Assessment of competency in radiography students—a new approach

What is it about?

The assessment of the clinical performance and clinical competence of radiography students is problematic for many reasons, including the following: Significant variations between clinical centres in how students are assessed Internal variations within larger clinical centres, depending on who completes the assessment forms Clinical supervisors being uncomfortable with failing poorly performing students Different interpretations among supervisors as to what constitutes competence Confusion amongst supervisors who accept students from more than one university, due to variations in assessment paperwork. A national assessment tool has been designed and implemented in radiation therapy. Other disciplines to develop a national assessment tool in recent times have included speech pathology and physiotherapy. The discussion that follows describes the first stage of a project to develop a nationaassessment tool.

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