exam appeal help

Re: exam appeal help

Tracey Louise — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:20:23 GMT

[quote user="FINNIGAN"]

am on my 4th attempt at just level 3 , and just need to pass paper 2, have had to get special permission from rcvs which was pretty strait forward and had to prove i was attending a revision course and show revision plan for work too, am awaiting to take exam now in march, fingers crossed!!!

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wow, good luck! And deffo fingers crossed x

Re: exam appeal help

FINNIGAN — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:21:56 GMT

Re: exam appeal help

Tracey Louise — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:25:10 GMT

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Thing that I am worried about most is failing on the 3rd attempt. Does any one have much experience of special consideration to sit it a fourth time. What do they consider????

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Hiya, yes we had a student that passed the practicals on the 2nd attempt, but kept failing the written. Had to apply for a 4th attempt to do the writtens. She didnt really have to explain herself but had to come up with a revision plan and send that off with the application, and get written confirmation from the practice that she would get time in work to study etc.

She has just qualified! So dont panic, im sure it wont come to that.

Re: exam appeal help

eveleen — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:45:07 GMT

I am in the same boat, I passed 4 out of 8 tasks and this was my 2nd attempt. So now going to take my 3rd attempt and I am so worried. I got all high % and only 2 out of the 8 I got lower than the pass mark. I am interested to see what 'key steps' I didn't pass! Why is it so difficult to pass this exam!

Re: exam appeal help

Viking Dog1 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:54:00 GMT

Completely agree with you sal, what a fab idea and makes perfect sense.

Re: exam appeal help

Ann McAleer — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:27:22 GMT

[quote user="Sal the 1st"]

Just thinking logically about this and other threads on the same subject - isnt there a really simple solution which might make things a lot clearer where candidates have to appeal their results? - film the practical exams. We do it with our hypnosis students and then go back through it with them so they can see where they did well or not so well and areas either the student needs to tighten up on or areas where we as teachers could do better. It would also show if there are any discrepancies between the examining centres

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I think that would be a great idea!

Re: exam appeal help

Sal the 1st — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:21:21 GMT

Re: exam appeal help

Ann McAleer — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:57:19 GMT

Hey I am like some of the people who have replied to this post. I just received my results for my second attempt at the practicals. This time I passed 4 tasks and got well above the pass rate on 5 of the 8 tasks. On the radiography task I got 88% which is the pass rate but did not get the key step... which I think I did get.... but then again it is a month on and I can't be sure.

Thing that I am worried about most is failing on the 3rd attempt. Does any one have much experience of special consideration to sit it a fourth time. What do they consider????

Re: exam appeal help

FINNIGAN — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:59:10 GMT

i appealed after some discrepancies appeared with my mark sheets, am afraid it got me no where!! id say not worth an appeal they will always win!!!

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hissycat — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:51:56 GMT

I had a problem in the pracs that I couldn't actually see the x ray collimation beam properly because the room was too light - so I verbally told the examiners that I could not see that well (it was a very faint beam too!) but I would not collimate over the edge of the plate, however they still failed me on that point. Had I not failed that section (this was back in the old days of sections) I would have passed the whole thing but because of that I had to resit the one section at a cost of about £120. Very very frustrating and I sympathise with everyone who has had problems, seems not much has changed! There must be a better way of assessing practical ability, the whole thing seems pretty unfair to me!

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Viking Dog1 — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:38:43 GMT

Sadly it came back as basically student word against the examiner and nothing would be done!! What on earth is the point of having a second person in on the exam and an appeal form if nothing is ever going to be investigated. Complete waste of time really.

All the best for your re-sits.

Re: exam appeal help

Louise Dick — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:12:51 GMT

I've mentioned it on here before, but I think it is notoriously difficult and almost unheard of to get an appeal.

My father in law died at home after a long battle with cancer the night before the practicals (in 2005 when I sat them). I still went to the exam the next day and the only thing I failed on was that I picked the wrong sized urinary catheter for a dog! My assessor treid to appeal on my behalf due to family circumstances and not being the in the best frame of mind to sit a stressfull exam - they didn't allow any appeal. Actually I think I did okay to only fail on that one stupid thing under the circumstances.

Anyway, good luck but I think once they make up their minds you are fighting a losing battle.

Louise

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bongo — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:16:03 GMT

[quote user="Mad dane woman"]

Hi,

Just wondering if any one could give me some guidance. One of my students have sadly just failed her practicals, now she has just got back the sheets which say she passed on the onces she thought she had failed and failed the ones she thought she passed, even to the extent she never finished her anae calculation but passed that practical.

Is there anything we can do to check these are her results etc and to query her marks?

Many thanks in advance

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Im qualified now but when i first did my practicals i failed my anaesthesia for getting the calculation wrong, to me this is the same as not finishing it yet your student still passed that one!??? How inconsistent of the examiners and the rcvs. grrrr

Re: exam appeal help

Charley Gill — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:24:34 GMT

Grr... so frustrating!! So sorry for you

Has anyone appealed the exam on these grounds and had the results overturned on here? i dont think they will even read the form, the reply time for it is 4 weeks and if i wanted to sit the march exams you have to apply in 2!!! its ridiculous!!

Re: exam appeal help

eveleen — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:04:37 GMT

I passed 4 and one of the ones I failed on I got 95% but apparently didn't get a key step. I haven't got my sheets yet but I am so anoyed as this was my second attempt & was so sure I had passed. I got mostly really high percentages & was sure I passed all key steps. What else can I do to pass this exam?? So fustrating!

Re: exam appeal help

Charley Gill — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:42:21 GMT

Hiya,

Ive just recieved my results and failed by one point, like your student the ones i was unsure of i passed and failed 2 units that say i didnt complete the key steps of which i no i did!

I have sent off a form for more info and to appeal as i cant afford to re-sit but looking at other posts it dosnt seem to matter to the RCVS what we said we did its our word against theirs and they always win =( Its a realy bad system. How did you get on with your students exam?

Re: exam appeal help

lizabarf — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:33:03 GMT

you can email the rcvs and tell them, they will then email you a form to fill in and send back to them requesting more information. good luck