GP3 Assessment

FAILING STUDENTS: Please let Kate Scurr k.j.scurr@qmul.ac.uk know as soon as possible if students are not attending, or you are thinking of FAILING them.

ATTENDANCE: students are expected to attend all sessions unless they are unwell (they must contact the practice to let their GP tutor know) or if they have authorised absence. They need to get into contact with head of year i.e. Professor Elspeth Alstead, for permission for an authorised absence, which they can then communicate with you.

See below for more info on each of these areas of assessment for GP3

1) Group-based Assessment

2) Placement Grade form including Professionalism Form

3) Logbook (CEX, DOP, CBD, Continuity exercise)

1) Group-based Assessment

To develop understanding of the core themes of the placement, the students are asked to present to the GP tutor on one of the following:

1) Generalism or

2) Compassionate practice

  • Students are invited to work collaboratively in 2's or 4's to explore the theme and make a creative-reflective response (see examples here)

  • The presentation can relate to individual patient encounters or the themes in general.

  • Students can choose any medium to best present their thoughts and findings from power point posters, to short films, photographs, prose or poetry writing etc.

  • This must be accompanied by an individual student 500 word reflection relating to your learning on the subject and reflection on the process of presenting and your creative piece which will be submitted centrally on QMPLUS (you can also ask the students to email these to you - they are really interesting).

  • Student learning will be presented at the tutorial on the penultimate week of the placement and each pair of students should present for at least 5 minutes (or if 4 students are working together they should present for 10 minutes) and then receive questions and feedback from the group/GP tutor.

Assessment

  • You can sign off the students on the placement grade form and offer written feedback on their reflection.

  • Verbal assessment should also be offered at the time of the presentation - students could feed back to each other first.

  • Potential points of feedback: content, presentation, collaboration, understanding, aesthetics, reflection, impact.


2) Placement Grade Form - Clinical and Professionalism assessment

This will be sent to you to complete with each student. Please discuss feedback with your student. This is an opportunity for identifying student strengths and areas for potential development.


Professionalism

As part of your final assessment tutors must complete a Professionalism Assessment on each students . Tutors are asked to give students formative feedback on their professionalism when they review your progress during the year so you have opportunities to modify your behaviour before you are formally assessed at the end of the year.


Expectations of professional behaviour during Clinical Placements:-

  • Arrive on Time

  • Inform GP tutor as soon as possible if running late or unable to attend

  • Inform GP tutor if you need to leave early

  • Do not book any hospital based or clinical skill training on your GP day

  • If you have a personal or health reason for absence please discuss with your GP tutor beforehand.

Also new for this year **Mandatory Mid-placement Individual Check-In***

(If there are issues or concerns for particular students especially regarding professionalism please raise in mid-placement check in so students have a chance to improve)


Year 3 GP Placement Sign-Off (example only).pdf

3) Logbook (PebblePad)

You will be asked to sign off student CEX, DOPS, CBD in their new logbook platform (called PebblePad). We ask the students to write up what happened and the verbal feedback they received which you can then sign off. Please can you discuss the following for them to add to the form:

  • What was done well

  • What can be improved upon

  • Agreed Action


Forms

The following is the minimum that a student needs to submit to pass the placement (CEX and DOPS will also be done in the hospital).

    • CEX (clinical examinations - observed history or examination) x 1

    • DOPS (directly observed procedures e.g. taking a BP) x 1

    • CBD (case-based discussion) x 1

    • Continuity of care x 1

      • Identify a patient with an acute exacerbation of a condition early in your GP block and follow them up on one or two further occasions during the placement (face to face, phone, review of notes) in regard to ongoing management.

      • Once completed, a reflection should be written, providing a brief anonymous history of the patient and what you have learnt from the exercise.

(Reflection can be written in Word and then uploaded to GP page of logbook)