Assessing Clinical Learners

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 health professional learners and provides opportunities to develop, implement and critique different assessment formats. This subject equips participants to improve assessment of clinical learners in their own health professions education setting.