Competence-Oriented Exam in Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics for Students Studying in the Specialty “Medical Biochemistry”

Abstract

In connection with the introduction of annexes and changes to the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education in the specialty 30.05.01 «Medical Biochemistry», a need arose to improve the assessment tool of general professional and professional competencies formation in the discipline - clinical laboratory diagnostics. A competence-oriented exam (COE) in the studied discipline is developed and implemented. Admission to the exam is the development of practical skills by students in the discipline modules, portfolio design and posting the results on the “Moodle” platform. COE includes two stages: testing to assess the level of theoretical knowledge deepening and solving a situational problem to assess the skills and abilities, interpret the results of laboratory tests and prepare a clinical and laboratory report. Situational tasks and checklists have been developed that make it possible to conduct an objective and comprehensive assessment of the competencies formed by students during the training process, which allows the graduate completed the program to solve professional problems.