title: Profile-based assessment of student project reports.
abstract: During their final year, medical students at Sheffield University are required to undertake a research or audit project. The students' project reports are assessed using a grid-style criterion-based profile. This is described, and the validity and reliability of this method of summative assessment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Practice, University of Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Usherwood
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hannay
mesh_terms: D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D006113:United Kingdom