Volume 183 - Issue 3
Achieving equal standards in medical student education: is a national exit examination the answer?
Author: Christopher Lawson-Smith
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (3): 166-168. || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06978.x
Published online: 1 August 2005
Published online: 1 August 2005
Christopher Lawson-Smith
Surgeon, and Surgical Examiner, Australian Medical Council, 1/10 McCourt Street, Leederville, WA 6007. lawsmithATbigpond.net.au
To the Editor: Foreign medical graduates sitting for the Australian Medical Council (AMC) examinations are expected to achieve a standard comparable to that of Australian medical students. If we do not measure the level of knowledge and problem-solving ability nationally, there is no reasonable basis for presuming that the AMC examination is fair. A uniform examination-based assessment should be passed by all potential medical practitioners before registration in Australia. I would be in favour of a national exit examination.1
References
- Koczwara B, Tattersall MHN, Barton MB, et al. Achieving equal standards in medical student education: is a national exit examination the answer? Med J Aust 2005; 182: 228-230. HIHHCJAI