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1. MOrth exam assesses a candidate’s core knowledge and competence in the field of orthodontics at a level expected of a specialist practitioner.

2. Topics Program outline Royal colleges of surgeons Exam structure Exam eligibility Part A Part B General rules

3. Program outline 3 years 2 days per week Saturday: lectures Sunday: clinics First 6 months preclinical lectures and workshops

4. Topics Program outline Royal colleges of surgeons Exam structure Exam eligibility Part A Part B General rules

5. Royal college of surgeons There are 4 Royal college of surgeons that provide the exam: Royal College of surgeons of Edinburgh (RCS Ed) Royal College of surgeon of England (RCS Eng ) Royal college of physicians and surgeons of Glasgow (RCPS G) Royal college of surgeons of Ireland (RCS I)

6. Topics Program outline Royal colleges of surgeons Exam structure Exam eligibility Part A Part B General rules

7. Exam structure Part A (written examination) Part B (clinical examination) Usually held in February and September.

8. Topics Program outline Royal colleges of surgeons Exam structure Exam eligibility Part A Part B General rules

9. Exam eligibility Primary dental qualification. Completed a period of three years full-time in appropriate posts, courses and programmes of specialty training. Candidates may enter Part A after 2 years. Candidates may enter Part B after 2.5 years.

10. Topics Program outline Royal colleges of surgeons Exam structure Exam eligibility Part A Part B General rules

11. Part A – Written examination 4 hours! 180 SBAs (Short best answer). 2 papers each one consist of 90 mcqs in 2 hours (30 minutes break). Machine marked and wrong answers are not deducted. Exam Fee: £250. Maximum of six attempts.

12. Topics Program outline Royal colleges of surgeons Exam structure Exam eligibility Part A Part B General rules

13. Part B – Clinical examination Consists of 4 components: Unseen cases Seen cases Communication scenario Must be passed within 7 years after passing part A Exam Fee: £1500 Maximum of four attempts

14. Part B – Clinical examination Component 1 – Diagnostic examination (Unseen cases) 4 unseen cases (2 examiners mark independently) 2 hour exam (2 sections with break) Each case 30 mins (15 for studying the case, 15 for oral exam) Pass mark is 24/32. Each case has 4 marks for diagnosis and 4 marks for ttt .

15. Part B – Clinical examination Component 2 – Clinical case presentation (Seen) Your best 4 cases. 1 hour exam. Various complexity, mechanics and good records. Cases submitted electronically no later than 2 weeks before exam. No marks for case presentation (only for the oral exam). Pass mark is 24/32

16. Part B – Clinical examination Component 3 – Communication scenario OSCE 4 cases (1 hour) 5 mins to study the scenario. 10 mins oral communication with patient (actor) 2 Examiners watch Pass mark 6/8 for each scenario

17. Topics Program outline Royal colleges of surgeons Exam structure Exam eligibility Part A Part B General rules

18. General rules You can enter Part A and B at the same time. If you enter Part A and B at the same time and fail part A and pass part B, you will need to repeat both parts. The only component of part B that is not repeated is your seen cases. Passing your cases will exempt you for further 3 attempts (out of 4) 6 attempts for part A 4 attempts for part B

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