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Assessing Clinical Learners (EDUC90744)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online and On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
Contact information
March
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
July
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
July
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
| Availability | March - Online July - On Campus July - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
One of the key roles of the clinical teacher is to reliably assess their learners’ knowledge, skills and performance to decide whether they have achieved competence in the area of instruction. This is not just important for appropriate academic achievement and progression, but to ensure that learners are being appropriately certified as safe and competent health professionals. This subject introduces participants to the current and emerging theories underpinning valid and reliable assessment of health professional learners and provides opportunities to develop, implement and critique different assessment formats. This subject equips participants to improve assessment of clinical learners in their own health professions education setting.
Intended learning outcomes
By completing this subject, participants should be able to:
- describe the main theories on which assessments of clinical learners are based;
- contrast the different formats used in assessment of clinical learners and the roles, strengths and limitations of each;
- develop and critique written assessment items designed to assess application of knowledge in the health professions;
- critique key principles underpinning assessment of health professional learners in simulated clinical environments;
- discuss the key elements of workplace-based assessments in the health professions.
Generic skills
After completing this subject, participants should be able to:
- identify and apply best practice principles;
- access and use relevant research literature;
- demonstrate understanding in concise oral and written formats;
- demonstrate the ability to work effectively as part of a team;
- demonstrate self-awareness and reflection practices.
Last updated: 8 November 2024