{"id":2043,"date":"2020-10-19T23:15:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T23:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:06:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:06:38","slug":"how-to-completion-of-preliminary-grade-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/how-to-completion-of-preliminary-grade-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Preliminary Grade Form – How To Complete (Patient Care)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grading is the part we all find most challenging \u2013 after all, we want to be teachers, not graders.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The e-value system that UWSOM uses is not so user friendly, and there are changes every year to try to \u201cimprove\u201d (i.e., \u201cmake less bad\u201d). Here\u2019s a step-by-step that I hope will help:<\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0any time below that I say \u201cleave it blank\u201d and the system seems to insist that you write something, feel free to put in \u201cXX\u201d or some asterisks or \u201cI have no idea\u201d and we will fill it in.<\/p>\n

Credits<\/strong>: This is \u201c12\u201d for a 6-week clerkship. 2 credits per full time week. \u00a0Feel free to leave it blank we can fill it in.<\/p>\n

Clerkship director\/faculty<\/strong>: Feel free to put in your name here.<\/p>\n

Student number<\/strong>: That\u2019s the UWSOM student ID. If you don\u2019t have it leave it blank \u2013 we have them all.<\/p>\n

Final grade<\/strong>: This is the clinical grade that you feel the student deserves, based on your review of the clinical performance. It should align with the numerical clinical grade that you have calculated by whatever method you think is appropriate. Every site is different so I don\u2019t choose to mandate a specific method or equation to calculate the numerical clinical grade. According to the grading rubric:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0<2.0 is Fail<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a02.0-2.74 is Pass<\/li>\n
  3. 2.75-3.49 is High Pass<\/li>\n
  4. >=3.5 is Honors<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \n
    • Note:
      \nIf you choose a \u201cword grade\u201d that doesn\u2019t seem to align with the Likert scores and the comments, I usually contact you for a conversation so I can understand. Then we have a chance to iron out any confusion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Any of the changes\/adjustments based on the final written exam score are unknown to you so you don\u2019t have to worry about it \u2013 I like each site to concentrate on what the student really does as they perform in the clinical realm and to assign the most accurate grade based on that performance. If the student really does great on the final exam, awesome! If the student really struggles on the final exam, that is unfortunate. None of those things should change what you saw, and therefore what you say, in the evaluation.<\/p>\n

      We ask that you not use the \u201cNo Grade Now\u201d \u2013 that is saved for special circumstances like in-completes, etc. You and I would be talking before we every marked that one.<\/p>\n

      12 domains marked as Likert scores<\/strong>: Each one of these has some verbiage that is supposed to make it clear what we mean by levels of performance for \u201cKnowledge of Subject\u201d, \u201cData-Gathering Skills\u201d etc. Mark for each or \u201cN\/A\u201d if it\u2019s something the student really doesn\u2019t do (most often, for peds, that would be \u201cProcedural Skills\u201d but some sites let students to LPs or circumcisions).<\/p>\n

      Bioethical Component and Mini-CEX<\/strong>: You can just type in \u201ccomplete\u201d here instead of providing details, if that is easier for you. We have the tracking system that the student also completes. If a student has not done these things even though they are asked, we have a different issue and probably we will be talking.<\/p>\n

      Final Examination Grade<\/strong>: that happens after the clerkship is done, so leave it blank \u2013 we fill it in.<\/p>\n

      Overall Assessment<\/strong>: Almost everyone is \u201cMeets or Exceeds Expectations\u201d. If we click \u201cNeeds Development\u201d or \u201cUnacceptable\u201d, we have to explain it in the box that comes next, and we need to chat. If the student is \u201cMeets or Exceeds Expectations\u201d you can leave the free-text box blank.<\/p>\n

      Concerns about Clinical Performance or Concerns about Professional Behavior\/Conduct<\/strong>: Again, if marking \u201cYes\u201d, it needs explanation and we will chat. If \u201cNo\u201d, then definitely leave these boxes blank (in fact, typing into the boxes even the words \u201cNo concerns\u201d flags the system that there is a problem, so better to leave blank).<\/p>\n

      Areas of strength\/areas for work-growth<\/strong>: here, we ask for 2-4 bullet-point-type comments. If there was a problem that didn\u2019t really rise to the level of the \u201cConcerns\u201d boxes above, you can put it in here using some constructive feedback wording.<\/p>\n

      Summary of overall performance (the \u201cMSPE\u201d Box)<\/strong>: Here, we type in the overall commentary, trying to touch on all the Competencies. The Dean\u2019s office has said this must be <300 words \u2013 not so easy! This paragraph gets dropped into the MSPE (the \u201cdean\u2019s letter\u201d) when the student applies for residency, so this one is important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Grading is the part we all find most challenging \u2013 after all, we want to be teachers, not graders. The e-value system that UWSOM uses is not so user friendly, and there are changes every year to try to \u201cimprove\u201d (i.e., \u201cmake less bad\u201d). Here\u2019s a step-by-step that I hope will help: Note:\u00a0any time below […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-site-director"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2043"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwpeds\/wwami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}