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19 APRIL 2024 ausdoc . com . au
RACGP settles KFP meltdown
Heather Saxena THE RACGP has settled out of court |
around 40 minutes after the first group of registrars started . |
million or more for the implosion . In 2023 , it sued Genix Ventures . |
two weeks ’ notice because of concerns around a computer glitch and |
with a software company four years |
It took four hours for the RACGP to |
Last month the college informed |
subsequently swore off computer |
after its remote exam meltdown lost |
call off the exam while registrars ago- |
members that it had settled the |
exams “ for the foreseeable future ”. |
the college millions of dollars . |
nised over whether to contact the col- |
case but could not release details of |
Other colleges have dealt with |
The confidential settlement with |
lege and risk an automatic fail for using |
the settlement . |
computer exam crashes , includ- |
Genix Ventures relates to its Key Fea- |
their phones under exam conditions . |
The RACGP has never released |
ing the Royal Australasian College |
ture Problem ( KFP ) exam held in |
The Applied Knowledge Test , |
its internal review into the debacle , |
of Physicians in 2018 and the Royal |
2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic . |
scheduled for the following day , was |
a decision that caused some regis- |
Australian and New Zealand Col- |
Some 1400 registrars were taking |
also scrapped amid fears of a repeat . |
trars to threaten their own lawsuit |
lege of Psychiatrists in 2021 . |
the exam at home when it was aborted |
The RACGP refunded around $ 6 |
against the RACGP . |
Around 50 ACRRM registrars |
because of technical issues . |
million in exam fees and allowed |
While the RACGP planned to |
had to resit a three-hour exam in |
The exam — already delayed three |
registrars to resit exams for free , |
return to a computer-based KFP exam |
2020 , because the software stopped |
months due to COVID-19 — crashed |
setting a cost of potentially $ 10 |
in 2023 , it changed the plan with just |
recording their answers . |
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