Short Course

Medical Education: Assessment Design and Delivery

Are you a clinical educator or someone interested in teaching medical education? On our Medical Education: Assessment Design and Delivery course you'll look at a range of assessment methods. You'll focus on the purpose, design and delivery.

On this Medical Education short course you'll study with peers from across the healthcare sector. The focus will be on developing and delivering effective medical education. Together, you'll explore how to address challenges and investigate different approaches.

You'll explore assessment pathways for healthcare professionals. This covers everything from the initial entry point to ongoing professional development. You will look at topics such as programmatic assessment and providing effective feedback.

Our Medical Education short courses will build your skills in teaching, learning, and assessing others. The courses are tailored for healthcare educational settings.

Why study with us

Enhance your confidence and skills in assessment in medical education.
Tailor your study to suit your healthcare context, educator role and career aspirations.
Online delivery means you can fit your studies around your work and other commitments.

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Key course information

Level: Postgraduate, Level 7
Delivery: Online (live sessions take place in the evenings)
Study mode: Part-time
Duration: One semester (around 13 weeks, involving around 200 hours work)
Module code: M4100
Start date: 29 April 2024

Course overview

On successful completion, you will be able to:

Critically analyse the design and delivery of a range of assessment methods in healthcare education
Critically evaluate the key principles of effective feedback
Evaluate the factors influencing the processes and outcomes of programmatic assessment
Appraise strategies for improving the reliability and validity of differing assessment methods

The course may include:

Understanding the wider picture of assessment design
Regulatory bodies, agents and influencers on assessment design and delivery
Selection and deselection of assessment strategies. This will be based on the student’s context within medical education and health care settings
The delivery of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
The assessment of Clinical Skills as displayed within an OSCE setting
Standard setting of OSCEs to high professional standards
Selection for interview and the principles of structured interviewing
Issues of reliability and validity relating to semi-structured interviews
Execution of Mini Clinical Examinations (MiniCEX)
Assessment and analysis of MiniCEX with regard to validity and reliability
Considering the future - application of learning to future assessment design and delivery

Accreditations

The centre is accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons, a professional membership organisation and registered charity which exists to advance patient care. The Royal College of Surgeons of England, registered charity number 212808.
The MSc/PGDip/PGCert Medical Education and its modules are accredited by the Academy of Medical Educators. To qualify for full membership, three modules (including two from MB4105, MB4102, MB4104 & MB4123) will need to have been undertaken.

Future careers in medical education

This is one of a suite of Medical Education courses. They are designed to support healthcare professionals responsible for medical education in educational institutions and in the workplace. This can include teaching, assessing, and supporting students and trainees.

Fees and funding

Learning and assessment

The course is taught online (distance learning). This includes live online teaching, seminar sessions, self-directed tasks and tutorial support.

The course will cover:

Analytical thinking
Skills application
Critical reflection of your own practice/experience
Developing independent learning skills

We'll also encourage you to use and share your experiences with other students to aid the learning process. It will help you understand how what you learn in the course can be applied in different healthcare contexts. This means you'll be expected to actively participate in group activities and tasks with your peers. The varied experience of the learner group will be used to share knowledge and ideas and contextualise theory.

If you undertake assessment to gain academic credits, this will be via written assignment and oral presentation.

Pathway opportunities

Enquiries and applications

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This course is based in the School of Medicine and Dentistry

For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information

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