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Otago Medical School says some students training to be doctors broke rules during third year exams

November 20, 2018
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The Otago Medical School has begun an investigation after some students training to be doctors appeared to cheat during their practical third year exams.

A release from the medical school today says there was communication between some students in the Third Year Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) that was "expressly forbidden".

The practical examination uses actors posing as patients to assess the students diagnosis skills.

However, the school says some of the students passed on information to others before they moved on to the next patient station.

"There has been communication between some students regarding the content of examination stations to students waiting for their turn to be examined.

"This was expressly forbidden as it provides an advantage to be forewarned of the exam content/task," the release reads.

While the school acknowledges that the students still have three years to go in their training where they will be deeply assessed, the incident will still be investigated.

"The Medical School believes the main issue in this breach is around professional boundaries.

"This is a matter of honesty and professional behaviour that we would not expect to see from people training to be doctors."

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