GEP Medicine in Society Guide 2024/25
7. Assessment
There are three assessments for Medicine in Society:
Reflective piece on professional identity
Reflective piece on a patient encounter
Student attendance and professionalism
Tutors will be asked to submit each student's attendance record after each placement day, marks for reflective pieces and comments on professionalism on a Microsoft Form sent as part of the introductory email. The same form can be used throughout the module.
Attendance
Student attendance is recorded on each placement day by the tutor on the Microsoft Form that will be sent out to them at the start of the placement.
You 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 by submitting a self-certificate form to the university. Please click the link below for the self certificate form.
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.
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.
Students need to have attended the placement, passed both pieces of reflection and passed the professionalism assessment to successfully complete Medicine in Society and progress.
Repeated and/or unexplained absences will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
Students need to submit their work for assessment on QM+ and email it to their GP tutor before the deadline for their group as outlined in the assessment timetable.
Students who do not submit and pass will be required to complete a remediation task in order to progress through the course.