Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title	Weighting	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Practicals	20%	1	0.04	13, 12, 4, 1, 5, 6, 11, 10, 9, 7, 8, 2, 3
Seminars	20%	0.5	0.02	13, 12, 4, 1, 5, 6, 11, 10, 9, 7, 8, 2, 3
Written exams	60%	5	0.2	13, 12, 4, 1, 5, 6, 11, 10, 9, 7, 8, 2, 3

The evaluation of the course will be continued through individual tests of theoretical and practical knowledge and group activities scheduled on the seminars.

The evaluation system is organized into three sections, each of which is independently evaluated:

Written exams (weight 60% of the final mark). The knowledge acquired by students will be evaluated through test exams. There will be two midterm exams (eliminatory) throughout the course and a final re-assessment test (see program of the subject).

Seminars (weight 20% of the final mark). This section assesses the ability of analysis and synthesis of students in each group, as well as cooperative learning and oral presentation skills.

Seminars will be assessed as follows:

 

Written work	50%	The professor evaluates (from 1 to 10) the works delivered by each group of students.
Oral presentation	20%	The professor evaluates (from 1 to 10) the oral presentations skills of each group of students.
Inter-group mark	15%	Each working roup evaluates (from 1 to 10) the groups that present orally their subject of study.
Intra-group mark	15%	Within each working group, each student assesses (from 1 to 10) to his co-workers at the last seminar.
TOTAL	100%

 

Seminar attendance is mandatory. In case of absence to any session, without justification, there will be a penalization in the final mark of the seminar: 

• Absence 1 session = 20% reduction of the mark
• Absence 2 sessions = 40% reduction of the mark
• Absence 3 sessions = 80% reduction of the mark

 

Practicals (weight 20% of the final mark). This section evaluates the practical knowledge acquired individually by each student.

Practicals will be assessed according with two modalities:

1. Evaluation of the content at the end of each practical class (50% of the mark). Students will respond, in a limited time, to a questionnaire and will make a diagnosis of structures using microscopic examination.

The grade will be the average of the marks obtained in each practical session.

2. Global test of microscopic diagnostic skills (50% of the mark). This test will consist in the diagnosis of structures through microscopic examination proposed along the course.

To weigh the marks obtained in these two modalities, the student must achieve a mark greater than or equal to 4 (out of 10) on each of them.

Attendance at practicals is mandatory. In case of absence to any session, without justification, the mark corresponding to this practical will be 0.

Students who obtain a final mark lower than 5 (out of 10) cannot compensate it with marks corresponding to writtentheory tests andseminars.Therefore,they must do a re-assessment final test consisting in a microscopic diagnosis plus questions and answers.

 

To pass the course the requirements to be met are: 

-     Obtain at least 5 points, out of 10, in the average score of written theory tests and seminars.

-     Obtain at least 5 points, out of 10, in the practical sessions.

The presentation of the student to any re-assessment test (theory and/or practices) automatically removes the mark previously obtained.

Students who have shown evidence of learning with an overall score of less than 50% will be marked as “not evaluated”.

 

Repeat students:

Repeat students will not repeat a particular written test, seminar or practical if he/she has obtained at least a minimum mark of 5 in any of them. This exemption will be maintained for a period of three additional enrolments in the subject.

 

Unique evaluation

The subject "Histology of Organs and Systems" has unique evaluation. In order to ensure that the single evaluation accredits the achievement of the objectives and learning results, the following evaluating activities will be carried out:

(I) Written proof (represents 60% of the overall mark). This section will evaluate individually the knowledge gained by the student throughout the course. It will consist of a single test test. People who have obtained a qualification below 4 will have to take a recovery test. The same recovery system will be applied as that mentioned by the continuous evaluation.

(II) Seminars (represent a 20% of the final mark). Seminars assess the ability of students to analyse and synthesise, as well as group and oral presentation skills. Seminar attendance is mandatory. Therefore, its assessment and penalty for not attending without justified cause is the same as that given in the continued evaluation section.

(III) Practices (represent a 20% of the final mark). Organ histology and systems is an eminently "visual" subject where the student uses the optical microscope to study different apparatuses and systems. Practices are compulsory. The assessment of practices and the penalty for not attending without justified cause is the same as that given in the continued evaluation section.

The review of the final qualification follows the same procedure as for the continued evaluation.