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Assessing Clinical Learners (EDUC90744)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
January
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
June
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
Availability | January - Online June - Online |
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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 clinical learners and provides opportunities to develop and implement clinical assessment items, as well as practical experience in assessment.
Intended learning outcomes
By completing this subject, participants should:
- understand the main theories on which assessments of clinical learners are based;
- be aware of the different formats of clinical learner assessment and the roles, strengths and limitations of each;
- know how to assess learners in simulated clinical environments;
- know how to perform workplace-based assessments;
- understand the purposes of different assessment formats;
- be able to use evidence in setting standards and determining competence.
Generic skills
After completing this subject, participants should be able to:
- apply theories and principles to specific clinical education contexts;
- access and use relevant research literature;
- identify best practice in the assessment of clinical learners;
- demonstrate understanding of the subject in concise oral and written formats.
Last updated: 18 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into one of the following:
- GC-CLINTCH Graduate Certificate in Clinical Teaching
- GD-CLINED Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education
- MC-CLINED Master of Clinical Education
AND
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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EDUC90741 | Effective Clinical Teaching |
January (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
EDUC90742 | Effective Clinical Supervision |
July (Online)
January (Online)
|
12.5 |
This subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
It is recommended that participants have some experience of teaching in healthcare settings and they are required to have spent at least three years in clinical practice.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 18 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Assessment 1: Folio of sample assessment items or tasks - with marking guides. This is a group assessment which will be marked collectively and receive a group result.
| Approximately 3-4 weeks following delivery of Session 2 | 40% |
Assessment 2: Critical analysis of a key issue concerning the examination of performance of clinical learners
| Approximately 3-4 weeks following delivery of Session 3 | 30% |
Assessment 3: Reflective written assessment on workplace-based assessments, from the perspective of an examiner and/or observer
| Approximately 3-4 weeks after submission of Assessment 2 | 30% |
Last updated: 18 April 2024
Dates & times
- January - Online
Coordinator Anna Ryan Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Standard delivery mode Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 January 2024 to 22 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 29 January 2024 Census date 1 March 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 24 June 2024 January contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- June - Online
Coordinator Anna Ryan Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Standard delivery mode Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 17 June 2024 to 16 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 11 July 2024 Census date 19 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 June contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Time commitment details
170 hours per 12.5 credit point subject
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Additional delivery details
Participants may select either a standard or an intensive mode of study.
The content and time commitment are the same for each mode, but the synchronous teaching days are more spread across the teaching period in the standard mode and closer together in the intensive mode.
Attendance of synchronous teaching sessions is highly recommended as these are not repeated or recorded. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are available to attend all synchronous teaching sessions. Please check dates here
Last updated: 18 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education Course Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education Course Master of Clinical Education
Last updated: 18 April 2024