Kowsar J Med Edu 1735-4005 19 2 2020 11 7 10.5812/jme.103399 Ehsan Karimialavijeh Department of Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Emergency Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Emergency Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical sciences, Kargar Ave, P.O Box: 14117-13137, Tel: +982161192240, Fax: +982166904848, Tehran, Iran. Javad Seyedhosseini Department of Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Emergency Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran Ali Labaf Prehospital Emergency Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Maziar Ashrafi Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Narges Mohammadrezaei Department of Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Emergency Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran Research Article 2020 10 14 2020 4 11 2020 11 7 2020 05 31 : Objectives : The current study aimed to compare a newly launched web-based logbook to a paper-based logbook to identify potential strengths and weaknesses. Methods : Emergency medicine residents of postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) and 2 (PGY2) and faculty members participated in the present study. Electronically collected data from February-April 2014 were compared to those of paper logbooks for the same period in the previous year. Furthermore, to evaluate the perspectives of both students and faculty members on the web-based logbook, a survey was implemented. Results : In total 47 residents recorded their activities in the web-based logbook. For the same period in the previous year, logbooks of 40 residents were available. The frequency of work shifts in paper and web-based logbook was 668 and 1020, respectively (P = 0.4). However, a significant difference was observed concerning the work shifts recorded in the logbook and those confirmed by a faculty member [416 (62.3%) in the paper logbook and 945 (92.7%) in the web-based logbook, P value = 0.05]. Also, the frequency of unconfirmed procedures, review of medical cases, morning reports, rotations, and direct observation of procedural skills were significantly lower in the web-based logbook (P value = 0.0001). Based on the results of the survey, 55.55% of faculty members and 66.66% of residents reported the effectiveness of the web-based logbook. Conclusions : This study demonstrated the potential of web-based logbooks to improve recording activities of residents and assisting faculty members to precisely monitor their activities. https://sites.kowsarpub.com/jme/articles/103399.html https://jme.kowsarpub.com/cdn/dl/d8fb597a-2103-11eb-9569-83282bb13c37 Education Assessment Emergency Medicine Residency Resident Monitoring