Clinical Assessment Marking Criteria

These criteria are to be used when completing the the clinical assessment forms. Students are expected to provide a verbal commentary throughout the assessment to demonstrate their understanding of, and compliance with, safe competent practice.

Definition of terms used on the clinical assessment forms

'No'

The student did not attempt the task, or could not perform the task safely, even with direct assistance from the assessor OR the student had planned to carry out an incorrect or unsafe action.

'Prompt'

The clinical assessor had to give the student an opportunity to consider whether all required actions had been completed. Prompting is defined as asking 'Is there anything else you would like to do?'. If a specific request has to be given to a student to ensure they undertake a task then the student is regarded as having not attempted that task.

'Yes'

The student attempted the task independently, proficiently and safely.

Marking Criteria (all sections except for 'Assessor Evaluation of Conduct')

Mark Range	Qualities of Performance
9 - 10	Outstanding, managed all tasks to an outstanding standard AND safe, proficient and autonomous practice demonstrated, difficult to fault, difficult to suggest improvement.
7 - 8	Very good, managed all tasks to a very good standard AND safe, proficient practice demonstrated, only possible to make minor criticisms.
5 - 6	Managed all tasks well, with no prompting AND safe practice demonstrated, but a number of improvements to practice could be made.
4	Managed all tasks but prompting required for not more than one task AND safe practice demonstrated.
2 - 3	Managed all tasks adequately, to a safe and proficient level but required prompting in order to complete more than one task.
0 - 1	Not attempted AND / OR could not or did not perform one or more tasks AND / OR demonstrated unsafe practice.

Marking Criteria ('Assessor Evaluation of Conduct' section)

Mark Range	Qualities of Performance
9 - 10	The student's conduct consistently met acceptable standards for high quality patient care AND professional conduct, and it is difficult / impossible to fault or to suggest further improvement.
7 - 8	The student's conduct consistently met acceptable standards for high quality patient care AND professional conduct, but it is possible to make minor criticisms / suggestions for how the student could further improve.
5 - 6	The student's conduct consistently met acceptable standards for high quality patient care AND professional conduct, but it is possible for the student to significantly improve on one or two areas.
4	The student's conduct intermittently met acceptable standards for high quality patient care AND / OR professional conduct.
2 - 3	The student's conduct, following prompting, met acceptable standards for patient care AND / OR professional conduct.
0 - 1	The student's conduct did not meet acceptable standards for patient care AND / OR professional conduct.