Faculty Prospectus 2012 - Walter Sisulu University

- COBES: One session per week (4 hours)
c. Attendance
All students are advised to attend all scheduled resource sessions, BUT attendance to
tutorials, practicals, clinical skills and COBES is compulsory.
d. Course Assessment
The year content for the four Abnormal structure and function courses is organized
in a progressive, integrated and systematic sequence. The year comprises of four
assessment periods which take place at the end of the academic course. The tests are
progressive and based on the core contents for the integrated courses. The average
of the continuous assessment components produces the year mark. Final exams are
written at the end of the year.
e. Assessment Components
The Continuous assessment for the year includes the following exercises:
(a) 4 Tutorial assessments,
(b) Integrated MEQ Assessment,
(c) 4 Ongoing integrated practical assessments OGPA and
(d) Mid-year IPA.
Each integrated MED and OGPA produces individual marks for each of the 4 integrated
courses.
The MEQs and the OGPA will be written at the end of the terms, the mid- year IPA
will be carried out during the second term assessment. The contribution of each
component to the year mark is as follows.
Continuous assessment (60% of the final mark) will be made up of:
Tutorial assessment (20%)
End of term MEQ Assessments MEQ (50%)
On Going Practical Assessments OGPA 5%
Mid year IPA 25%
f. Entry to the end of to the End of the Year Examinations
To be eligible to write the exams a student is required to fulfil the following requirements:
(a) 85% of the tutorial attendance
(b) 85% of the practical session attendance in each discipline
(c) A sub minimum of 40 % in the continuous assessment for the courses to be
examined.
g. End of Year Examination (40% of final mark) will be made of
OSPE (integrated disciplines) 15%
Final IPA 1 and 2 (50:50) 85%
The final IPA and OSPE are integrated exercises. The OSPE produces individual marks
for the integrated courses but IPA mark is common for the four of them. A student
qualifying for the final exam in any of integrated courses will be admitted to IPA to
produce the final mark only for the courses he/she qualifies for admission to exam.
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