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4. Assessment

4.3. Case Presentation (50% of total marks)

A 20-30 minute case presentation (students in pairs) describing a clinical condition, the effect of the condition on a patient’s life, and the social factors affecting the patient’s ability to respond to their condition i.e. personal relationships, family support, employment history, educational history etc.  Students should also consider the health promotion interventions both at an individual and societal level for that condition and the role of the multi-disciplinary team in caring for the patient.

 

The presentation should include:

  • A comprehensive account of the clinical aspects of the case, demonstrating understanding, rather than regurgitation of clinical and pathological details
  • Discussion of the patient’s and carer’s perspective
  • Evidence of understanding of the health promotion aspects of the case
  • An account of the multidisciplinary care provided for the patient
  • Appropriate use of information technology and presentation skills

 

For example on a psychiatry placement a student may choose to focus on a patient with chronic depression.   The case presentation should include the patient’s diagnosis and treatment and their history of illness, a discussion of the mental health promotion strategies at individual, community and policy level that affect that patient. 

They should present the patient’s view of their condition and how they perceive it impacts on their own and their family’s life.  They should include an account of the multi-disciplinary care provided for this patient and how this compares with other care options for patients with this condition e.g. are there other models of care for patients with this condition?, are patients with this condition sometimes hospitalised? etc.

 

Cases should be chosen by day 2.   The presentation should be assessed by the placement tutor; some/all of the placement team and also peer assessed (graded) by other students in the group.  The presentations should be made and feedback given to students on day 6.

Case Presentation assessment marking sheet

 

The presentations will be graded on the following areas

 

Area

4/4

Excellent

3/4

Good

2/4

Average

1/4

Borderline

0/4

Unsatisfactory

Presentation of the Clinical Case with evidence of understanding of pathology and clinical aspects

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patient’s perspective of their condition and Relatives/Carers’ perspective of case

 

 

 

 

 

 

Understanding of the health promotion aspects of the case

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discussion of Multidisciplinary Aspects of the Case

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use of IT and Presentation Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students should be given a numerical mark out of 20 for the case presentation.

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