Advantages
This assessment allows for regular feedback and provides for progressive clinical skill and clinical reasoning development through a scaffolded learning approach. Enhances student engagement and student-centred delivery through interactivity of the student cohort. Fosters practical , clinical and workforce relevant reasoning skills that contribute towards clinical placement readiness, evidence based practice and critical judgement.
Challenges
Practical examinations are time and staff intensive. Assessment weighting is summative heavy.
Tips for implementation
Disinterested students may need further encouragement for engaging in this task. Providing students with time in advance to prepare their responses and solutions and allowing input to cases through Padlet allow for students to contribute without risk that can be moderated by staff. Facilitators within tutorials should be encouraged to explore patient management options to allow students to think critically. Use of clinical video for each case increases authenticity.
How it supports academic integrity
Students complete an officially identity verified examination at the end of semester. This allows examiners to assess students clinical skills and own clinical reasoning relating to realistic patient cases.