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2010-2011 MBChB Year 2 Assessment Summary

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College of Medical and Dental Sciences

M2-ALL-Y10 MBChB Year 2 Assessment Summary 2010 – 2011


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Contents

Overview…………………………………………………………………. 3

Renal System…………………………………………………………….. 5

Cardiovascular System…………………………………………………... 6

Infection, Immunology and Haematology……………………………….. 7

Brain and Behaviour……………………………………………………... 8

Cancer…………………………………………………………………….. 9

Reproduction, Endocrine and

Development………………………………….

10

Health Services…………………………………………………………… 11

Decision Making…………………………………………………………. 11

Community Based Medicine…………………………………………….. 12

Integrated Problems……………………………………………………… 12

Special Study Module: Student Project 1………………………………… 13

Student Selected Activity………………………………………………… 13

Resits……………………………………………………………………… 14

Honours, Distinctions and Prizes………………………………………… 15

Miscellany…………………………………………………………………. 18

This summary should be read in conjunction with module handbooks and MBChB web pages. Every effort has been made to ensure the information contained in this document is correct at the time of publication. However, it will not form part of any contract between the School and a student. You will be informed of changes to assessment rules by the usual mechanisms. Beverley Merricks, September 2010


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Overview

Title Credit Type(s) of Assessment Contribution to Module

Exam / submission

Publication of results

Renal System 10

In-Course Assessment* MCQ SAQ

10% 30% 60%

17 Dec 10 18 Jan 11 May 11

17 Jan 11 15 Feb 11 24 June 11

Cardiovascular System

10 In-Course Assessment* MCQ SAQ

10% 30% 60%

8 Dec 10 18 Jan 11 May 11

17 Dec 10 15 Feb 11 24 June 11

Infection, Immunology & Haematology 10


10% 30% 60%

Continuous 18 Jan 11 May 11

15 Feb 11 24 June 11

Health Services 10

MCQ / EMS SAQ

30% 70%

18 Jan 11 May 11

15 Feb 11

Brain and Behaviour 10


10% 30% 60%

28 March 11 May 11 May 11

April 11 24 June 11

Cancer 10


10% 30% 60%

24 Feb 11 May 11 May 11

April 11 24 June 11

Reproduction, Endocrine and Human Development

10


10% 30% 60%

31 Mar 11 May 11 May 11

24 June 11

Decision Making 10 MCQ / EMS / SAQ 100% May 11

24 June 11

Community Based Medicine 10

OCSE Examination Oral Presentation Professional Behaviour and Attitudes

70% 30%

May 11

24 June 11

Integrated Problems 3 Integrated Problems 4

10 10

In-Course Assessment* IPs Written

20% 80%

Continuous May 11 24 June 11

SSM Student Project 1 10

Dissertation Interactive presentations or Dissertation Interactive presentations

75% 25% 60% 40%

5 May 11

24 June 11

Student Selected Activities Various depending on project

Formative

*In course assessment (ICA) will vary from module to module and you will be provided with full information at the start of each module


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How do I pass year 2?

• Do ALL of the following: o Pass all the Biological Sciences modules

• Renal System • Cardiovascular System • Infection, Immunology and Haematology • Brain and Behaviour • Cancer • Reproduction, Endocrine and Development

o Pass all the Medicine in Society modules • Health Service • Decision Making • Community Based Medicine

o Pass the Integrated Problems modules o Pass the Student Project 1 Special Study Module o Perform satisfactorily in the Student Selected Activity

If you were given permission to have a second attempt at BLS in Y2 and you do not pass then you will be asked to withdraw after the Board of Examiners have met. How many attempts do I get at passing each module’s exams?

• Two o 1st attempt (for some modules this is in January, for some in May) o August resit.

How do I get recognition for excellent work?

• The marks from Biological Sciences and Medicine in Society currently feed into end of year 2 strands and so may contribute to gaining a subject strand distinction.

• Details of relevant prizes will be posted on intraMED and eligible students will be contacted

• The marks from all your year 2 exams will contribute to the calculation for consideration of overall MBChB with Honours at the end of year 5

Do you have any practical advice?

• Keep a photocopy (and electronic copy) of any assessments or assignments that you hand in. The University expects students to have back-up copies of work and does not accept IT failure as a reason for non-submission.

• Keep a copy or note of any marks you are awarded. In NHS job applications you may be asked your marks from across all years of the course (including years 1 and 2).


