Deakin Uni - Osces (1 Viewer)

[Hi there444]

So basically I go to deakin university victoria. I study optometry and we have osces which are hurdle practical assessments where you have a patient who you have to conduct a procedure on. We had 6 in the trimester. I had to resit 3 and on the resit I passed 2. The one I failed was the one I thought I did the best in. I got the correct answer and the procedure was right. It's a hurdle so I would fail and have to wait a whole year. I have a meeting with the head of unit and review is not possible since it is a practical assessment. If I passed the hurdle I would've gotten 65/100. We have a cohort of 90 so it makes sense that the tutors have pressure from the board to filter out students. But doing so unfairly is unethical . They attempt to fail 20% of the bottom of the cohort by the end of the course but my resits went well so I made sure to give them no chance but somehow they failed me. The cohort before us was smaller with only 60 people and a lot of the people who failed resits got resits again immediately with tutors even guiding them through. In my case I don't believe I should've failed but since it is patient interaction osces how do I prove my point? If that doesn't work what can I do after since I certainly don't want to wait a whole year to repeat this unit.

 

[Squar3root]

they obviously failed you because you are not competent enough. suck it up and re-do the unit next year

your assumption that "tutors have to fail a certain percentage" is rubbish. If everyone did bad, no one would pass and if everyone did well, everyone would pass

 

[Hi there444]

they obviously failed you because you are not competent enough. suck it up and re-do the unit next year

your assumption that "tutors have to fail a certain percentage" is rubbish. If everyone did bad, no one would pass and if everyone did well, everyone would pass

What if I told you that their arguments were invalid but I had no way to prove it. What if I told you that there was no way I could've failed that prac. What if I told you I didn't make the mistakes they are bringing up. What if I told you that the patient feedback after prac was excellent? And what if I can't prove that in the review? Should I really suck up something which isn't right? Oh and remember if you have a cohort of 90 people all graduating from the course when your university had just been certified to graduate optometry students, I'd think the optometry education board would question the filtering process and capabilities of the universities. There have been occurrences of this in the past.

 

[Squar3root]

What if I told you that their arguments were invalid but I had no way to prove it. What if I told you that there was no way I could've failed that prac. What if I told you I didn't make the mistakes they are bringing up. What if I told you that the patient feedback after prac was excellent? And what if I can't prove that in the review? Should I really suck up something which isn't right? Oh and remember if you have a cohort of 90 people all graduating from the course when your university had just been certified to graduate optometry students, I'd think the optometry education board would question the filtering process and capabilities of the universities. There have been occurrences of this in the past.

If you don't have a way to prove it your argument means nothing. Enroll next year if you can.

 

[Hi there444]

If you don't have a way to prove it your argument means nothing. Enroll next year if you can.

So doesn't theirs. They have no proof either. I'll have to go to ombudsman as last resort.

 

[Squar3root]

So doesn't theirs. They have no proof either. I'll have to go to ombudsman as last resort.

can u find someone in the same position as you?

set up a meeting with your course coordinator as well to discuss ur mark

 

[Hi there444]

can u find someone in the same position as you?

set up a meeting with your course coordinator as well to discuss ur mark

There is someone in the same position. Except that they actually weren't able to finish their prac on time. I finished my prac in just a bit more than half the time allocated. However they felt that they shouldve passed too. Yeah I emailed the course coordinator asking as to when we can discuss this hurdle mark. No reply since 2 days. Hopefully they reply tonight

 

[Squar3root]

There is someone in the same position. Except that they actually weren't able to finish their prac on time. I finished my prac in just a bit more than half the time allocated. However they felt that they shouldve passed too. Yeah I emailed the course coordinator asking as to when we can discuss this hurdle mark. No reply since 2 days. Hopefully they reply tonight

email is a very passive way of getting shit done

is there an office u can go to?

 

[Hi there444]

email is a very passive way of getting shit done


is there an office u can go to?

Yeah that's what I meant but I have to book the appointment by emailing them. I am set to meet tomorrow afternoon. Let's see how it goes.

 

[Hi there444]

Lol cant believe I got failed for handwriting. They could read it but they say it wasnt as good as it could be. And apparently for this examiner, i was speaking too fast to the patient but the patient and other examiners thought I was speaking at the correct speed and efficiently. They said ill have to put in a review they cant do anything now. Funny cos we were never ever given proper criteria for any OSCES. Hopefully they consider the review. Cheers square

 

[Squar3root]

If they can't read what u wrote then yeah u get zero

The speaking is subjective so idk

 

[Hi there444]

If they can't read what u wrote then yeah u get zero

The speaking is subjective so idk

Nah it was legible. The review came out. The review committee considered my argument and gave me a resit with a sane examiner. I passed. Hope I never have that other crazy examiner again

 

[RishBonjour99]

Nah it was legible. The review came out. The review committee considered my argument and gave me a resit with a sane examiner. I passed. Hope I never have that other crazy examiner again

Congrats on making it through. OSCEs can be a bitch and ANYONE can fail, including 'top' students. However like anything though, practicr does help a lot