Clinical Professional Skills Assessment (CPSA)

This module comprises the clinical professional skills assessment (CPSA) and supporting revision sessions. The assessment has been developed to ensure compliance with the GMC medical licensing clinical professional skills assessment requirements and has been reviewed by the GMC who have confirmed it is compliant with their requirements. Therefore, passing this assessment means students are deemed to have passed the MLA-CPSA (a GMC requirement for registration). This module is a synoptic assessment module incorporating all previous modules in the programme and is studied together with the other assessment modules. The BM programmes are highly contextualised and integrated programmes in which the application of knowledge and understanding, clinical skills and professional practice applicable to medicine are learned through a range of modules none of which are standalone modules and therefore this module should be recognised by teachers and students alike as part of the whole programme. The CPSA Module starts in BM year 4 during which it is initially assessed but if a supplementary attempt is required progression to year 5 is permitted and the supplementary attempt is then taken in year 5. However, passing it is a requirement of both graduation and subsequent registration. Students who do not pass it at either the first (year 4) or subsequent supplementary (year 5) attempt are then required to repeat year 5 in order to take an additional attempt. The module is studied alongside separate applied knowledge assessment (AKT) modules in both years 4 & 5 (the year 5 AKT is the MLA-AKT. In addition, the workplace-based assessment module spans across both years 4 & 5 and requires demonstration of clinical competence in ACCs, a range of prescribed practical procedures, and Intermediate life support. The emphasis of the assessments for each of the modules aligns with the focus of learning for that module, however the integrated nature of the course means that there will undoubtedly be overlap and aspects of the assessment in each module will draw upon learning from modules studied in earlier years as well as modules studied in that year. The CPSA module has therefore been purposely designed to assess learning outcomes covered in any of the modules within the programme.