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Renal System Identification Module Name Renal System (REN) Banner Code 01 21018 Module Credits 10

Assessment Elements Element Code Description Duration Contribution

to module REN-INCOURSE MCQ

10%

REN-MCQ January multiple choice paper: MCQ (20 questions) Anatomy Automated Spotter (about 20 questions)

40 mins 30%

REN-SAQ End of year SAQ paper: 6 short answer questions

60 mins 60%

Module Overall 100%

Fail Element Fail if Consequence Module overall 0-49% (unless compensation can be applied) Resit REN

Compensation Rules Benefit Compensation is applied if ALL THREE of the following are true:

1. 47-49% in REN 2. 47-49% in maximum of ONE other Biological Sciences

module 3. Overall average in Y1 Biological Sciences strand of

>= 50% Note: If any Biological Sciences module mark is <47% then it is not possible to compensate between Biological Sciences modules.

A resit in the 47-49% module is not required.


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Cardiovascular System Identification Module Name Cardiovascular System (CVS) Banner Code 01 21011 Module Credits 10


to module CVS-INCOURSE MCQ

10%

CVS-MCQ January multiple choice paper: MCQ (20 questions) Anatomy Automated Spotter (about 20 questions)

40 mins 30%

CVS-SAQ End of year SAQ paper: 6 short answer questions

60 mins 60%

Module Overall 100%

Fail Element Fail if Consequence Module overall 0-49% (unless compensation can be applied) Resit CVS


1. 47-49% in CVS 2. 47-49% in maximum of ONE other Biological Sciences





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Infection, Immunology and Haematology Identification Module Name Infection, Immunology and Haematology (IIH) Banner Code 01 21014 Module Credits 10


to module IIH-INCOURSE SAQs every 2 weeks

10%

IIH-MCQ January multiple choice paper: MCQ (30 questions)

40 mins 30%

IIH-SAQ End of year SAQ paper: 6 short answer questions

60 mins 60%

Module Overall 100%

Fail Element Fail if Consequence Module overall 0-49% (unless compensation can be applied) Resit IIH


1. 47-49% in IIH 2. 47-49% in maximum of ONE other Biological Sciences





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Brain and Behaviour Identification Module Name Brain and Behaviour (BAB) Banner Code 01 21009 Module Credits 10


to module BAB-INCOURSE Group case presentation

10%

BAB-MCQ End of year: MCQ (20 questions) Anatomy Automated Spotter (about 20 questions)

40 mins 30%

BAB-SAQ End of year: 6 short answer questions

60 mins 60%

Module Overall 100%

Fail Element Fail if Consequence Module overall 0-49% (unless compensation can be applied) Resit BAB


1. 47-49% in BAB 2. 47-49% in maximum of ONE other Biological Sciences





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Cancer Identification Module Name Cancer (CAN) Banner Code 01 21010 Module Credits 10


to module CAN-INCOURSE SAQs

10%

CAN-MCQ End of year: MCQ (30 questions)

40 mins 30%

CAN-SAQ End of year: 6 short answer questions

60 mins 60%

Module Overall 100%

Fail Element Fail if Consequence Module overall 0-49% (unless compensation can be applied) Resit CAN


1. 47-49% in CAN 2. 47-49% in maximum of ONE other Biological Sciences





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Reproduction, Endocrine and Development Identification Module Name Reproduction Endocrine and Human Development (RED) Banner Code 01 23180 Module Credits 10


to module RHD-INCOURSE MCQ

10%

RHD-MCQ End of year: MCQ (20 questions) Anatomy Automated Spotter (about 20 questions)

40 mins 30%

RHD-SAQ End of year: 6 short answer questions

60 mins 60%

Module Overall 100%

Fail Element Fail if Consequence Module overall 0-49% (unless compensation can be applied) Resit RED


1. 47-49% in RED 2. 47-49% in maximum of ONE other Biological Sciences





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Health Services Identification Module Name Health Service (HES) Banner Code 01 21013 Module Credits 10


to module HES-EXAM January MCQ/EMQ paper (40 questions)

End of year: SAQ paper (4 SAQs) Marks allocation to be stated on paper

60 mins 60 mins

30% 70%

Module Overall 100%

Fail Element Fail if Consequence Module overall 0-49% Resit HES There is no compensation between Medicine in Society modules. You must pass each module individually. Decision Making

Identification Module Name Decision Making (DEM) Banner Code 01 21012 Module Credits 10


to module DEM-EXAM End of year:

Mixture of MCQ, EMS and SAQ Marks allocation to be stated on paper

2 hours 100%

Module Overall 100%

Fail Element Fail if Consequence Module overall 0-49% Resit DEM There is no compensation between Medicine in Society modules. You must pass each module individually.


