Course assessment
The Three-year ADN Course shall be assessed on a basis of continuous assessment. Students will be informed on assessment schedule, assessment process and conditions for successful completion credits of each semester at the commencement of the course. Students will not be graduated unless they pass receive Certificate of Graduation issued by Training Institution. School graduates are required to pass the National Exit Exam in order to receive their Diploma of Associate Degree in Nursing
Purpose of the course assessment
- To provide feedback to the student and the teacher as to how learning is progressing that assists the students to determine their strengths and weaknesses (Formative assessment)
- To measure competence in both knowledge and skills of students at the end of the course
(Summative assessment)
Assessment process
1. Formative assessment
a – Theory Assessment
The Theory Assessment is the continuous assessment to be conducted during the course and occurred at the end of each semester:
- Theory exam is credit-based assessment
- The ADN Course has 6 semesters which consist of 6 months per semester
- Theory assessment will be done at the end of every semester
- The students who failed any credit of the two semesters of each year are allowed to …… sit the 2nd session exam after one month of the 2nd semester exam result
- If still failed of the 2nd session exam of each year, they have to repeat the same class.
b – Clinical Performance Assessment
The clinical performance assessment will be conducted from the 2nd semester of the first year based on clinical requirements of each semester stipulated in the curriculum:
- Students shall have their Clinical Logbook for preceptor to monitoring, evaluating, and recording their skill performance progress
- Clinical instructors and Preceptors will use clinical checklists to evaluate the competency of students
- Assessment during the internship is aimed to allow the students to complete remaining clinical requirement in which they could not fulfill in the previous semester
2. Summative assessment or graduation exam
- It is the exam of theory and clinical performance at the end of the course
- Students have to complete clinical requirements and pass all theory credits before allowing sitting the first graduation exam. If requirements could not be completed, they have to sit the second graduation exam
- Students who do not pass the first graduation exam will be allowed to re-sit the second exam two months after the first exam (theory and/or clinical performance they failed)
- The graduation exam will be conducted by the training institution under the supervision of relevant authorities.
