is a good remark. It is not only unclear to us, but also unclear for many supervisors and faculty members. Respondents related these ambiguities to two issues. Foremost, the user-friendliness of the portfolio was critiqued. Respondents’ primary concerns were that the portfolio did not work intuitively and failed to provide a clear overview. Secondly, respondents were dissatisfied with the instructions that were provided. For trainees this was largely due to a lack of coherence between the formal instructions provided at the start of the training, and the informal instructions provided by faculty members throughout their training. T rainee 7: At the start of training everybody says: “it does not really matter, just do something. As long as there is content [in the portfolio], we can see that you are active”. But as the training progresses you start to notice that in fact there are many requirements.. And that in fact there are also things at stake. You sort of accidentally discover this because suddenly you hear: “others did this or that, but you did not”. Because of these ambiguities multiple respondents doubted the added value of the portfolio and/or were reluctant to actively use the portfolio. Furthermore, trainees also described that they felt insecure about portfolio use, as they did not know what was exactly expected of them. T rainee 13: Yes, the lack of overview almost makes you insecure, right? It is so messy that you think: ‘O my god, what do I still need to check off?!’
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