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Are we gatekeepers, or locksmiths?

May 26, 2015

in Assessment

assessment, clinical examination, evaluation, examination, metaphor, relationship, student-teacher relationship, teaching and learning

David Nicholls at Critical Physiotherapy recently blogged about how we might think about access to physiotherapy education, and offers the metaphor of a gated community as one possibility. The staff act as the guards at the gateway to the profession and the gate is a threshold across which students pass only when they have demonstrated the right…
The role of clinicians in student assessment

Aug 22, 2011

in Assessment, Curriculum, Physiotherapy, Students, Teaching

assessment, clincian, clinical practice, competence, examination, exams, formative assessment, summative assessment

A few weeks ago I was at a workshop attended mainly by clinicians who are involved in student supervision. One of the questions asked was about the role of clinicians in student assessment. I thought it was worth writing a short note about the general feeling in the room, and my own thoughts on the…