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Community Based Medicine Identification Name Community Based Medicine (CBM) Banner Code 01 21008 Module Credits 10


to Module CBM-PBA Sign off for professional behaviour and attitudes N/A N/A CBM-OSCE Clinical skills OSCE:

6 competencies 30 mins 70%

CBM-PRESENT Oral presentation 30% Module Overall 100%

Fail Element Fail if Consequence CBM-PBA Missing or unsatisfactory Referred to Senior Tutor CBM-OSCE 0-49% Retake CBM-OSCE CBM-PRESENT 0-49% Retake CBM-PRESENT There is no compensation between Medicine in Society modules. You must pass each module individually.

Integrated Problems Identification Name Integrated Problems (IP) Banner Code 01 21015 & 01 21016 Module Credits Integrated Problems 3 (10 credits), Integrated Problems 4 (10 credits)


to Module IP-EXAM Statistics MCQ paper

Unseen paper Seen paper

3 hours 30% 35% 35%

Module Overall 100%

Fail Statistics MCQ paper Unseen paper Seen paper

Get less than 40% in any written paper Resit all written papers

Module Overall 0-49% Resit all written papers


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Special Study Module: Student Project 1 Identification Name Special Study Module: Student Project 1 (SP1) Banner Code 01 15866


to Module SP1 Due to the wide nature of experiences offered,

two weightings of marks will be used. The weighting will depend on the SSM chosen. Students will be informed of the weighting for their specific SSM before the SSM starts. EITHER Report Interactive Presentation* OR Report Interactive Presentation*

N/A 75% 25% 60% 40%

*Note that the interpretation of “Interactive Presentation” will vary between modules - some will include a significant element of performance in class, others will not. Again, students will be told this before the start of their SSM. Module Overall 100%

Fail Element Fail if Consequence SP1 49% or less for the project/essay/report

and/or 49% or less for the interactive presentation component

Re-present or resubmit the failed component(s), ultimately fail to progress to year 3

Student Selected Activity

Identification Name Student Selected Activity (SSA) Banner Code 01 21354

Assessment Elements Element Code Description Duration SSA Activities in semester 1, semester 2 and post-

exam period; meetings with personal mentor N/A

Fail Element Fail if Consequence SSA Student does not demonstrate reasonable diligence.

Refer to: http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/legislation/docs/COP_Student_Attendance_Reasonable_Diligence.pdf

Referred to fitness to practise

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Resits Meeting your Personal Mentor When you have been advised that you must re-sit an exam via publication of results you should meet with your Personal Mentor, at a mutually convenient time, to discuss your first sit results and how you might address the problem. Certain students will be asked to meet with the year tutor on the day the results are released. This information is included in the message giving your results and students therefore all are expected to be available on that day if asked to attend for a meeting. You should also attend the meetings held in the Medical School on the day results are released, where representatives of the Biological Sciences and Medicine in Society strands will explain the re-sit process and answer questions. You may also contact the module leads, by email, for specific feedback and advice.

Format Re-sit examinations consist of the same examination formats as for each module’s main (first) sit examinations. Any in course assessment mark is NOT included, so the weightings are recalculated to take this into account. Biological Sciences:

• MCQ paper weighted 33% • SAQ paper weighted 67% • Must pass resit papers overall with at least 50%.

Integrated Problems

• Seen paper weighted 37.5% • Unseen paper weighted 37.5% • Statistics paper weighted 25% • Must pass each paper with at least 40% • Must pass resit papers overall with at least 50%.

Compensation Compensation between Biological Science modules is not applied at re-sit. All resit modules must be passed “stand-alone” with at least 50%.

Carry-forward of marks from modules that have been resat Marks achieved at a resit exam in any module are not carried forward. For calculating the weighted average for MBChB with Honours the resit mark is capped at the pass mark (i.e. 50%) as per University Regulations. For cohort ranking for F1 applications the current instruction from UKFPO is to use the first sit mark. The exception to this carry forward rule is where a student has acceptable mitigation and so a resit is deemed to be a first sit.

