Medicine in Society Guide 2023/24
7. Assessment
Student Assessment
There are four components to the student assessment for Medicine in Society:
Reflective pieces (2)
Health promotion poster
Student attendance and professionalism
Tutors will be asked to submit each student's attendance record, marks for their reflective pieces and the poster and comments on professionalism.
Tutors will be sent an excel spreadsheet at the start of the placements. Tutors will need to update attendance on a weekly basis on this form. Additionally the marks for the reflective pieces, poster and professionalism marks can be uploaded on to this excel spreadsheet.
Attendance
Student attendance is recorded at each placement. Students should consider a placement day to be a work day and attendance is expected every day. If you are unable to attend you must inform your tutor in advance and report your absence to the school via the MedSoc QM+ area.
Tutors must inform us at the time of any non-attendance and whether the student informed them of this or if it was unexplained. If tutors have any concerns about a student’s attendance, behaviour, health etc. they should contact the unit convenor as soon as possible.
As above, tutors must report and record this information on the excel spreadsheet that will be sent out to them at the start of the placement. This spreadsheet is to updated on a weekly basis by the Tutors which will help use to monitor attendance.
Any student unable to attend must submit a self-certificate form to the University. (Available on QMPlus)
Please click here for link to the self certificate form.
There may be occasions during the year when students have a progress test on the Friday after a MedSoc day; these tests are formative and students must attend their placement as usual. If tutors have any concerns about a student’s attendance, behaviour, health etc. they should contact the unit convenor as soon as possible.
Students need to have attended the placement, completed and passed both pieces of reflection, the health promotion poster and passed the professionalism assessment to be eligible to sit the end of year exams.
Repeated and/or unexplained absences will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Students cannot sit the end of year exams until they have completed their MedSoc placement.