Starting Next Year, Residents Will Take Written Exams on Tablet PCs

The Training Environment Evaluation Committee announced on the 11th that the written exam method for first-year residents next year will change from the existing paper-based test using OMR cards to a tablet PC-based test.

The tablet PC-based written exam, which will be implemented for the first time this December, will be conducted by having the examinees use tablet PCs distributed at the test site to view the exam questions and submit their answers by touching the tablet PC screen.

The tablet PC-based resident written exam will consist of a total of 100 questions, and the exam duration will be 120 minutes, the same as the paper-based test.

The Secretariat of the Training Environment Evaluation Committee informed each training hospital and the Korean Intern Resident Association in September about the change in the resident written exam method and requested them to promote this to interns currently in training and those planning to take the resident written exam in the future.

Candidates who wish to begin first-year resident training in the first half of next year must take the resident written exam scheduled for December. Details regarding the selection schedule and test sites will be announced through the resident recruitment notice after mid-next month.

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