Overseas Resits These are not allowed. Students with resits must take their examinations in Birmingham.

Failing at Resit Students who fail a resit examination will be required to withdraw from the course. There is no ‘third attempt’ in year 2 as there was in year 1.


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MBChB With Honours The degree of MBChB with Honours can be awarded to a student who achieves a certain standard of excellence over the breadth of the whole course.

Calculation of MBChB with Honours (a) Weighting At the end of year 5 a weighted average of all modules across the MBChB will be calculated. The weighting will be:

• firstly according to module credits • thereafter, year 3 to 5 modules will be weighted +25% • and clinical modules will be weighted +25%.

Examples:

Module Credits Weighting Learning Medicine 10 10

Year 1 CBM 10 12.5 (10 credits +25% because clinical)

Year 2 Integrated Problems 20 20 (20 credits and no additional weighting as is Y1 or 2 non clinical module)

Year 3 Public Health and Epidemiology

20 25 (20 credits +25% because years 3 to 5)

Year 4 Clinical Core 3 130 195 (130 credits + 25% because years 3 to 5 + 25% because clinical)

(b) Tariff The exact weighted average required will be decided by the Final Exam Board. (c) Resit Marks Where a student has failed a module then passed at resit, the resit mark is capped at 50% for the calculation of MBChB with Honours (except in the case of accepted mitigation, in which case the actual mark achieved will be used). This is in line with current University regulations for the calculation of degree classification. (d) Exclusions Awarding MBChB with Honours is at the discretion of the Final Exam Board. A student cannot normally be awarded the MBChB with Honours if they have:

• Attended a Fitness to Practise hearing or received a formal reprimand. • Failed any Year 5 examined component(s) without accepted mitigation – this includes

Part 1 and 2 written and clinical exams, the Prescribing Licence and the 2 SSMs (e) Information on Cumulative Progress

• Students will be advised of their weighted average score for an individual year at the end of that year and their cumulative weighting year on year. E.g. Y4 students will receive a score for Y4 and a cumulative score for Y1-Y4.


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Distinctions Distinctions will be awarded following success in a viva voce examination.

• The method used for the viva voce examination will be appropriate to be able to be standardised across examiners.

• Candidates will be expected to display a distinctive level of integrated knowledge across the topics via an appropriate level of oral communication skills.

• Students who have a resit exam and no mitigating circumstances, who have

unsatisfactory PBA report(s) or who have had to resubmit work because of plagiarism in the period covered by the Distinction will not be invited for that viva.

• Special arrangements will be made for students who are sitting resit examinations as a first sit and who are eligible for distinction vivas.

• Students who attend for a viva will be expected to dress professionally (i.e. smart office type clothes).

Distinctions vivas will be offered in Year Title Details 1 & 2 Combined

Biological Sciences

• Students ranked on End of Y1 and 2 BS results, normally based on weighted average module exam results of 77% and above.

• Cut off point for invitation to viva to be agreed by Preliminary Exam Board.

• Vivas held after main sit exams • Results ratified by Y2 Main Exam Board

Medicine in Society

• Students ranked on End of Y1 and 2 MiS results, with Y1 and Y2 modules weighted equally.

• Cut off point for invitation to viva to be agreed by Preliminary Exam Board.

• Vivas held after main sit exams • Results ratified by Y2 Main Exam Board


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Prizes There are prizes for outstanding performance in year 2 and across years 1 and 2. Details will be posted on intraMED. Eligible students will be contacted.

Exclusion from Prizes Students who EITHER require a resit OR proceed by compensation cannot normally be awarded a prize.


