Assessment is an integral part of students’ learning experience at Flinders University. Well designed and implemented assessment practices are important for student success, a key element of the University's underlying ethos of being student-centered.

If you would like to be an Examiner, or be involved in the next scheduled OSCE Case Writing workshop, please let us know: clinicians@flinders.edu.au

Students in the MD program sit a number Progress Tests each year. To maintain the quality of these examinations, we require a significant number of new questions annually, and questions cannot be reused for five years.

The Progress Tests use key feature approach cases, which present a patient scenario or problem and ask students to make essential clinical decisions. The Progress Test Committee welcomes question submissions throughout the year, and we are always in need of new material.

If you are interested in contributing, please email: mdassessment@flinders.edu.au

Clinicians share their expertise with Flinders students via face-to-face or pre-recorded lectures. These are delivered/ recorded at Flinders campuses or remotely via our online systems.

Email: clinicians@flinders.edu.au

TBL Facilitators lead or contribute to the development and delivery of team-based learning sessions, where MD students work together to solve clinical problems. TBL Facilitators contribute their clinical expertise and provide clinical context for the students.

TBL is based on three important learning principles. These are that (1) learning occurs best when it's meaningful, as opposed to rote memorisation, (2) learning is an active process of connecting new knowledge to existing knowledge, and (3) learning take place more effectively as a collaborative process. By having students learn repertory material before the group sessions, requiring them to apply that learning in the case and solved it and by doing this in a group these principles are incorporated in TBL. As such, TBL differs substantially from the traditional lecture. The traditional lecture more useful to give an overview of subject matter as an introductory lecture or to fill in the gaps as an interactive conclusive lecture.

As part of the TBL development and facilitation team, you have the opportunity to write one or more short or long clinical cases, which use the information what was provided to the students in the pre-readings and other teaching sessions during the week preceding the TBL. Your expertise and clinical experience will provide the essential contextualisation of this basic information, by applying it to clinical scenarios for the students. Students will work in teams through the TBL case(s), led by the clinical facilitator(s). Group discussions and student-led explanations are encouraged, in order to further develop the active learning style on which TBL is based.

Email: clinicians@flinders.edu.au

Transition to Internship is a topic for final year medical students. These interactive lectures and workshops are delivered by clinicians from all disciplines and aim to prepare students for internship. Sessions are held each week for 2 hours

Email: clinicians@flinders.edu.au

Flinders is commited to supporting the professional development of our educators. We are strengthening academic career pathways and recognising your contributions to Flinders teaching programs.

Some educators, researchers and clinicians are employed by Flinders University. Many clinicians are employed by other organisations and are awarded Academic Status in recognition of their contribution to our education programs and research.

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