This presentation will focus on the use of a rubric as an effective assessment instrument in veterinary medicine to assess students’ clinical skills. More specifically, we will draw on current theory and literature to discuss why many rubrics are nothing more than instruments that facilitate assessment in comparison to well-designed rubrics that can transform the learning and assessment process by supporting as well as measuring student performance. This session will make connections to practice by sharing the rubric we developed to assess fourth year students’ clinical skills and the findings from a survey of students and instructors experiences with the instrument.
