Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
Use problem-solving techniques, which draw on her or his multi-faceted knowledge, to arrive at a diagnosis for a patient.
Communicate efficiently and effectively with the patient, other health care workers and the community, e.g. to interpret patient results and suggest appropriate further action.
Use of instruments, equipment and information technology necessary for the practice of specialist skills in the branch studied competently and responsibly.
Interpret laboratory results.
Select appropriate diagnostic methods.
Implement quality control in the laboratory.
Demonstrate the ability to undertake all aspects of laboratory management.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
Show research mastery through the production of a research report which demonstrates skills including the ability to evaluate research, review literature, design and perform a study, collect data, perform and interpret statistical analyses on data, interpret results and draw conclusions.
Conduct all research with due regard for the moral, legal and ethical accountability and requirements of the profession.
Critically evaluate published literature in the field (e.g. the application of new laboratory applications) and apply it in practice.
Guide junior candidates who are studying or working in the same branch of specialisation.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
Demonstrate awareness, through actions or in writing, of the moral, legal and ethical responsibilities involved in individual patient care and the provision of care to populations.
Consider both the impact of health care on the environment as well as the impact of the environment on health.
Strive to improve patient care, to reduce inequalities in health care delivery, to optimise the use of health care resources in society and use his or her professional capabilities to contribute to the community as well as to individual patient welfare by the practice of this branch of specialist medicine.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
Teach, through practice at the specialist level, apply knowledge from the basic to an advanced level to other professionals.
Communicate this knowledge by teaching undergraduates and supervising more junior colleagues in the speciality.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
Use appropriate strategies for learning that will prepare him or her for continued professional development throughout life, both as a specialist doctor and as a responsible citizen.
Acknowledge responsibility for continuing professional development (CPD) to keep up to date with new developments and to maintain accreditation and meet statutory CPD requirements.
Identify personal limitations and develops the capacity of self-audit and participates in the peer review process, showing a willingness to seek help when necessary.
Integrated Assessment:
Integrated assessment is performed continuously through the evaluation of performance in clinical and laboratory practice. Further, the research report that the learner submits is used in the integrated assessment of research mastery.
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