Taking up the SLAQ
Picture from Needpix Background Like all British Dental Schools, the University of Sheffield (TUoS) School of Clinical Dentistry was faced with an urgent and novel situation in march 2020 with regard to student assessment due to the Corvid-19 pandemic and subsequent compulsory move to online teaching. The School normally holds the examination for the 5th BDS in late April and early May and this consists of written invigilated papers and clinical viva examinations during some of which patients are present. During the week beginning 13th March it became obvious that all education needed to move to a digital online format and on 20th March the TUoS declared the closure of all buildings. Thus we needed to arrange a modified Statement on Methods of Assessment (SoMoA) and organise a completely new form of assessment which assessed all the learning outcomes and satisfied the requirements of the General Dental Council (the professional regulatory bod