Where was the RACGP’s exam back-up plan?
The college is being accused of failing to meet the standards it demands of the specialty
29 October 2020: This story has been updated with a response from the RACGP. See below for details.
In this hard-hitting article on the RACGP’s aborted fellowship exams, Dr Hash Abdeen and Dr Chris Moy say the need for adequate contingency planning became obvious in the aftermath of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ failures with its online exams two years ago.
With the careers of more trainees now in turmoil, they say it is time to revisit the use of ‘make-or-break’ exams to assess medical skills and competencies.
The collapse of the RACGP exams a fortnight ago was unacceptable by anyone’s standards — not least the college’s own.
