Why long-distance exams have a long-term future
The peak body for medical colleges says there is broad support for remote examinations, despite major recent IT disruptions.
Registrars and the peak group for medical colleges have backed remote exams to have a long-term future despite another exam being abandoned because of technical issues.
The psychiatrists’ college cancelled its remote OSCE last month after a “videoconferencing failure”, some 13 months after RACGP registrars endured the same distressing outcome during the 2020 Key Feature Problem exam.
However, Dr Vijay Roach — the new chair of the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges — said if they could be executed without a hitch, many registrars were keen to take an at-home exam.
“Obviously, the pandemic gave us the immediate impetus to pivot to remote exams,” he said.
