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General Practice 2 Malta Handbook 2021/22

5. Student Assessment

5.1. Reflective/creative case study

Students must write a 500 - 1000 word reflective essay about a patient that has had an impact on them.  This should ideally be someone they met through the GP 2 placement but might be someone they met elsewhere.

The focus of the work should be on why this patient had a resonance for them and how that might affect their interaction with patients in the future. For example you might describe a patient with schizophrenia who is of a similar age to you but is on a different life course, an elderly patient with dementia may have a particular resonance if you have a grandparent with dementia, you may have a family member with cancer, or you may have experience of ill-health yourself and that may affect how you relate to patients.

You should support your writing with a creative piece for example a photograph, a drawing, a poem that helps to tell the story you want to tell.

The piece of work must be submitted to your tutor and to QM+ by Day 5 of your placement i.e. 1/3/22 (CD) or 8/3/22 (AB)

Guidance for grading the reflective piece  


  

Merit 

Pass 

Referred 

  

 Impact 

The work moves/engages you. It stays with you/ opens new doors & new perspectives 

 

There were some interesting insights and perspectives that made you think but could have been explored further.  

Themes/ideas addressed superficially.  

Reflection 

 

Insightful reflection - focused on ‘key issues/ideas,’ explored from different perspectives, context and emotions are considered.  

 

Mix of descriptive account with some reflection e.g., the student considers their emotions, looks at the perspective of others, or identifies ‘key issues/ideas,’ but this could be expanded. 

 

Descriptive account – narrative account of what happened, with little or no reflection. 

 

Aesthetics  

(If creative enquiry piece included) 

Excellent use of chosen medium powerfully conveying the content, assisting the audience in engaging with the message. 

Some originality. Reasonable effort and use of chosen medium.  

Little original thought, little effort, not effective use of medium chosen, not conveying the content well.  

 

Feedback to students could include:  

  • Points of excellence  

  • Points for improvement - could include questions/prompts to encourage continued reflection 

  • General comments