BOOKING SYSTEM ORE Part 2

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Dear AllAll we need is to ask GDC to make more spaces available,every month,so to solve the lot around 1000people...well a lot of people.Nobody complained about the new system in the past.Also people who will fail the exam will not be happy with the old system of booking-they might have to wait for 3 years to be invited.WE HAVE TO ASK TO MAKE MORE SPACES THIS YEAR TO SORT THE QUEUE OUT!And then everyone will be happy From: naveen <drbnaveen@...> Sent: Saturday, 11 February 2012, 9:13 Subject: Re: Fw: Fwd: ORE Part 2

Thanku sooooooooo much for your effort you spoke everybody's heart. Lets hope anything would chanege..........

Dear Sir/MadamSince the last Part 2 exam was held 7-10 April 2011 we have held one Part 1 exam in August 2011. We do not profit from the ORE, it costs more to run the exam than we charge in fees (the fee has remained the same since 2007).The ePay system does not allow candidates progress through the system if all the places have already been allocated. In this instance the system is not crashing or disorganised, it is preventing the candidates from entering payment details into the system when there are no further places available.The GDC has a regulatory responsibility to ensure that overseas qualified dentists meet the standard of a 'just passed' UK BDS graduate. The ORE is designed for this purpose and is overseen by our own external examiners.I am unclear what you mean by the absence on a fair and explicit ORE policy. If

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are able to elucidate I will attempt to answer you.I have tried to pick out the questions in your email below but if I have missed anything please get back to me.Yours faithfully DaviesExams Team ManagerGeneral Dental CouncilTel: +44 (0) 20 7009 2775Fax: +44 (0) 20 7009 2748Email: jdavies@...Web: www.gdc-uk.org GDC| Protecting patients, regulating the dental teamSAVE PAPER - Please do not print this e-mail unless absolutely necessary-----Original Message-----From: UK Dentistry [mailto:overseasdentistry@...]Sent: 09 February 2012 17:08Examinations (020 7009 2780)Cc: ; info@...Subject: What a

shame (exam booking in GDC- UK)Dear GDC Exam Team,I hope you won't treat this email as first come first basis. Kindly give it the priority as I have lost my patience and can not overcome my stress levels! Your new system is like Who wants to be a millionaire! Let us play fastest fingers first.Is this booking method real or virtual? Last time I tried to login for booking March exam and I could not get through, today I tried again for May exam but no joy. When I try to reach you then you easily say there are 800 people in waiting so better luck next time. There is no empathy, in ORE exam we are advised that you have to show sympathy for a concern otherwise we deduct marks. I wish we could rank you too.You have surely been to school or college's in UK? Please advise, was this the method adopted for booking, GCSE's or A-levels? I suggest you must request the education minister to follow your said pattern of first come first

serve basis.Secondly, I see the system for ORE is Xenophobic. Why there is different rules and regulations for dentists studying in UK. We must have a fair and clear policy for all. After all we live in a social world and UK itself means United Kingdom. Where people live unitedly.The method should be clear/ explicit for all people i.e. rich and poor.I have a plan, please get 50% students ( Studying Dentistry in UK) and 50% students (giving this ORE Exam). Let us imply this as it will be a fair policy. Isn't it?I am a most civilised person but this exam system has checked my patience.Firstly, the exams were not open for a year which led to too many people in pipeline; since you still conducted part-1 to make money.Now again you will get more ORE part-1 candidates in this and the waiting list for ORE part 2 candidates will increase gradually. Please do not be a money minting institute. After all it is hard earned

money for which we pay tax to government.Then after a good wait, it comes to that very moment where we get email from GDC that we are opening exams for part-2. Since morning you wait for this very moment and then you realise that there is nothing in your EPAY system. It is one of the most unorganised site I have ever been to! I think you may have seen that movie (gone in 30 seconds). That is what I feel when you publish the exam dates. Booking exam is just a joke.Please let me know what action plans you propose for us as we are the sufferers where the exam fees is £2250 and to sit in this exam you have to spend another few 5 grands from your pocket. The results are too shabby that you need a lot of courage as the passing percentage is mear 8%~35%. I have studied from very well reputed college and when I sat in ORE it was just not right!Please let me know what you can do to overcome this and what improvement methods you can opt

for "FAIR AND EXPLICIT POLICY" for all overseas dentists.In case I have to cascade this to any MP please feel free to write it to me.Regards,Overseas Dentists GroupIf you have received this email in error please read on:The material transmitted in this email and attachments is intended onlyfor the person or organisation to whom it is addressed and may containconfidential and privileged information. If you are not the intendedrecipient, or the message contains information relating to a third partyapparently included in error, please do not review, re transmit, share,disclose, print, store or take any action in reliance on its contents inany way whatsoever.If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender ontelephone number 020 7887 3800, delete the material from any computerand destroy any copies made, alternatively emailmailto:Information@...Communications transmitted over the Internet are not always secure. Theprocess of transmission may have infected the message and its contentswith a computer virus or other malware. The General Dental Council willnot accept any responsibility whatsoever for damage caused to therecipient's computer systems when the message or contents are opened.SUPPLIERS: For important changes to the General Dental Council’sordering arrangements, please consult the suppliers page on the GDCwebsite at this address -http://www.gdc-uk.org/Partner+organisation/Suppliers.htm