UK Professional body very disorganised
By Kulsum Rajani 3rd July 2011
On Friday 24th June pharmacy students across the UK took their pharmacy Pre-registration exam, which on passing allows them to become a qualified pharmacist and practice in the UK.
Approximately 600 students sat the exam in Birmingham in which they were warned by the society that if any candidates arrived late they would not be allowed any extra time.
Many students took the safe option bystaying in a nearby hotel to the examination venue so as to reach there on time.
We were advised to reach the centre 45minutes before the start of the examination. Many students reached an hour before, in fact some students arrived 8 am in the morning.
On arrival there was a long queue and delay in the area to store personal belongings. The exam was scheduled to start at 10.30, however as the queues were so long during initial registration not all students managed to enter the exam hall by 10.30am.
The invigilators would repeatedly announce that they were sorry for the delay caused by the clock room and exam should start as soon as possible.
Sitting and waiting for the exam to being made many students including myself very anxious. Preparations had to be made for the next paper as well as time to eat and pray before the afternoon exam.
We started the exam approximately 11.15am and finished at 12.45pm. Due to the 45 minute delay the invigilators decided to delay the next exam by half an hour which meant our one hour vital break was cut short to 45 minutes.
Many of us felt overwhelmed with the chaos and even more stressful. We felt that if the society expects us to be on time then they too should also uphold these rules, yet they proved to be much unorganised themselves.
After the exam finished I found out that the exam held in other areas such as London experienced delays of up to an hour due to the same problems our examination centre faced.
I've sat many exams at university, which hold similar amount of studentssitting various exams in the same hall but I never recall a situation like this. Even throughout school and collage which have limited resourcescould always start their exams on time.
When I was reading up information governance at work, the profession expected us to always have second option in place for any situations that arise e.g power cut or computer failure but I feel that they don’t apply the same rules they suggest.
On Friday 24th June pharmacy students across the UK took their pharmacy Pre-registration exam, which on passing allows them to become a qualified pharmacist and practice in the UK.
Approximately 600 students sat the exam in Birmingham in which they were warned by the society that if any candidates arrived late they would not be allowed any extra time.
Many students took the safe option bystaying in a nearby hotel to the examination venue so as to reach there on time.
We were advised to reach the centre 45minutes before the start of the examination. Many students reached an hour before, in fact some students arrived 8 am in the morning.
On arrival there was a long queue and delay in the area to store personal belongings. The exam was scheduled to start at 10.30, however as the queues were so long during initial registration not all students managed to enter the exam hall by 10.30am.
The invigilators would repeatedly announce that they were sorry for the delay caused by the clock room and exam should start as soon as possible.
Sitting and waiting for the exam to being made many students including myself very anxious. Preparations had to be made for the next paper as well as time to eat and pray before the afternoon exam.
We started the exam approximately 11.15am and finished at 12.45pm. Due to the 45 minute delay the invigilators decided to delay the next exam by half an hour which meant our one hour vital break was cut short to 45 minutes.
Many of us felt overwhelmed with the chaos and even more stressful. We felt that if the society expects us to be on time then they too should also uphold these rules, yet they proved to be much unorganised themselves.
After the exam finished I found out that the exam held in other areas such as London experienced delays of up to an hour due to the same problems our examination centre faced.
I've sat many exams at university, which hold similar amount of studentssitting various exams in the same hall but I never recall a situation like this. Even throughout school and collage which have limited resourcescould always start their exams on time.
When I was reading up information governance at work, the profession expected us to always have second option in place for any situations that arise e.g power cut or computer failure but I feel that they don’t apply the same rules they suggest.
