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Extraordinary Guest Editorial

From Volume 15, Issue 3, July 2022 | Pages 111-112

Authors

Jonathan Sandler

BDS (Hons), MSc, PhD, MOrth RCS, FDS RCPS, BDS(Hons), MSc, PhD, FDSRCPS, MOrth RCS, Consultant Orthodontist, , DOrth RCS

BDS(Hons), MSc, PhD, FDS RCPS, DOrth RCS, MOrth RCS, Consultant Orthodontist, Orthodontic Department, Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Articles by Jonathan Sandler

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Philip D Taylor

BDS, MGDS, MSc, MRD, FDS, FHEA, FDTFEd

Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland

Articles by Philip D Taylor

Article

I penned an editorial in the previous issue of Orthodontic Update entitled ‘It beggars belief’ describing the unfathomable decision by RCS Edinburgh to remove treated cases from their version of the MOrth examination.1 There then followed quite some email ‘chatter’. We have therefore decided to take the unusual step of printing an ‘Extraordinary Guest Editorial’ giving the RCS Edinburgh's ‘justification’ of their monumental change, alongside a sample of the letters I have received on the subject. I will let you, the readership, be the judge of the wisdom of their approach.

The recent editorial opinion in Orthodontic Update argued that removing treated cases in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) MOrth examination will be detrimental to the overall quality of orthodontic training.1 RCSEd contends that the assessment of treated cases is more appropriate as part of the longitudinal review of progression through the ARCP process and this change aligns the examination with modern educational pedagogy. We argue that the changes to the assessment format make for a fairer and more robust exam.

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