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Miscellany Appeals There are 2 grounds for appeal – first is a procedural irregularity and the second is mitigating circumstances, in accordance with the Code of Practice Primary Appeals Procedure 2.2. Your right to appeal will be communicated to you where appropriate, either via letter or advertised on the University website. Please note that there are no grounds for appeal against academic judgement in accordance with the Code of Practice Primary Appeals Procedure 2.4 For further information on primary appeals please see below: http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/legislation/docs/COP_Primary_Appeals_Procedures.pdf Assessment results contextual information For each module you will receive a mark expressed as a percentage. To enable you to know how this compares to the marks of the whole cohort you will receive a histogram for each module showing the distribution of marks. At the end of the year the weighted average of all your marks will be calculated and you will be informed in which quartile you are placed for that year. Attendance 100% attendance is expected in all rotations and modules. Students must report absence through illness to the MBChB Office online via the Student Attendance Manager database accessed from the usual password protected intraMED site at http://medweb4.bham.ac.uk/studentintramed/home.asp Dictionaries and Calculators These cannot be used in exams. Dyslexia If you are registered with the University as having dyslexia you will be granted additional time to sit written exams (including in-course assessments) and usually be allocated to a separate exam room. Currently an additional 15 minutes per hour of examination time (i.e.25%) is allowed. Students with dyslexia must notify the MBChB Office at the start of the academic year if they wish to take up the offer of additional time. Extension of Deadlines Extensions to deadlines for the submission of written work can only be given by the year tutors, who will discuss a request with the appropriate rotation or module co-ordinator. Guidance on making a request for an extension, and the form to complete can be found on intraMED. The University has strict criteria for allowing an extension and students will need to provide evidence of their circumstances. Advice on the process can be given by staff in the Student Development and Support Office (SDSO) in WG36. Completed forms should be handed in to the MBChB Office.

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External Examiners External Examiners from other Medical Schools are involved in all assessments which contribute to the award of the MBChB degree and in making progress decisions.

Feedback This includes:

• Feedback from your personal mentor • Day-to-day informal feedback from teaching staff and fellow students • Written feedback from submissions e.g. SSAs/SSMs • Feedback on in-course assessments (e.g. presentations and MCQs) • Professional behaviour and attitudes forms in CBM

Sample examination questions are available on WebCT. Late penalties All submissions must be submitted by the deadline date. Late submissions will be penalised by 5 marks per day in accordance with the Code of Practice on Taught Programme and Module assessment 9.4 & 9.5 http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/legislation/docs/COP_Taught_Programme_and_Module_Assessment.pdf

Mitigation If you believe that your learning or assessment has been affected by circumstances outside your control e.g. illness, bereavement or other personal difficulties you should submit a mitigation form. Forms can be obtained from the MBChB Office, the Student Development and Support Office (SDSO or Tutors' Office WG36) or from intraMED. Only mitigation submitted on a University form accompanied by evidence can be considered. If you have difficulty obtaining evidence please submit your form to the SDSO and indicate when you will be able to provide evidence. If you have any questions about whether your circumstances are mitigatable or what evidence you require please talk to the staff in the SDSO or your year tutor who will be glad to help. Forms must be received by the deadline or they cannot be considered. You will be notified of these dates by email. Sometimes students are concerned that if they submit mitigation their mark will be altered and they will not know how they truly performed. This is not the case. If a student passes their mitigation is noted only. If a student fails and their mitigation is accepted as serious, they can be offered a first sit rather than a re-sit for their second attempt.

Ongoing problems require a separate submission for each examination period. The rules on attendance at In Course Assessments (ICAs) are exactly the same as the rules on attendance at examinations.

ICAs (including IP presentations) are formal university assessments and attendance is compulsory. If you are absent from an ICA you will receive a mark of 0 for that assessment. If you are absent and believe you have a good reason for not being present (such as illness) then you should submit mitigation (with independent supporting evidence, such as a doctor's

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letter) as soon as possible after the event. In such cases, please contact the Student Development and Support Office (Room WG36, 0121 414 7830, [email protected]) as it is likely that you will need to see your Year Tutor. Please note that explaining the reason for your absence to the Module Co-ordinator or the Module Administrator is not a substitute for submitting mitigation, which must be done using the formal university procedures. In the absence of mitigation that is accepted by the Mitigation Panel, a mark of 0 for a missed ICA will stand and that mark will contribute to your overall module mark. Plagiarism Plagiarism is defined in the Code of Practice of Plagiarism (1.1) as “the act of a Registered Student claiming as his or her own, intentionally or by omission, work which was not done by that student.” This includes: (a) using another person’s thoughts, ideas, writings etc as one’s own. It is a form of cheating

which is taken very seriously by the University and will incur penalties. (b) allowing your work to be plagiarised by another student is also deemed by the University

