Proficiencies and assessment (MORA)

1. Write an authentic fact-fiction scenario of no more than 150 words featuring a notional learner who is being assessed in practice against at least two proficiencies taken from the MORA.

MORA (2020) document [PDF]

You will need to choose a proficiency that features a clinical skill, and the other proficiency must relate to a professional behaviour.

Your scenario must describe both an assessment and the outcome of the assessment for your notional learner.

2. Now evaluate your scenario against the following criteria:

• Did the assessment allow the learner to demonstrate the full range of the competency through the activity?
• Was the assessment reliable [trustworthy]?
• How easy would it have been to make the judgement?
• What would be the value of seeking the learner’s view of the assessment?
• Did the assessment measure what you wanted at the right level?
• How many learners might have failed the assessment?
• Would you have felt confident undertaking the assessment with the learner?
• How could the assessment be made better?

Adapted from page 153 in: Scott I, Spouse J (2013) Practice-based learning in nursing, health and social care, mentorship, facilitation and supervision, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell.