2. Professional Discussion

2.1. Assessing the professional discussion

The independent assessor assesses the discussion against the knowledge, skills and behaviours and grades the Professional Discussion based on the descriptors. 

The independent assessor will undertake a review of the portfolio in advance of the Professional Discussion. This will enable the independent assessor to determine the relevant questions. 

Whist all the identified knowledge, skills and behaviours must be explored as part of the Professional Discussion, the independent assessor will determine those particular knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to probe in more depth in order to elicit sufficient evidence against the grading criteria.