Educational Assessment for Health Professionals

Course aim

To develop health professionals’ understanding and application of the theory and practice of effective educational assessment.

Course content

Principles and theories of educational assessment and their application to health profesional education; feedback, educational assessment in context, assessment for learning, assessment of learning, assessment tools, clinical assessment, moderation practices, purposes of assessment and importance of objectives, self and peer assessment, principles of alignment.

Textbook(s)

Bloxham, S, & Boyd, P 2007, Developing Effective Assessment in Higher Education - A Practical Guide, eBook, Open University Press/ McGraw-Hill Education, Berkshire, England

Hughes, SJ & Quinn, FM 2013, Quinn's Principles and Practice of Nurse Education, 6th Edition, Cengage Learning, Australia

Biggs, J, & Tang, C 2011, Teaching for Quality Learning at University: What the student does, eBook, Open University Press & McGraw Hill, Birkshire UK

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
External	13 weeks x -

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.