Technical glitches during exams have left hundreds of trainee medical specialists in the lurch and unable to move on to advanced training and specialisation.
On Monday, about 120 specialty medical trainees sitting an online written exam – which cost thousands of dollars to sit – were affected by technical failures that meant they could not complete what was, for many of them, their final exam. The Divisional Written Exam is only held once a year and sitting it is a requirement to enter specialty fields such as paediatrics, geriatrics, neurology and cardiology.
