Sunday, 7 April 2013

Assessment example



Below I have added an example of an assessment that we use to check the skills of the students in hygeine, bed making, manual handling and infection control.







Holistic Skills Assessment 1
Providing Care
Relevant units
CHCAC317A       

Support older people to maintain their independence
CHCAC318A       

Work effectively with older people

CHCAC319A       

Provide support to people living with dementia

CHCCS411A       

Work effectively in the community sector

CHCICS301A      

Provide support to meet personal care needs

CHCICS302A      

Participate in the implementation of individualised plans
CHCICS303A      

Support individual health and emotional well being

CHCOHS312A      

Follow safety procedures for direct care work

HLTAP301A       

Recognise healthy body systems in a health care context
HLTHIR403B      

Work effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workers
HLTHIR404B      

Work effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people


Skills to be demonstrated in the simulated environment
Handwashing
Bedbath, including dressing, undressing, grooming
Making an occupied bed
Positioning in the semi upright Lt lateral
Washing and drying face, hands, feet on a real person
Grooming including brushing teeth, hair, cleaning glasses and checking hearing aid
Transfer from chair to commode using lifter
Transfer sit to stand
Walking with  a client including walking strap and walking frame
Maintaining the environment
Employability skills
       Communication
       Communicating ideas and information
       Teamwork
       Working with others and in teams
       Problem solving
       Solving problems. Using mathematical ideas and techniques
       Initiative and enterprise
       Planning and organising
         Collecting, analysing and organising information. Planning and organising activities
         Self-management
         Learning
         Using technology

Marking guide

Station 1

Handwashing
Competent/Not Yet competent
Bedbath, including dressing, undressing, grooming
Competent/Not Yet competent
Making an occupied bed
Competent/Not Yet competent
Positioning in the semi upright Lt Lateral
Competent/Not Yet competent
Maintaining the environment
Competent/Not Yet competent






Station 2

Handwashing
Competent/Not Yet competent
Attending to the hygiene needs of a person
Competent/Not Yet competent
Transfer for sit to stand
Competent/Not Yet competent
Assist to walk with aid
Competent/Not Yet competent
Transfer client in  a lifter
Competent/Not Yet competent
Maintaining the environment
Competent/Not Yet competent





Students name and signature ……………………………

Competent/Not yet competent

Teacher……………………………………….


These two young men are participating in this assessment, practising the desired skills, understanding how the patient may feel and building communication strategies.


7 comments:

  1. It seems like very detailed assessments! Are some of them linked to the course of praxis? I think many are formulated in a way that you need to be in a real setting to be able to show your knowledge and professionalism.

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    1. This one we do in a simulated clinical environment to check that the students are safe to practice

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  2. Are the goals for the courses of practice taken from different subjects i yor school? Here different courses often containes some goals that you can only achieve in practice.

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  3. Looks good that the students learn what it feels like to be a patient. It is so different to do something on a patient and to have the treatment done to yourself.

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  4. I agree with Evalena that there is much value in the students learning how it feels to be a patient - vulnerable, dependent and often not well.

    Marie I will try to answer your question, as Wendy and I work together. The way we do it in Nowra, the students have to demonstrate decent workplace skills to pass any Units (subjects). You can see the names of many of the Units at the beginning of Wendy's assessment. We have spent many hours deciding how to assess each Unit, and it is usually a combination of written work, practical tasks, holistic assessments like the one above, and their placement (Practical experience in an aged care facility). So yes, some of the goals/outcomes of the Unit can only be achieved in practice.

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  5. Do the supervisors in practice get education from the school/teachers in guiding the trainees and how to assess what the students have achieved?

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  6. In assesing the students skills is it possible for a student to reach a high mark? Or is it only possible to reach the status of approved?

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