Proficiencies and assessment of an episode of care

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 PAN-MYEPAD.

SAMPLE MYEPAD Part 2 [PDF]

SAMPLE MYEPAD Part 3 [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.

For more information on how to complete these assessment items within the ePAD, please use the resources on the Health practice learning site

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.