to be improper behaviour and may be dealt with by disciplinary action. Most commonly, students plagiarise written work by incorporating other people’s work into their own, either verbatim or with minimal amendment, without proper acknowledgement. Minimal amendments can be the alteration or rearrangement of words / sentences in a paragraph such that the overall change cannot be defined as creating a new piece of work. Avoiding plagiarism: Plagiarism can be easily avoided by stopping to think about the purpose of completing coursework, and strictly following the rules on recognition of sources, citation and referencing. If text is to be used (quoted) verbatim it must be properly acknowledged (i.e. presented within inverted commas and accompanied by the relevant reference). There are very few occasions where it is appropriate to quote verbatim; invariably assessments are about testing your ability to communicate in your own words. Detection of plagiarism Written coursework will be submitted with a signed cover sheet declaring that you have read and understood the guidance on plagiarism, and that the work you are submitting is your own. Coursework will also be collected in electronically via intraMED, and submitted to scrutiny by the Plagiarism Detection software (Turnitin). Work that is identified as potentially containing plagiarised content will initially be scrutinised by the assessor and the College Plagiarism Contact (Dr Graham Wallace) consulted to confirm and verify the extent of the plagiarism. Procedures for dealing with plagiarism: The MBChB/GEC programme follows the University and College policies and procedures on plagiarism. In brief these can be summarised as follows: If plagiarism is suspected then the course will write to you, laying out the details of what is involved, and inviting you to meet to discuss this with an academic member of staff. The

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assessor or module coordinator may also be present at this meeting, where the coursework and the offending material will be discussed. If the academic member of staff judges that the work has been plagiarised then it will be graded, taking into account your academic level, the extent and relative contribution of the offending content, and any previous record of plagiarism

a. Low-level plagiarism will normally be dealt with at this first meeting by providing tutorial advice, and penalties are unlikely to apply. As an example, 1st offences involving small amounts of paraphrasing, unattributed or incorrectly attributed copying are considered as low level plagiarism. This category would normally be restricted to Level C studies.

b. Where moderate plagiarism is suspected you will be asked if you acknowledge that plagiarism has occurred. If you accept that have plagiarised the work then a summary penalty will be decided, which may range from downward adjustment of the mark to a requirement to repeat the work or be awarded a mark of zero. Work that contains unacceptable amounts of unattributed or incorrectly attributed content is considered as moderate plagiarism. Also, repeat offences of low-level plagiarism, or offences during MBChB years 2 - 5 (GEC years 1 – 4) are likely to be graded as moderate plagiarism.

c. Where you do not accept that plagiarism has occurred, or in cases of serious plagiarism, you will be required to attend a formal plagiarism interview, involving 2 members of staff and a chairperson, convened by the College. At the interview you will be given the opportunity to put your case, and all evidence will be reviewed before a decision is made. If plagiarism is proven a penalty will be applied. In extreme cases this may result in you being required to withdraw from the programme. Serious plagiarism includes offences where significant amounts of unattributed or incorrectly attributed copying have occurred. Also repeat offences of moderate plagiarism are likely to be considered as serious.

Plagiarism can be a serious issue and may result in referral for Fitness to Practise. Please ensure that you are familiar with the University guidance and code of practice on plagiarism. Full details can be found in the following pages. http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/study/support/sca/plagguide.shtml http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/study/support/sca/plagiarism.shtml

Professional Behaviour and Attitudes The purpose of the Professional Behaviour and Attitudes (PBA) form is to provide the School with ‘snap shot’ audits of the professional behaviour and attitudes of all the students in the year, and to provide students with specific comments that they can use to improve their professional behaviour where necessary over the academic year. Whatever a student’s academic performance, if concerns are raised about a student’s Professional Behaviour and Attitudes this may result in an Examination Board recommending that they do not progress or where these are sufficiently serious, a student may be asked to withdraw from the course.

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Quartiles for UKFPO At present in the fifth year the Medical School has to place each student in a quartile. To do this it has to follow the rules of the United Kingdom Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO). These state that the first sit mark (whether pass or fail) has to be used in the calculation unless mitigation is accepted and sets aside the first attempt.

Release of Results You will be advised of your results via intraMED. Re-marking of MCQ/EMQ exam results Students who suspect that they may have made a mistake when completing the answer sheets for an MCQ/EMQ paper (e.g. missed out a question and so got the subsequent answers out of line, or completed the wrong sheet for the question section) must advise the relevant year administrator in the MBChB Office by email within 24 hours of the examination. If, after marks are released, you feel that you performed worse than you expected to, papers will not be re-marked and any requests to do so will be declined. All OMR/OCR marked MCQ/EMQ papers which are fails are routinely double checked to ensure that the student has used the correct mark sheet for each question section.

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