MED 3 Exam Arrangement

Event

Date

Time

Written Test for MEDU3400

Human Function II

07 Dec 2015 (Mon) 09:30 11:30

Rm 202AB, 203AB, 207,

211, 215, 206 & 208,
210, 2/F, BMSB

Debriefing session

ditto

LT7, LSK

12:00 13:00

Venue

Written Test for MEDU3300

Human Structure II

09 Dec 2015 (Wed) 09:30 11:30

Rm 202AB, 203AB, 207,

211, 215, 206 & 208,
210, 2/F, BMSB

Debriefing session

ditto

LT1, Lady Shaw Building

12:00 13:00

Practical Test for MEDU3300

Human Structure II

09 Dec 2015 (Wed) 15:00 16:30

BMSB Dissecting Lab

Debriefing session

ditto

BMSB Dissecting Lab

16:45 17:45

Med 3 Exam Written Papers

Course

HumanStructureII

30

Essay
Questions
(1outof2or
3)
2

HumanFunctionII

30

0.5 hour

1 hour

0.5 hour

Approximatetimefor
eachsection

No.ofMCQ
No.ofSAQ
(Compulsory) (Compulsory)

Human Structure II assessment consists of a practical paper with

20 spot questions.
Only the marks of MCQ would carry up to 10% to the total mark
of First Professional Examination (For HUFII, practical and tutorial
performance is also counted). The other written test questions
and the practical test would serve as the mock.

Marking Rubrics for Essays

Criteria

MarkingScale
(MaximumScore:10
marks)

Essentiallynoanswer
Very incomplete of very inaccurate answer, or answer indicating
substantialandpotentiallyseriousmisunderstanding

0
1-3

Poor attempt, inadequate in some respects (for example, with

inaccuracies,omissionsorirrelevantinformation)

4-5

Information is relevant and largely accurate, indicating a

reasonableunderstandingofthesubjectofthequestion

Answer with good (and relevant) content addressing the question

andextendingsignificantlybeyondthebasics

+1forawell-organized,clearanddirectanswertothequestion
3 bonus marks
+1or2forthefollowingastheymaybepossibleaccordingtothe
(Answers scoring 4 may
questionset:
additionally be given up to 3
Theappropriateuseofexperimentalevidence;
bonus marks, bonus will be
Referencetorelevantclinicalmatters;
given based on the accuracy and
Anintegrative(asopposedtoanarrow)approach;
relevancy of the answer to the
Aperceptive/originalandrelevantdiscussion
question)

Results announcement
The following parts of results of Term 1 Tests would be released to
the students in mid-January 2016 on MCU:
For Medicine Year 3
- Grades of MCQ by course
- Overall grade of MCQ, SAQ and Essay Questions by course
Purpose of Term-1 Test
The purpose of Term 1 Tests is to serve as a formative
assessment, and to identify those students below standard and
academic support would be offered in Term 2 to assist these
students to improve their performance.