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Objective Assessment of Complex Skills Using OSPE Examinations

Science

Objective Assessment of Complex Skills Using OSPE Examinations

In VETS3070, we use multiple Objective Structured Practical Examinations (OSPEs) to evaluate student procedural skills. The first OSPE assesses clinical examination skills and the second OSPE examines surgical and anesthesia skills. In both examinations, complex procedures which are considered impossible to assess without significant subjectivity were dissected into discrete components that could be objectively assessed.

Third year
Class size of 100-500
Secure
MRI Clinical Placement 1

Science

MRI Clinical Placement 1

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) requires assessment in the field. This course assesses students on reflective journal and two clinical case studies.

Post-graduate
Class size of 10-20
Open
Ministerial Policy Recommendation

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Ministerial Policy Recommendation

In this skills-oriented assessment, students are asked to identify a contemporary policy issue and make a clear and succinct case for policy change in the form of a short (2 page) ministerial policy recommendation or brief. Students also provide an additional list of (scholarly) sources consulted in preparing their recommendation.

Second year, Third year
Class size of 100-500
Open
Media Inspired Essay

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Media Inspired Essay

In this assessment students choose a piece of contemporary media and discuss the issues it raises using academic literature. Students are given some restrictions on the media they can choose such as what topic the chosen media should discuss, what forms of media they can choose from, or when the media was released. Students select a media item and read it in order to identify an issue, or several related issues, which relate to the themes of the course. Using the issue/s as a foundation they write their own research question and answer it using the academic literature.

Second year
Class size of 80-100
Open
Manuscript Editing and Editorial Report

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Manuscript Editing and Editorial Report

Students are assigned an extract from a draft manuscript (developed by a practicing author), for which they produce a professional editorial report. Students actively use skills taught throughout the course to make reasoned suggestions that improve the quality of the work, and may ultimately be realised in published copy.

Post-graduate
Class size of 40-60
Open
Management Team Meeting

Business, Economics and Law

Management Team Meeting

Following a Team-Based Learning (TBL) pedagogy, students are placed into teams of 6-9, and act as the Executive of an Organisation. Confronted by changes in the organisation's internal and external environments, they apply theory from key frameworks in strategic management theory to make strategic decisions on behalf of their organisation.

Third year
Class size of 100-500
Secure
Making Policy Decision as a Central Banker

Business, Economics and Law

Making Policy Decision as a Central Banker

In this assessment, students play the role of a central banker. They are required to identify and use appropriate data and information to analyse the state of the Australian economy, decide the next appropriate monetary policy action, and to communicate their decision and rationales in the format of a policy statement similar to the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy media release/statement.

Post-graduate
Class size of 100-500
Open
Knowledge transfer: Briefing session

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Knowledge transfer: Briefing session

Students who have completed their semester abroad reflect on this experience to provide concrete advice on the Study Abroad experience in a pre-departure briefing or information session for students who are currently considering an exchange experience.

Third year
Class size of 20-40, 40-60
Secure
Invigilated (in-class or Zoom) listening test

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Invigilated (in-class or Zoom) listening test

In-class listening comprehension test, delivered via Blackboard Quiz or Inspera: students watch a short video in French and answer questions about it. Students use their own devices to watch the video and access the test, but are supervised (either in the classroom or via Zoom) by course staff. Internal students use headphones, external students turn their microphones off, but cameras on.

First year
Class size of 20-40, 40-60
Secure
International Field School

Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

International Field School

This learning experience (and accompanying assessment) sees students travel to an oversees destination and engage in extended, experiential learning. Students are required to complete a combination of on-site assessment such as practical fieldwork, fieldwork journals and presentations, as well off-site assessment such as final research essays based on fieldwork.

Second year, Third year
Class size of 10-20
Open