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Assessment Design and Quality Assurance (EDUC90804)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Assessment Design and Quality Assurance considers the key elements of assessment quality assurance and assessment design in health professions education. This subject builds on the foundational content of “Assessing Clinical Learners” and extends that knowledge by exploring best practice methods of measuring and ensuring quality of assessments, as well as key considerations in the design and implementation of assessment across entire subjects and courses. The subject draws on experience across the health professions to equip participants to improve assessment quality, and consider assessment design, within their own unique context. 

Intended learning outcomes

By completing this subject, participants should be able to:



  • determine the quality of individual assessment items/formats with consideration of existing research/scholarship/evidence
  • set rigorous and appropriate standards for health professional assessments drawing on contemporary expectations and best practice
  • design an assessment blueprint for a subject demonstrating constructive alignment of assessment tasks with subject intended learning outcomes and teaching and learning activities
  • critique a whole of course/program assessment with reference to how assessments demonstrate skill acquisition over time
  • describe key features of programmatic assessment, and, drawing on the existing evidence base, evaluate the potential implications of its implementation in their own context

Generic skills

After completing this subject, participants should be able to: 

  • demonstrate cognitive, analytic and problem-solving skills
  • access and use relevant research literature; 
  • identify and implement best practice principles; 
  • demonstrate understanding in concise oral and written formats; 
  • demonstrate the ability to work either individually or part of a team;    
  • demonstrate reflective practice and integration of theory into practice through oral and written formats.  

Last updated: 6 November 2025