Calendar 2005–06

Undergraduate Medical Studies 495 Medical Year 2 5.6 Medical Year 2 students shall be assessed on the following: (a) Course requirements prescribed by Selected Study Modules. (b) Course requirements prescribed by the Skills Modules (Clinical Methods, Communication Skills and Life Long Learning Skills). (c) Health and Society and General Education courses. (d) Professional Knowledge of the system panels. The final mark for Professional Knowledge is composed of: (I) Continuous assessment (25%) in any format throughout the year as and if considered appropriate by the system panels involved in second-year teaching. (II) End-of-panel assessment (75%). Overall pass in Professional Knowledge requires: 1. At least 50% achieved in overall knowledge-based assessment. Students who fail to obtain an overall of 50% shall be required to repeat Medical Year 2; and 2. At least 40% achieved in the assessment of each system panel. Students who have scored below 40% in any of the system panel assessment shall be required to take the supplementary examination of that panel. Students who fail to score 50% in any supplementary examination shall be required to repeat Medical Year 2. 5.7 Supplementary examination and remedial arrangements (a) Students who do not satisfy the requirements prescribed by the Skills Modules and the Selected Study Modules shall be required to do remedial work within a prescribed period. (b) The supplementary examination of knowledge-based system panels is to be held in late June of the same year. Students who fail the supplementary examination shall be required to repeat Medical Year 2. 5.8 Promotion to Medical Year 3 Students who have satisfied the following course requirements and passed the requisite assessments shall be promoted to Medical Year 3: (a) having satisfied the course requirements of Selected Study Modules; (b) having satisfied the course requirements of the Skills Modules (Clinical Methods, Communication Skills and Life Long Learning Skills); (c) pass in Health and Society; and (d) overall pass in Professional Knowledge. Medical Year 3 (Second Professional Examination) 5.9 Medical Year 3 students shall be assessed on the following: (a) Course requirements prescribed by Selected Study Modules. (b) Course requirements prescribed by the Skills Modules (Clinical Methods, Communication Skills and Life Long Learning Skills). (c) Course requirements prescribed by Health and Society.