Internal Assessment

• Understand current status of internal

assessment
• Expand the role of internal assessment
to unassessed areas
 Internal Assessment

•Well planned & executed

•Uniform & consistent
•Objective
•Transparent
 Summative Assessment

•Assesses students at the end of

the course
•Intimates pass/fail to students
•Gives overall view of pass/fail to teachers
 Formative Assessment

•Assesses progress of students

during the course
•Gives immediate detailed feedback
to students and teachers
• Ability of a PG student to take focused
history & do focused physical
examination for any one clinical
presentation in OPD
 Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise
(Mini-CEX)

• Observation of a trainee taking a

focused history & doing a focused
physical examination (15 min)
• Performance assessment using a rating
scale & feedback (5 min)
 Professionalism

• Shows respect, compassion & empathy

• Establishes trust
• Attends to patient’s needs of comfort
• Respects confidentiality
• Aware of own limitations
 Global Rating Scale

• Measurement tool for assessing or

quantifying behaviour
• Used by directly observing
students
Errors in Using Global Rating Scale

• Error of central tendency

• Error of leniency
• Halo effect
Overcoming Errors in Using
Global Rating Scale

• Training of assessors
• Multiple assessors
• Multiple assessments
on multiple occasions
• Ability of a PG student to perform fine
needle aspiration in clinical lab
Direct Observation of Procedural Skills
(DOPS)

• Observation of a trainee performing a

procedure
• Performance assessment using a rating
scale & feedback (5 minutes)
• Ability of a PG student to work
effectively in a team in ward / clinical
lab / field
 Multi-Source Feedback
(360 Degree Assessment)
(Mini Peer Assessment Tool)

• Systematic collection of performance

data of a trainee using a rating scale on
generic skills from people working with
the trainee in the workplace & feedback
to the trainee
• Ability of a PG student to pursue self
directed learning
 Portfolio

• A collection of work developed as

a cumulative evidence of
a student’s learning & achievements.
• It may include written, audio or video
records.
 Areas Assessed by Portfolio

1. Logbook & dissertation

2. Assignments
3. Research projects
4. Conference presentations
5. Publications
6. Literary, cultural & organization
work
 Areas Assessed by Portfolio

7. Self-directed learning plan

- assessing learning needs
- planning learning
- using learning resources
- assessing learning outcomes
8. Self-reflection & self-monitoring