AUDIT AS PART OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT OF VOCATIONAL-TRAINING

Written evidence of the ability to carry out audit and performance rev iew looks likely to be one of the four components of a summative asses sment package for the end of vocational training. This paper seeks to raise the issues involved in this process. The features of audit which lend themselves to assessment of the attributes of a general practiti oner are discussed. The criteria which might be used to assess a writt en submission are presented. A possible mechanism for marking and grad ing is suggested, and strategies for optimizing the validity and relia bility of that assessment discussed. A timescale for implementation is also suggested. These issues need to be discussed and a process pilot ed if a credible mechanism is to be in place by August 1996.