We want to keep you apprised of our progress in adapting the APPLIED Exam for a virtual administration during the COVID pandemic. Since May, the Board has extensively vetted technology platforms and reimagined exam scheduling and logistics so we can provide candidates and examiners a positive and secure exam experience. Our goal is to maintain the integrity of the exam and assess as many candidates as possible in 2021, while avoiding preventable technical issues.
We’ve decided to use Zoom to deliver both the Standardized Oral Exam and the Objective Structured Clinical Exam for candidates required to take both components. We have successfully completed two pilot exercises using this platform and have several more pilots planned in the coming months to iron out virtual scheduling, administration procedures, scoring and audit functions.
We will soon begin scheduling examiners for 2021 exams and preparing training and orientation materials so that our examiners and candidates have a seamless exam experience. We’ll share more details with you as soon as we have them.
Our plan for candidates remains the same.