Assessment in workplace: Investigating a multi-source and multi-method approach to enhance student learning in clinical practicum

Free Paper Presentations – Oral Presentation no. 40 ; won the best oral presentation awardThe theme of the conference is 'Promoting Excellence in Assessment'The presentation reports an ongoing study about the assessment in medical and health education, which is funded by HKU Teaching Development Grant. This study aims to assess clinical practicum in a pilot study by applying a multi-source and multi-method assessment approach and to develop an assessment toolkit for clinical practicum that could serve as an exemplar for the clinical disciplines that share similar practicum features. Approximately 200 third year nursing students participated in the study during the summer of 2016. Findings from this project offer support in how to use assessments as tools to enhance student learning, facilitate the provision of feedback, and promote the high quality standard of reliability, validity and fairness of assessing clinical practicum