The Assessment Department of The Royal College of Pathologists is responsible for workplace-based assessments and year 1 assessments.

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The Royal College of Pathologists launches workplace-based assessment

Workplace-Based Assessment (WPBA)
Workplace-based assessment is an essential and significant element of specialist medical training. Workplace-based assessment is the assessment of a trainee’s professional skills and attitude and will provide evidence of appropriate everyday clinical competences. The Royal College of Pathologists supports and is fully committed to the development and implementation of workplace-based assessment as standard practice, initially in these four pathology specialties: chemical pathology, histopathology, medical microbiology and virology.

Evaluation of workplace-based assessments and year 1 assessments (login required)
      This report summarises a significant quality assurance analysis of the College’s data for the years 2007-8 and 2008-9 in workplace-based assessment and year 1 assessment (OSPE).


Year 1 Assessments 2007/08 for chemical pathology, histopathology, medical microbiology and virology

Contact
For general queries regarding workplace-based assessments and year 1 assessments, please contact:

Sandra Dewar
Assessment Manager
Tel: 020 7451 6765
Email: sandra.dewar@rcpath.org