Assessment
The course provides opportunities to test understanding and learning informally through the completion of practice or ‘formative’ assignments. Each module has one or more formal or ‘summative’ assessments which are graded and count towards the overall module grade.
Assessment of practice is facilitated by a continuous practice document called: The Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement. (MORA). This provides opportunities for the formative and summative assessment of practice learning.
The precise assessment requirements for an individual student in an academic year will vary. All modules are mandatory and a typical formal summative assessment activity include written assignments (essays/reports), exams (seen and unseen), artefact design and group presentations, including poster presentations.
Practice learning assessment involves the continuous assessment process of midwifery knowledge, skills, attitudes, behaviours and values expected, progressing from Participation (Year 1), Contribution (Year 2) and Proficiency in Midwifery Practice (Year 3).
Formative and summative assessment of practice is recorded in the National MORA for each year of the programme. Numeracy and medicines management is assessed developmentally across the programme, culminating in providing evidence of achieving 100% in a calculation of medicines test prior to qualifying.
A typical formal summative assessment pattern for each year of the course is:
Year 1
- Group presentation
- Report
- Reflective account
- Exams
- Essay
- Assessment of practice of NMC (2019) proficiencies using Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement (MORA) with practice grading
- Evidence of Medicines Management at 80%
Year 2
- Report
- Reflective account
- Group poster presentation
- Exam
- Essay OR Parental teaching resource Critique
- Assessment of practice of NMC (2019) proficiencies using Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement (MORA) with practice grading
- Evidence of Medicines Management at 90%
Year 3
- Individual presentation
- Case presentation
- Supporting paper
- Dissertation
- Reflexive account
- Assessment of practice of NMC proficiencies using Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement (MORA) with practice grading
- Evidence of medicines Management at 100%