Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

This subject does NOT include the single assessment option. The modules evaluation, which will be a continuous evaluation throughout the semester, will consist of the following evaluation activities:

1- Epidemiology and Public Health Module (67% of the subject grade):

1. Assessment type: An assessment exam will be held to assess theoretical and practical knowledge.

2. Exam review system. Exams will be reviewed individually with students, upon written request within the established deadlines.

3. Attendance and participation in classes and seminars may be assessed with a maximum score of 10%.

4. Retake exam: students who have obtained a final grade of failed, as well as those who wish to improve their grade, may take the retake exam; in the latter case, the grade from the retake exam will prevail. The examination methodology may be different from that used in the previous assessment

5. Not assessable: Students who do not appear for the assessment of theoretical knowledge, the practical exam or the remedial exam will be considered as "Not assessable".

2- Bioethics module (33% of the subject grade):

THEORY (65% of the module grade): To assess the theoretical content of the subject, an exam of short questions and/or multiple-choice questions will be held. In order for the theory grades of the 2 modules to be averaged between themselves and with the rest of the subject grades, a minimum grade of 3.5 points must be obtained in each theory test.

PRACTICAL CASE (15% module grade): On the day of the theory test, each student, individually, will have to solve a practical case in the field of bioethics. The grade obtained in the resolution of the case will represent 15% of the subject grade.

SEMINARS (20% module grade; 10% each seminar): The evaluation of the seminars is based on prior preparation, the quality of the work presented and active participation during the sessions. The three works presented by each group will be evaluated. Compliance with the deadlines will be taken into account, so that works presented after the discussion of the cases in the seminars will not be valid. All members of the group will have the same grade.

Each group must previously submit the written resolution of two bioethical cases. The cases will be anonymized and, on the day of the seminar, will be evaluated by two different groups using a common rubric. Each evaluation group will issue a numerical grade and a justified comment, which will be reviewed by the teaching staff. This comment will be valued as part of the evaluation group's grade, with the aim of guaranteeing a rigorous and constructive co-evaluation. Therefore, for each group, the seminar grade will be the numerical average of the grades they have received from the evaluation groups weighted by the grade that the teaching staff gives to the evaluations they have given to other groups.

The aim of these tests is to evaluate, not only that the students have acquired the conceptual knowledge but, more importantly, that they have understood it and know how to integrate and relate it to each other. On the other hand, the students' use of the appropriate terminology when dealing with the questions raised during the evaluation will also be assessed, as well as the ability to work in a group and to argue and discuss the topics covered in a critical and rational way.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS:

• In order to pass the subject, students must take all the theory content tests. A score of 3.5 must be achieved in each of the theory content tests in order to consider the score obtained to calculate the average of the module grade. To pass the subject, an overall grade equal to or greater than 5 points must be achieved. Students who obtain a grade lower than 3.5 in any of the tests may retake the contents on the day of the final retake test.
• Students who, after having taken the retakes, do not achieve the minimum grade of 3.5 points in any of the partial tests will not be able to pass the subject and will receive a maximum final grade for the subject of 4 points.
• Students who cannot attend an individual assessment test for a justified reason (such as a health problem, death of a relative up to the second degree, accident, enjoying the status of elite athlete and having a competition or sports activity with mandatory attendance, etc.) and provide the corresponding official documentation to the subject teaching staff and the degree coordination (official medical certificate explicitly stating the inability to take an exam, police report, justification from the competent sports organization, etc.), will have the right to take the test on another date. The degree coordination will ensure that this is done, after consultation with the subject teaching staff.
• Students who have passed the theory exams, the practical case and the seminars will be able to take the retake exam to IMPROVE their GRADE, and will be examined in theory and will solve a new practical case. In order to be able to take the exam to raise their grade, they must renounce in writing (email) the grade previously obtained, notifying the professor responsible for the subject at least three days before the retake exam. The grade that will be taken into account will be that of the last exam/practical case they have taken.
• NOT EVALUABLE: Students will receive the grade of not assessable when they have taken less than 67% of the scheduled assessment activities, considering as assessment activities: i) each assessment test of the theoretical contents; ii) each of the seminars.