Exam format in medical

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I have heard that most exams in medical school are computer-based. However, do they allow you to use your own computer or do you have to use a university provided device? What happens if the computer randomly shuts down or crashes midway through the exam?😱

 

[Ismet]

I have heard that most exams in medical school are computer-based. However, do they allow you to use your own computer or do you have to use a university provided device? What happens if the computer randomly shuts down or crashes midway through the exam?😱

It depends on the school. Almost all of our exams are paper based with scantron answer sheets. We did take two NBME exams in ms1 ("shelf" exams), which are computer based, and we used school-provided computers set up in a lab. The program used to run the exam blocks all other functions, so you can't access anything but the exam. If it crashes or shuts down, you restart or retake. Shouldn't be too hard to remember what you answered.

 

[Goro]

We have back-up laptops at the ready and an IT guy on call if something is screwy.

BTW, boards are all computer-based now. Scantrons are, you kids say, so 20th century.

I have heard that most exams in medical school are computer-based. However, do they allow you to use your own computer or do you have to use a university provided device? What happens if the computer randomly shuts down or crashes midway through the exam?😱