Programmatic assessment in physiotherapy education; exploring a new approach to student assessment in the clinical workplace

Learning Outcomes

• Be able to describe what is meant by programmatic assessment
• Be able to differentiate between “assessments of learning” and “assessments for learning in their current physiotherapy curricula
• Critically appraise current methods of assessment used in their physiotherapy education programmes
• Consider the need for programmatic assessment in current physiotherapy curricula by debating it pros and cons
• Discuss the feasibility of programmatic assessment in current physiotherapy curricula nationally