Title: Medical students skipped training placements and stayed up overnight to book exam slot
Abstract: Problems with the online booking system for a compulsory exam have caused significant disruption for medical students for the second year in a row.1
The situational judgement test is a compulsory examination for entry to the UK foundation programme, designed to test the attributes needed to work as a foundation doctor. It accounts for 50% of a student’s foundation programme application score.
This year, for the second year in a row, medical students will sit the exam at Pearson VUE testing centres rather than at their university. Booking an exam slot at one of these centres operates online on a first come, first served basis, and students are advised to …
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-10-08
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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