A pilot project to create and implement online vivas to improve assessment of higher-order skills in a capstone sonography course
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2022
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Maranna, S.
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Virtual oral abstract book, 2022, iss.V101, pp.2-2
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HERDSA annual conference (27 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2022 : Melbourne, Australia)
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Background/context: This project was funded by the Early Career 2021 Teaching and Learning grant. The capstone course in General Medical Sonography, assesses the clinical competency skills in students during their transition from trainee to accredited sonographer through high stakes assessments. Assessments are described as high stakes if results can have a serious impact on an examinee, such as gaining accreditation, graduation, or a professional job (Yudkowsky et al., 2020). The pre-COVID format of on-campus Objective Structured Clinical Examination was impacted due to COVID-19 interstate travel restrictions. Student competencies still had to be assessed objectively to support timely completion of their degrees.
The initiative/practice: To improve assessment of higher order skills, online vivas were introduced as a summative authentic assessment(Scott & Unsworth, 2018). Structured online vivas (Sotiriadou et al., 2019) were created and implemented as a summative assessment for 71students. The methodology, creation, implementation, challenges, and evaluation outcomes of online vivas as a summative authentic assessment will be presented.
Methods of evaluative data collection and analysis: Evaluation of the vivas was conducted through a combination of online surveyquestionnaires and observation of grade outcomes. Data was analysed with mixed methods, consisting of descriptive statistics and qualitativeanalysis of free text responses
Evidence of outcomes and effectiveness: Summative assessment learning outcomes, feedback evaluation survey from students (50.7%response rate) and external examiners (100% response rate) will be presented
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