Fourth-year medical students across Canada are reporting stress and "agony" as the major standardized test that marks their transition from med school to residency has faced technical and communication problems. One Ontario-based medical student said she was repeatedly kicked out of the online exam and struggled to be readmitted. "I felt like it wasn't testing our knowledge, it was testing our endurance to deal with technical issues," she said. —@MedCouncilCanAnother Ontario medical student also told CBC that his system crashed before he submitted the exam. 'Limbo' for medical studentsDr. Rishi Sharma, education director of the Canadian Federation of Medical Students, said students are frustrated.

Source: CBC News June 22, 2020 07:52 UTC