Introduction to Assessment

Workshop Description

Are you currently involved in assessing students in the MBChB programme or would you like to be? Would you like to ground your practice in theory? This workshop will aim to introduce you to the basics assessment principle and good practice. It will support you with examples of assessment types in the MBChB and how to maximise student learning through these.

Aim

• To enable you to explore the core principles of assessment and relate your assessment approaches to support student learning
  
  

Learning Outcomes

1. Explain the purpose of assessments within the context of your discipline

2. Apply the principles of effective assessment to your assessment strategies

3. Consider the core principles that guide good quality assessment practices 

4. Define common terms used in relation to assessment