C21: Modernising Medical Education in Cardiff Annual Curriculum Away Day Friday 16 th September 2011, All Nations Centre Assessment and Feedback Phil Smith, Sub-Dean for Assessments

C21: an opportunity New approach to assessments Build in formal and informal feedback

Assessments Drive learning Close links to teaching Intimately linked to teaching and learning

Students tell us... Assessments sometimes seem unfair Feedback not specific or timely (or none)

C21 Assessment Principles Committing to lifelong learning and reflection Committing to patient safety Linking all assessments Tomorrows Doctors 2009 Maintaining consistently excellent assessment standards Maintaining clear and explicit marking criteria Emphasising real clinical environment testing Reporting transparently to students and to the public Demonstrating student progression Recognising and rewarding excellence

Committing to lifelong learning and reflection

Brief written comment at each station What went well Areas for improvement Verbatim feedback to students Bespoke OSCE feedback

Maintaining consistently excellent assessment standards

Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance Collaborative content 50 items (42%) common to participating Schools Benchmarking

Maintaining consistently excellent assessment standards Second look Test different part of the curriculum Within the same blueprint Both sets of marks used for final mark Re-sits

Recognising and rewarding excellence

Top 5 Final MB students 5 x 20-minute stations Medicine Surgery Women and children Community Laboratory Deans List OSCE

Demonstrating student progression

Progress testing Longitudinal testing Whole school sits one exam Questions from a large bank Sample at regular intervals from the complete domain of knowledge required to graduate

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