Poster Presentations in Social Work Education Assessment: a Case Study

Abstract

In social work the ability to verbally support assessments undertaken in the workplace is an important skill which is not usually assessed. Using a poster presentation as an assessment strategy has offered some unexpected opportunities in this area since the students have to respond to questions from the assessors based on the material presented in the poster. This case study describes the experience of using posters for assessment and includes feedback from students who chose the option of presenting a poster and those who did not.