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Hey everyone! I was just wondering do the admin people put up weightings for different topics for the finals? I heard anatomy, path, pharm and physiology get higher weighting, and wondered if the rest gets weightings as well? D:
I'm not sure if they combine the OSPE and writtens for an overall grade, but I'm 99% sure you do actually have to pass the OSPE. If you fail the OSPE, you fail the year, and have to redo the OSPE at the special exams. They're pretty explicit that you have to pass each component individually, unless they've randomly changed that since last year?This mark is then combined with the OSPE mark and futher weighted to give a "written assessment" score: the SAQ component is weighted 540/590 and the OSPE weighted 50/590. These weightings reflect the time spent on each assessment component: we spend 540 minutes in SAQ exams (3 exams * 180mins each) and only 50 minutes in OSPE, so the two are weighted accordingly. A pass grade (3/5) is required overall in the written component: theoretically, you could fail every single question in the OSPE but so long as your weighted SAQ mark was above 3.28/5 then you would pass the written component (I can write out how I got to that calculation if anyone wanted to check but it's a little hard to write equations on here). The weighting information and the requirement for an overall pass in the written component is outlined on Page 17 of the PDF on Moodle titled "MBChB Programme of Assessment Policies and Procedures 2014".
I'm not sure if they combine the OSPE and writtens for an overall grade, but I'm 99% sure you do actually have to pass the OSPE. If you fail the OSPE, you fail the year, and have to redo the OSPE at the special exams. They're pretty explicit that you have to pass each component individually, unless they've randomly changed that since last year?
ETA: Note, this is largely academic anyway, I've only heard of very few people actually managing to fail the OSPE, it's a cakewalk if you've paid any attention all year haha
This examination comprises three 3-hour SAQ papers and one 50-minute OSPE paper.
Each SAQ paper includes several clinical cases with each case consisting of a number of questions focusing
on material drawn from both block and vertical modules, Healthcare in the Community, Integrated Cases and
Clinical Skills. Each part question within a case is marked on a 1 – 5 scale (1 = clear fail; 2 = bare fail; 3 =
bare pass; 4 = clear pass; 5 = potential distinction). Each question is weighted according to the time
allocation for that question, which is known to the student. A student’s final mark in the SAQ component is
calculated by aggregating the weighted marks across the three papers and calculating the mean.
The summative OSPE consists of approximately 50 questions (one minute each) on anatomy (including
histology) and pathology. Each question is weighted equally and a candidate’s overall percentage result is
calculated across the OSPE as a whole. The following conversion scale is used to convert the OSPE
percentage mark into a score on the same 1-5 scale as used to mark the SAQ component: 100-80% = 5; 79-
60% = 4; 59-50% = 3; 49-40% = 2; <40% = 1)
A candidate’s combined aggregate written score will be calculated as follows:
(540/590 * SAQ mark) + (50/590* OSPE mark)
Students must achieve a mean of at least a ‘bare pass’ (equivalent to a score of 3.00) in the written
examination overall, i.e., assessment is based on performance over the three SAQ papers and the OSPE
paper.
See section 1.6 for general information regarding eligibility to sit special examinations.
1. Students who fail either the Written or OSCE examination[SUP]1[/SUP] in the end of year examinations in ELM
will be required to resit only the examination they have failed. However, a repeating student who
fails one of the examinations would normally be required to resit both examinations.
2. Students who fail either the Written or OSCE examinations and have only achieved a marginal pass
in the other examination, which would normally mean a score of less than 3.2, will be required to
resit both examinations.
3. Students who comprehensively fail both examinations, which would normally mean a score of less
than 2.75 in both the Written and OSCE examination, will not be offered a resit and will be required
to repeat the year.
4. In exceptional circumstances the BOC 2-3 may recommend that a student who has comprehensively.
[SUP]1[/SUP] ‘This refers to the overall Written or OSCE examination and does not refer to the sub-components that
make up each of the examinations.
In the context of academic results, we should probably say "largely theoretical" /bad-attempt-at-puns [/offtopic]ETA: Note, this is largely academic anyway
And the OSPE suddenly becomes far less of a concern for me!Students must achieve a mean of at least a ‘bare pass’ (equivalent to a score of 3.00) in the written
examination overall, i.e., assessment is based on performance over the three SAQ papers and the OSPE
paper.
...you can make up for low marks in one component with high marks in the other
Though to be fair, many of us overestimated the difficulty of the 2nd year OSPE, and I'm willing to bet that despite all the fuss, most of you guys will be just fine anyway.And the OSPE suddenly becomes far less of a concern for me!
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I'm happy to write an updated post on ALM 4 for the Christchurch campus if anyone is interested, all finished up with the last run for the year next week!
Me three haha.I'd be interested in that
Hey we've got our ELM3 OSCE on this week - does anyone remember what the examinations were in their ELM3 OSCEs in past years?
Yeah it's a good run, I really enjoyed it, was much more relaxed than you'd expect from a surgical run haha. It might be 'busy' in terms of contact hours, but outside of that you don't have heaps of case histories due etc, so it doesn't feel too bad.@frootloop - Just starting on the Ortho/Adv Surg run, any tips? From what I've heard it seems like a chill run except that the timetable has clinics and theatre every day! It's busier than general medicine!
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Yeah it's a good run, I really enjoyed it, was much more relaxed than you'd expect from a surgical run haha. It might be 'busy' in terms of contact hours, but outside of that you don't have heaps of case histories due etc, so it doesn't feel too bad.
Basically just make sure you know your anatomy better than I did haha, otherwise the regs are surprisingly chill and will let you do heaps of cool stuff if you show that you're keen, and the consultants are pretty cool once you get past the occasional snap. End of run MCQ was a bit wtf, but I'm pretty sure we all passed it. OSCE was pretty easy in theory, but it depended who your marker was. You'll love it though, it was a really good run.
I presume you just came off gen med? Any tips haha, holy moly there seems like a lot to learn, not quite sure how to tackle a run so... broad.
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