HOW STUDENTS ARE EVALUATED

Homework Assignments

Assignments include questions and exercises to which the answers must be typed and submitted for marking. All assignments are expected to be printed or typed, and handed in both in hard and

You should also keep your own copy for future reference.

If they are late assignments will be marked out of half the total mark. No hand-ins result in a zero mark

You will receive comments on the marked assignment.

Due dates for handing in are on the Programme Timetable and will also be posted on the WebCT calendar. Delays cause considerable extra effort for the teaching staff for marking and providing feedback in an unsynchronised manner.

Projects:

The 4 tasks need similarly to be completed and submitted a week before the following block.

DOH course components in relation to marking

It is very much to your advantage to work as hard as you can on the assignments through the two years as these marks count for a large proportion of the total (34%). On the other hand it is also easy to squander or lose marks that are easy to obtain by handing in late (work will be marked out of 50% of the mark value) or by not handing in at all( 0% mark).
Year's homework and assignments
including clinical, toxicology, epidemiology and biostatistical exercises and other reports related to practical visits and sessions in the week blocks.

15%
4 Step project
overall mark from marks at each step
final written report and oral presentation
15%
4%
@Participation and contribution to electronic learning activities (WebCT)

15%
Final Examination Papers I-III 17% each: 51%
GRAND TOTAL 100%

@Students are expected to post between 12 and 40 discussion board postings per semester.
   These will be marked both quantitatively (12:1, 20:2, 30:3, 40:4, extra effort:5), and
   Qualitatively (score of 1 to 5).
   Quantitative and qualitative scores will be added to yield a mark ex 10
   and converted to a mark ex 15% of the entire course.



HOW TEACHERS ARE EVALUATED

At each practicum block and also after each module has been completed, students will be asked to evaluate the learning experience using a special tool. The class representative will be responsible for conveying any additional information that anyone would like to contribute about the programme. This can be done on an adhoc basis and also by way of chairing a face-to-face or chat group feedback session. We welcome both negative and positive contributions from everyone whether anonymous or not, and this is an invaluable and important way of effecting rapid response to student inputs.

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