Touchnote - June 19 - Sheffield Hallum looking to appoint a new external examiner from September 19

21 June 2019

Sheffield Hallam to appoint a new external examiner from September 19

The role and responsibilities of an External Assessor for the MACP are outlined below. Anyone interested, please could they contact Sionnadh Mclean directly at Sheffield Hallam directly at: S.McLean@shu.ac.uk

Criteria for MACP External Assessors

Physiotherapists who may be considered to act as an external examiner on behalf of the CEPD (Committee Education and Professional Development) must normally fulfill the following requirements:

• be a member of the MACP.
• have an understanding of the requirements of membership for the IFOMPT.
• hold a higher degree at least equivalent to the route being assessed.
• have formal teaching and examining experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy.
• have some experience in course development and validation, or as a course team member.
• preferably have prior experience as an External Examiner for relevant health professional courses.

Responsibilities

The minimum requirement of the External Assessor is:

• a visit to a practical examination per term of office
• a visit to a clinical examination per cohort
• to monitor the standard of each piece of coursework, by seeing the scripts across a range of marks and all failures
• to provide the course leader and the Chair of CEPD with a written annual report using the guidelines provided by Committee Education and Professional Development (CEPD).
• attendance at the CEPD Course Leader, External Assessor Study Day

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