Examinations without Patients: Postgraduate Exit Exams in Psychiatry during COVID-19 Pandemic

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic posed unique challenges in conducting postgraduate exit exams in psychiatry. Many patients could not travel to the hospital due to lockdown. Patient and student safety were essential considerations. Getting external examiners was a challenge. Instead of actual p...

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Main Authors: Thanapal Sivakumar, Shyamsundar Arumugham, Prabhat Kumar Chand, Pratima Murthy, Mathew Varghese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of Psychiatry Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/jops/fulltext/2022/01000/examinations_without_patients__postgraduate_exit.6.aspx