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...their study, the McGill researchers tracked all 3,424 physicians who took the Medical Council of Canada clinical-skills examination between 1993 and 1996, and who were then licensed to practice in Ontario or Quebec. The exam, which was rolled out between 1992 and 1993, requires doctors to interact with actors posing as patients in a series of standardized scenarios; trained physician evaluators then judge how well the doctor takes patient histories, makes diagnoses, manages treatment and communicates with the patients...
Rebecca Patton, head of the American Nurses Association, warns that IUON hasn't yet proved that it can produce qualified nurses. "We need to watch the school closely," she says. "Can students come back and sit successfully for the licensing exam?" To improve their odds, IUON nursing students attend classes in St. Kitts for three semesters but finish their clinical studies at one of six partner schools in the U.S. Ross pays these cash-strapped schools tuition plus an undisclosed fee. Dr. James Utterback, president of Oklahoma's Seminole State College, was one of Ross's first partners. "We benefit...
Stein’s passion for film was evident throughout his undergraduate career. Alma Hadar, another of Stein’s close friends at Harvard, said that she, Stein, and Kirschner would often watch movies together, occasionally going to see films in the middle of the day during exam periods...
...reason for this heightened security? The authorities were guarding against cheating in high-stakes university entrance exams. When the testing concluded on July 16, a total of 1.8 million would-be scholars had taken the exams in the hope of landing one of just 300,000 places in colleges nationwide. Such pressure motivates students to seek any edge. Hanoi's 940-year-old Temple of Literature was jammed with exam takers burning incense for good luck. Some candidates even ate "lucky meals" of green beans - the Vietnamese word for bean is the same as that for "pass...
...under wigs. Earlier this month, police busted a ring issuing fake IDs to university students taking the test in place of high school candidates. The price? $2,500, more than twice Vietnam's average annual wage. Authorities have beefed up security: keeping test papers under lock and key; sequestering exam professors; calling in security to guard test sites...