SCA Misconduct policies

Trainees are strictly forbidden to:

• seek to gain prior knowledge from, or to provide knowledge to, other examination trainees on the examination content of the SCA.

• bring any unauthorised material or electronic devices into the live examination environment, or otherwise arrange access during the course of an examination. Please refer to the guidance on permitted items.

• have access during the examination, inclusive of any breaks, to items other than those permitted in the guidance.

• communicate with anyone, except role-players, invigilators, examiners and administrative staff, by any means, during the SCA.

• remove any material whatsoever by any means from the SCA examination environment.

• disclose, disseminate or publish any material from the examination, the copyright for which is held by the RCGP.

• Trainees are advised that they must not record or discuss specific details of examination content with anyone, including their colleagues, Trainer/Educational Supervisor or other member of the deanery educator team.

• RCGP acknowledges the educational purpose of trainees reflecting on their examination experience with their Educational Supervisors and this is not deemed as misconduct. No specific examination content should be documented or recorded.

• Trainees should note that the examination is being recorded throughout for the purpose of quality control, security and marking. The content of the examination must not be recorded or saved in any other way by the trainee.

• . Trainees must not publish, or in any other way, attempt to share any material which they have encountered in the MRCGP examination.