April 2010 Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) Part 2

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Dear Mr Affaarka,

Freedom of information request - April 2010 Overseas Registration Exam
(ORE) Part 2

I am writing to respond to your questions concerning the April 2010 ORE
Part 2 exam.

1) You asked how many appeals there were there for this exam and how many

appeals were upheld.

Answer:

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Number of complaints on the grounds of serious defects |1 |
|-------------------------------------------------------------+----------|
|Number of complaints on the grounds of serious defects upheld|0 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Please note: the GDC does not accept applications for appeal against ORE
results.

2) You asked about the grounds on which the appeal(s) were upheld and the
outcome for the candidate(s).

Answer:

No appeals were upheld.

3) With respect to the Blood Pressure OSCE station 13 and Mounting

Radiographs OSCE station 9:

a. You asked us to confirm the number of candidates who each sat
each of these two stations.

Answers:

Numbers sitting Station 9

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|No. on Day 1 |40 |
|------------------------------------------+-----------------------------|
|No. on Day 2 |59 |
|------------------------------------------+-----------------------------|
|Total No sitting Station 9 in Pt 2 OSCE |99 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Numbers sitting Station 13

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|No. on Day 1 |40 |
|------------------------------------------+-----------------------------|
|No. on Day 2 |59 |
|------------------------------------------+-----------------------------|
|Total No sitting Station 13 in Pt 2 OSCE |99 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

b. You asked about the required pass mark for each of the two OSCEs

(both simple mark and normalised mark) or each of the two OSCEs

Answers:

Please see the tables below. Please note that the GDC does not normalise
marks for individual OSCE stations. Marks are converted to percentages to
ensure that each assessed station carries equal weight.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |Simple pass mark |Pass mark as a percentage |
|---------------------+---------------------+----------------------------|
|Station 9 Day 1 |13/17 |76% |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |Simple pass mark |Pass mark as a percentage |
|---------------------+---------------------+----------------------------|
|Station 9 Day 2 |13/17 |76% |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |Simple pass mark |Pass mark as a percentage |
|---------------------+---------------------+----------------------------|
|Station 13 Day 1 |12/20 |60% |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |Simple pass mark |Pass mark as a percentage |
|---------------------+---------------------+----------------------------|
|Station 13 Day 2 |12/20 |60% |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

c. You asked us to list the marks of all candidates who sat these
two OSCEs as simple mark prior to any normalisation and post
normalisation.

Answer:

The marks of other candidates would amount to their personal data. We
cannot provide you with the personal data of any other candidate as this
could constitute an infringement of the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998.

I would refer you to a folder called [1]ORE Part 2 April 2010 results at
the [2]www.gdc-uk.org / The Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) / ORE results
page of the General Dental Council website. This may provide some of the
information you are seeking. If this is not sufficient for you, please
give me more information about what you require, and we will assess
whether there is any further public information we are able to provide.

4) You asked us to define what constitutes a `borderline mark failure' and
explain how

the adjustment of marks for `normalisation' is conducted.

Your attention is drawn to the ORE Part 2 OSCE Exercise Guidance at the
[3]www.gdc-uk.org / The Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) / ORE Guidance
webpage, in particular to the `Marking' section.

Following the exam examiners will discuss borderline candidates'
performance before agreeing their results. Marks just below the agreed
pass mark are described as being `borderline'

I refer you to my comments in 3b above concerning normalisation.

I hope that these answers are helpful to you.

Yours sincerely,

Jenny Cowan

Exam Development Lead (Interim)

General Dental Council

Tel: +44 (0)20 7344 3701

Fax: +44 (0)20 7487 2643

Email: [4][email address]

Web: [5]www.gdc-uk.org

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