PMID- 33880143
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20210422
IS  - 1985-2533 (Print)
IS  - 2232-111X (Electronic)
IS  - 1985-2533 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Mar
TI  - Coordinating a Postgraduate Orthopaedic Exam During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
PG  - 16-20
LID - 10.5704/MOJ.2103.003 [doi]
AB  - The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and institution of the Movement Control Order 
      (MCO) had resulted in the cancellation of a major orthopaedic exam in April 2020. 
      The exam is known as the Malaysian Orthopaedic Specialist Committee (OSC) Part I 
      Examinations. It is similar to the British Royal Colleges of Surgeons Membership 
      (MRCS) exams and held twice annually in April and October. There are up to 200 
      candidates involved. With implementation of new guidelines and standard operating 
      procedures (SOP), the OSC Part I exam was successfully held by Universiti 
      Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) from 5th-9th October 2020. Here we highlight the 
      challenges we faced whilst coordinating a major exam at a national level during 
      the COVID-19 pandemic with recommendations for future exams.
CI  - (c) 2021 Malaysian Orthopaedic Association MOA. All Rights Reserved.
FAU - Mohamed-Haflah, N H
AU  - Mohamed-Haflah NH
AD  - Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 
      Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Abdullah, S
AU  - Abdullah S
AD  - Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 
      Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Abdul-Rani, R
AU  - Abdul-Rani R
AD  - Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 
      Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Malaysia
TA  - Malays Orthop J
JT  - Malaysian orthopaedic journal
JID - 101564672
PMC - PMC8043627
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - COVID-19
OT  - exam
OT  - national board
OT  - pandemic
OT  - standard operating procedure
EDAT- 2021/04/22 06:00
MHDA- 2021/04/22 06:01
PMCR- 2021/03/01
CRDT- 2021/04/21 06:42
PHST- 2021/04/21 06:42 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/04/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/04/22 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.5704/MOJ.2103.003 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Malays Orthop J. 2021 Mar;15(1):16-20. doi: 10.5704/MOJ.2103.003.