1. SALT / HEA / Academic Board Seminar Authentic Assessment – a Public Health example Jane Thomas Higher Education Academy Principal Teaching Fellow Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow Director of SALT (Swansea Academy of Learning & Teaching) Deputy Head, Learning, Teaching and Professional Issues, College of Human and Health Sciences

2. What? Why? How?

3. What? A bespoke product to deliver and assess a single M level module on Health Protection for Welsh Government (prepares senior Public Health officers for engagement in the event of threats to public health such as outbreaks of communicable disease or non- communicable incidents such as radiological or chemical leaks)

4. Why? Demonstrable need Seniority and timescale influenced mode of delivery Significance and urgency of outcomes drove assessment So… One week Long teaching days x 4 Final day – exam OSPE (objective structured practice exam)

5. How? Learning outcomes Breadth of content Teaching expertise Assessment of learning – OSPE

6. OSPE Single intensive 6 hour exam process Student concerns = process, resits Examiner concerns = rigour, consistency, range, speed of outcome/feedback

7. Students Concerns Unknown process Fairness What it involves Process Information pack Reading time Timed interventions Media support Outcome Timing Feedback

9. Examiners Rigour Staged process, colour coding of worksheets, recording Consistency Participation from all, record-keeping, scoring Range Several outbreak options prepared – each to assess the module learning outcomes and teaching content Outcome/Feedback Tight timescale, individual feedback sheets, graded score-sheet

10. Evaluation Student overall Student specific Assessors Sponsors/employers