Students should attend this Unit at their allocated Clinical School. Case-based class teaching; presentation of topics relating to key common problems; ward and school-based small group tutorials for development of clinical skills, clinical attachments to hospital staff and General Practitioners.

Formative Assessment:Portfolio of Learning The formative components of the portfolio may vary across the three clinical schools. There are essential components of the portfolio which are common to all schools and become part of the summative exit assessment. There would normally be a review of portfolios conducted at Clinical School level to monitor progress. OSCE: Formative OSCE assessments will be held during the year.

Summative Assessment: All three clinical schools share common summative assessment tasks. This will consist of clinical (OSCE) components and portfolio assessment, including a summative portfolio interview. (See handbook for detailed criteria).Students are expected to maintain a PORTFOLIO over the entire year. This includes: -1. an assessment for each clinical attachment longer than 2 weeks signed off by the supervising senior medical clinician based on performance during the attachment, including performance in any assessment tasks set by the discipline concerned during the attachment;2. a log-book of clinical skills, in which is recorded information about procedures observed and/or performed during the hospital and community placements, including documentation of competency in specified procedural skills; 100% of the skills must be signed off by the end of 5th year;3. one reflective piece, totalling a minimum of 2000 and a maximum of 3000 words, that assesses the Domain of Health and Society and the Domain of Professionalism and Leadership;4. completion of a minimum of 10 mini-CEX assessments from at least 4 disciplines with 2 for each major rotation;5. a total of two (2) long case histories of 3000 words each on the following topics: 1) Chronic illness with a focus on complex therapeutics and 2) Emergency Medicine/Acute Care case;6. evidence of active involvement in Educational Activities and Community Engagement;7. evidence of participation in integrated case-based learning session and learning tasks;8. elective and selective assessment forms and reports. Students must achieve a satisfactory rating for each portfolio item. All elements of the portfolio must be submitted one (1) month prior to the summative assessment interview (aside from the final assessment for the student's last rotation, which must be summited within 1 week of completion), or the candidate will be deemed to have failed the course. The assessment of the portfolio at interview will consist of questions based on the content of the portfolio. Failure to submit a completed portfolio will exclude a student from the interview, and result in a failure of the year. Students are advised to consult their particular Clinical School Guidelines for the deadlines for submission of portfolio components.

To PASS the year overall requires: achieving the desired competency in the OSCE stations examined; and obtaining a satisfactory achievement in all elements of the portfolio submission and in the summative portfolio interview.