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Year 4 Report for Curriculum Day 2007. based on Year-4 Committee Meeting held Jun 2007. Overview. 4 Departments: OG, PSY, PAE, CFM 4 x 10 week modules End of Module exam x 4 Integrated End of Year exam 5 separate exams must be passed Medical Elective 4-6 weeks.
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Year 4 Report for Curriculum Day 2007 based on Year-4 Committee Meeting held Jun 2007
Overview • 4 Departments: OG, PSY, PAE, CFM • 4 x 10 week modules • End of Module exam x 4 • Integrated End of Year exam • 5 separate exams must be passed • Medical Elective 4-6 weeks
External Examiners’ comments 2006/7 • Panel of Examiners’ meeting after End-of Year Exam 2006/7 + written report • One external examiner from each of 4 Depts (O&G, PYS, PAE, CFM)
Summary of External Examiner Comments • Generally very positive • EOY exam well organized, fair and discriminating • High quality of distinction students • Students tidy & polite • Overall impressed by good performance of students • Surrogates thoroughly briefed
Concerns • “Checklist approach” to history taking ? reflects emphasis on book knowledge • Problem for non-Cantonese speaking examiners • Students less mature than graduate students in US - might affect their interaction with surrogates/patients
Suggestions • Scoring system by surrogates • More directed and specific information to be given to students e.g. “you are a first year doctor … These changes to be incorporated into 2007/8 exam
Clinical Module Curriculum Coordinator Reports for 2006/7 & course/exam plans for 2007/8 • O&G • PYS • PAE • CFM
Dept Community & Family Med • No major problem identified during 2006/7 • Proposed changes for 2007/8 • infectious diseases and primary care would be introduced • Better integration of Community Med & Family Med teaching • Additional attachments to be added e.g. Qualigenics Clinic visits • More clinical teaching to be provided in light of student comments to increase clinical contact
Dept Obstetrics & Gynaecology - changes implemented 2006/7 • Course • All tutorials scheduled on Fridays • Sessions on counseling skills - “SHARP” introduced • Online logbook transferred from “cyber tutor” to Faculty website • All SSM reports submitted online • Assessments • Formative Assessment - “Pass/ Fail” system adopted for clinical competence assessment • 5 Pick-N EMQs were added to the MCQ • Raw MCQ and OSCE scores transformed before assigning grades • Transformed grades uploaded to Faculty website for students
Dept Obstetrics & Gynaecology – plans for 2007/8 • Course • All introductory lectures video-taped last module & now web-based narrated lectures • Mainly clinical skill lab & clinical attachment in first week • Labour ward rotation – submit case report online & 18 midwife adjunct tutors appointed to supervise & monitor • O&G ward rotation - encourage active participation in ward rounds • Assessments • EMQ added to Formative Assessment • Global assessment (from 0 to 10) by supervisors • Written paper = 40 MCQs (30 type A MCQs and 10 pick-N EMQs) and 6 short answer questions (SAQs) • Oral exam = 3 interactive OSCE questions in Clinical Skill Lab
Dept of Paediatrics – changes implemented 2006/7 • Student R-type MCQs used in the Formative MCQ - mixed response • Summative MCQs – reduced from 100 to 50 + 70% new questions • Embedded viva stations (8 min) in OSCE – increased from 2 (2 scenarios & 2 examiners) to 3 stations (1 scenario and 1 examiner) • Top 10% of students from each module invited to distinction viva with External Examiner No significant changes planned for 2007/8
Department of Psychiatry • No major modifications to be implemented in Psychiatry module for 2007/8 as the External Examiner was fully satisfied with the current program; earlier comments have already been built in the module teaching
Student results on web • Only grades and quartile shown • Detailed results (including raw and transformed marks) administrator view • Differences in exam components of 4 Dept – web format to accommodate this • Initial Pass/Fail to be posted before final transformed grades finalised & displayed • Students only see own grades & quartiles
Update on Learning Outcomes • In progress • Completed by Dept CFM & Dept O&G
5-day Week “University will maintain the existing 5.5-day teaching week for full-time Undergraduate Programmes with classes scheduled as far as practicable only for Mondays to Fridays. Clinical activities at the teaching hospital and research activities will also continue on Saturdays (& even Sundays) as appropriate”. (Press release Jan 07) • All 4 Depts schedule formal teaching on weekdays with some optional tutorials/sessions on weekends if necessary