Both parts of the membership exam remained online for March 2022. This consisted of the MCQ/SBA exam followed by the CRQ’s and VSAQ’s exam (constructed response questions and very short answer questions). The exams were conducted on line with proctoring and thanks to the team at the College of Anaesthesiology led by Ruth Flaherty ran very smoothly.

The June and September MCQ/SBA remained on line.

We returned to an in person exam for the November OSCE/SOE which was the first in person exam in 3 years. This was held in Malahide on November 15th and 16th. It was well attended by examiners and again was very well organised by the exams team and ran seamlessly.

Everyone agreed that the in person exam was more satisfactory in terms of assessing candidates. It was also very enjoyable and sociable to catch up with colleagues. I want to thank all the experienced examiners and the first time examiners. I hope they will continue to exam in the membership exam.

I wish to acknowledge the hard work of all the assessment leads- Dr Suzanne Cronly (OSCE lead) , Dr Fauzia Bano (pharmacology SOE lead) , Dr Adriana Nizam (physiology SOE lead), Dr Edel Duggan, (SBA lead) and Dr Peter Hooker (MTF lead).

I also wish to thank Dr Gareth Morrison who assesses the quality of the exam and completes all metrics for the exams.

Thank you to the examiners who write exam questions, help with standard setting prior to the exam as well as examining.

Finally a huge thank you to the CAI examination staff- Ruth Flaherty, Orla Doran, Andrew Tighe and Eoin Lumsden.

I’m looking forward to meeting you all for our next in person exam in March 2023.

Dr Michelle Duggan