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The College will be guided by any changes made by the Government in relation to changes of the alert levels. The College will email registrars and do a follow-up phone call if the level change has any impact on the examinations. Messages will also be placed on the GPEP1 Te Ara and Facebook sites as well as the College website. This combination of channels will allow us to track and follow-up any registrar that has not responded to these forms of communication. We will ensure all registrars are contacted. 

Clinical exams will only be deferred if the Government moves to COVID levels three and four. The written exams will only be deferred if the Government declares a level four alert. Once the alert level is dropped by the Government, we will then make a decision and communicate this to all those involved with examinations and agree on a new examination date.  We need to wait for the Government to drop the levels before we can decide about a new exam date. 

Any examinations that are deferred will have payment carried over to the new date. 

Please check the following documents:

• Candidates need to refer to the Assessment Policies and Procedures  
• Special Consideration in Assessment and Reconsideration of Exam Results Procedure (opens to PDF)
• Application for Special Consideration in Assessment (opens to PDF) 
• Application form for Reconsideration of Exam Results (opens to PDF) 

Under the Fellowship Pathway Regulations (Ref. 3.6.1(f)) candidates may have three attempts at successfully completing the clinical and/or written examination.  

You should call your Programme Advisor, who will then contact the person within the College responsible for organising the examinations.  

All summative College examinations are conducted face-to-face. 

The College will be guided by any changes made by the Government in relation to changes of the alert levels. The College will email registrars and undertake a follow-up phone call if the level change has any impact on the exams. Messages will also be placed on the GPEP1 Te Ara and Facebook sites as well as the website. These channels will allow the College to track and follow-up any registrar that has not responded to these forms of communication. We will ensure all registrars are contacted. 

As per normal COVID-19 protocols they should not present with any COVID-19 symptoms or illness. Please contact your programme advisor for further direction.

Check the reference to Special Consideration In Assessment and Reconsideration Of Examination Results Procedure Procedures (Ref. 5.1). 

The College has purchased sufficient masks to enable registrars to replace their masks during the examination process.