ProjectProject

An integrated system for online clinical assessment of practical skills (eCAPS) for web-based courses

Project Information

Year Funded:
2008
Grant (ex GST):
$218,929
Project Status:
Ongoing
Program:
Priority Projects
Project Keywords:
Authentic assessment for learning, Online post-graduate coursework, Practical competencies in diverse practice settings
Project Discipline:
Health, Medicine and Veterinary Studies

Institutions

  • The University of Queensland (Lead)
  • The University of Melbourne
  • The University of British Columbia (Canada)

Project Leader

  1. Professor Doune Macdonald
    The University of Queensland
    doune [at] hms [dot] uq [dot] edu [dot] au

Project Outcome

The major outcomes of eCAPS will be:

  1. The successful demonstration and evaluation of authentic assessment of practical competencies within a fully online environment;
  2. A functional model for elearning assessment, from lower to higher levels of learner independence, through virtual patient and video-based performance improvement approaches; and
  3. Dissemination of innovative elearning assessment practices applicable to a range of health and postgraduate educators.

 

Project Methodology

This project will develop, implement and evaluate online clinical assessment of practical skills (eCAPS). eCAPS will be underpinned by integrated web-technologies (e.g.) virtual patients, web-based video interactions) to provide authentic learning-oriented assessment opportunities for students.

The information on this project's page was correct at the time of funding. Changes may have occurred since.

The information on this project's page was updated 20 April, 2009.

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