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The Intercollegiate Exam. Past Present and Future. ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. M62 COLOPROCTOLOGY COURSE 30th-31st March 2006. Why ?. An examination at this stage in training. Past. Examination only in General Surgery Taken by Senior Registrars - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Intercollegiate Exam
Past Present and Future
ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
M62 COLOPROCTOLOGY COURSE30th-31st March 2006
Why ?
An examination at this stage in training
Past
• Examination only in General Surgery
• Taken by Senior Registrars
• Almost no one failed
• Examiners largely untrained
• Questions diverse and unregulated
• No sub specialty component
Present Examination
• Taken after satisfactory 4th year RITA
• General Surgery and Subspecialty
• Examiners all trained
• Questions and answers decided on before
• Three attempts before need Post Grad Dean
Present Examination
• Academic Viva -2 papers Gen and specialty
• Emergency surgery and critical care oral
• General surgery and Subspecialty oral
• General Clinical
• Sub Specialty Clinical
Present Examination
• Marking range 4-8
• Academic 2 papers 6
• Emergency surgery /critical care 6
• General Surgery/Subspecialty 6
• General Clinical 6
• Subspecialty Clinical 6
• Must pass the Clinicals with12 Total=30
Challenges
• EWTD and shortened training/Gender
• New curriculum
• Government requirements
• PMETB regulation
• Specialty Associations
• Demands for separate SAC-Breast,Vascular
• Dinosaurs
Future Examination
• Educational Review
• Starts in November
• Test of Knowledge-MCQ and EMI
• Blueprinted on the new curriculum
• Pilot exam 16th of June 2006
• You must pass the MCQ before proceeding to the clinical
Future Examination
• Fully trained examiners
• each section individually and anonymously marked total no.of marks doubled
• Content will be decided before the examination
• Pass mark will be decided by Angoff techniques
GENERAL SPECIALTY
• A clinical paper • Scenario based orals• Critical Care • Surgical process• Emergency surgery• General Clinical
• Classic paper• Tertiary Referral case• Specialty specific
investigations and techniques
• Specialty clinical
Present problem
• No recognition of Specialty legally
• Exam can allow pass and practice even when you fail some of subspecialty you will be working in
• May have been in Specialty for so many years General surgery distant memory
Solution
• Recognise changing training pathways
• Separate the components
• Award different degrees
• Allow flexibility to change course
• increase length of time of the exam
• Move to in house assessment?
Goal
• FRCS General
• FRCS Colorectal