There were three components to this groupwork assessment.
- Group written submission, to include a seminar abstract, statement of contributions to the group task and 10-15 academic references.
- Group seminar presentation, to develop capacity to critically evaluate evidence and develop persuasive arguments on a public health issue in which all group members are required to participate.
- Peer assessment - an individual assessment item concerning each member's contribution to the group.
Details
- CLASS SIZE
- 500+
- CLASS LEVEL
- Post-graduate
- ASSESSMENT SECURITY
- Medium security
- TIME REQUIREMENTS
- Medium time
- GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES
- In-depth knowledge in the field(s) studied, Effective communication skills, Ethical and social understanding
- CONDITIONS
- Work-related, Group, Peer-assessed, Sequence
- FEATURES
- Authentic, Problem based
- TAGS
- presentation, multimodal, scaffolded, active learning, video, collaborative learning, feedback-rich, research skills, analysis
Advantages
1 Well-received by students
2 Authentic assessment which clearly links to medical practice
3 Skill development
Challenges
Large class
Marking
Groupwork issues
Associate Professor Linda Selvey
l.selvey@uq.edu.au
Linda Selvey is a public health physician and an infectious diseases epidemiologist. She previously worked for Queensland Health in senior positions, including as Executive Director, Population Health Queensland. She has also previously worked as CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. She returned to academia at Curtin University's School of Public Health in 2012, and commenced in UQ's School of Public Health in 2017. She is passionate about protecting human health from the impacts of the climate crisis and her research interests include hepatitis C treatment in marginalised populations, increasing vaccine uptake, Clostridium difficile epidemiology and the health impacts of climate change. Find out more