South African Association
of Health and Skincare
Professionals
of Health and Skincare
Professionals
Exam Pointers for CIDESCO schools
What should be done before and after the examinations:
- Every Examination should be seen as a Re-inspection Assessment
- The Examiner should be shown around including the opportunity to check Hygiene in the washrooms.
- All documentation as identified in the School Rules (Part 2, Section 6), must be prepared for the Examiner.
- Projects – Schools should give more written information to students regarding the preparation of these including the importance of the bibliography. The Schools must evaluate these for the Examiner.
- Schools are reminded that the Treatment Objective is the core of the treatment in both the Skin Analysis and Body Analysis Forms
- Schools are also reminded of the correct procedure regarding candidates with learning difficulties including dyslexia. The School must notify CIDESCO headoffice if this should occur.
- These candidates are allowed an extra 30 minutes for the MCQ, or if essential and according to medical documentation, a reader may be used
- Schools should help with the MCQ marking, including completing the MCQ Feedback Sheet
- A copy of the Feedback Sheet should be kept by the School
What should be done before and after the examinations:
If a School has a situation at an Examination where there appears to be some doubtful MCQ questions which the School queries, the Examiner may not show the Examination Paper to the School. The correct procedure is for the Examiner to notify the CIDESCO Head-office and request that these questions be checked.
Feedback from CIDESCO on education:
The new CIDESCO Syllabus is fully operational and the old Bank of MCQ questions obsolete.
There has been a projected shift in theory failure rate. This was anticipated and shows that Schools are teaching to the Syllabus to give students better knowledge and understanding. The practical examinations continue at an overall good standard.
CIDESCO is working on plans to provide guides to Schools, with more “Tools of the Trade”, in the form of documentation and a valuable CD on Bio-stimulation
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