The combining exams feature allows you to combine multiple OSCE or Written exams (more specifically exam blocks) into a single exam of the same type to allow desired results processing.
For example, this feature would allow you to run a two day exam with the same candidates on both days, but with different item sets (2 part OSCE), and then combine these two parts into a single exam for processing. After combining the exams you can use all result processing and reporting functionality for a combined exam as you would use for a normal exam.
When you're combining exams Practique keeps the order of the items the same as it was in the exams being combined.
To run a combined exam:
- Set up and schedule the individual exams as separate exams. For example you would have OSCE Part 1, OSCE Part 2.
- Run these exams as per normal
- Once you have run the exams, you can create a combined exam from the Create a new exam screen by clicking I want to create a combined exam.
- Select a date for that combined exam
- Select the type of exam which can be OSCE or Written. Note - It is not possible to combine different types of exams.
- Practique will show eligible exam blocks that could be combined.
- Click Add to add the exam blocks to the combined exam.
- By clicking Verify Practique will give an overview of the number of candidates, examinations, interviews and cases/questions for the combined exam.
- If you are happy with the combined exam overview, click Confirm and create.
- Combining process may take substantial amount of time (even 10 minutes or more)
- You will see the progress for your new combined exam, please wait until combining is finished.
- Practique will combine the exams, and a combined exam will appear on the Dashboard.
- Exams which you've combined will change their title indicating that they have been Combined into new exam
- Combined exam will have title indicating that it is Combined exam
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