• Objective structured clinical assessment (OSCA) (for SDDM5415): Students move through a series of consecutively timed stations featuring models or articles requiring written short-answers. The emphasis is on assessment of diagnostic and interpretation skills, and management.
• Clinical work and logbook (for SDDM5415 and SDDM5425): The sessional assessment ccurs during each pre-clinical and clinical session. These assessments aim to determine student development of clinical competency on models or with patients at each session. The completed sheets within the workbook form a record of all procedures and items of treatment that have been completed for patients in all specialist and general clinics. Collation of this information enables the calculation of a clinical mark which represents both the quality and quantity of all work carried out in providing patient care.
• Theory examination (for SDDM5425): Questions may be in a variety of formats including essay, modified essay, short answer questions, multiple choice or single best answer types, where the student must select the correct answer from one of 4 or 5
• Oral comprehension (for SDDM5425): The assessment is a structured oral assessment that involves students examining patient data from an unseen case, developing and discussing a management plan, then answering questions related to that case. This assesses student clinical reasoning and professional communication skills in relation to patient management.

Detailed information for each assessment can be found on Canvas.