m3dstud3nt Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Does anyone know how clinical evaluations are converted to grades? Clinical evals are usually 1 to 5, where 1=Fail, 2=Below expectations, 3=At expectation, 4=Very good, 5=Outstanding.... But how does that translate into percentages? Just by simple numerical conversion, 3/5=60%, but 60-65% is generally considered borderline, so that can't be "At expectation". Or is a 3 equivalent to 70%? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Under what circumstances would clerkship evaluations need to be converted to percentage grades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Under what circumstances would clerkship evaluations need to be converted to percentage grades? Other than maybe for awards? Really otherwise it would appear to be pointless We live in a pass fail world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 They are not converted like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotmail Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Need more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotmail Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 it is very hard doing internal medicine clerkship rotation at U of M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xi88 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 it is very hard doing internal medicine clerkship rotation at U of M. Cool story bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futureGP Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Cool story bro. i don't get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymau5 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Does anyone know how clinical evaluations are converted to grades? Clinical evals are usually 1 to 5, where 1=Fail, 2=Below expectations, 3=At expectation, 4=Very good, 5=Outstanding.... But how does that translate into percentages? Just by simple numerical conversion, 3/5=60%, but 60-65% is generally considered borderline, so that can't be "At expectation". Or is a 3 equivalent to 70%? Thanks! To answer your question, the way clinical evaluations are used in University of Toronto (not sure about other schools) is as follows: (1) Each rotation will convert the average of the marks you get from 1 to 5 into a % using 1=20%, 2=40%, ..., 5=100%. Depending on the course, this clinical mark will be a different portion of your total mark with your written exam, assignments, presentations, and projects completing the rest. (2) Rotation marks will show up as only P/F in your transcript. The marks can however be used for award consideration as rotation/university sees fit. (3) All of your 1 to 5 marks will appear in the Dean's Letter, sent to all schools you apply to automatically as part of CaRMS process. This includes the complete breakdown for each sub-category being evaluated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aKGDH Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 What about for the schools that don't actually use a scoring system to grade you? At our school there's only does not meet expectations, inconsistently meets expectations and meets expectations. It becomes hard to gauge how well you're doing when everyone gets meets expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloh Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 While it's all pass/fail at least uofa does give you some sort of % mark. I have no idea what it actually means but it would be nice to know where it falls in relation to our classmates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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