The different methods of assessment

We use different forms of assessment in the workplace to monitor a trainee's progress while on the training programme.

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Work-based assessments

The School uses the term ‘work-based assessments’ to refer to the range of assessed workplace-based training activities and observational, face-to-face assessment experiences that trainees are required to engage in across most modules, throughout their training.

Detailed guidance about how to complete work-based assessments is provided in the NSHCS work-based assessment standards.

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Multi-Source Feedback

Trainees are required to initiate 2 Multi-Source Feedback assessments during training. The first at around the 18-month point of training and the second at around the 30-month point.

Further information is available on Multi-Source Feedback.

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Final Year Assessment

The Final Year Assessment takes place in the summer of a trainee’s third year on the programme. It assesses a trainee’s readiness to practise as a newly-qualified, threshold-entry Clinical Scientist as defined by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Standards of Proficiency for a Clinical Scientist.

Detailed guidance is available about the Final Year Assessment.

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Last updated on 28th August 2025