No one could have imagined back in March 2020 how an enforced national lockdown would change the way that many organisations would need to operate for the foreseeable future. The National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) is no exception, with a face-to-face, paper-based, exam delivery model, it has been necessary to quickly adapt to new ways of working (from home) and introduce new systems and processes to support the effective transition to delivering online examinations.
New ways of working
Dental nursing students were asked at the start of May 2020 if they were interested in sitting their exams sooner online, rather than waiting to join the cohorts sitting in November 2020 and January 2021. The response was overwhelmingly positive. There were regular discussions with key stakeholders – including the General Dental Council (GDC) about how this could be achieved, with a primary focus on maintaining the high standards NEBDN prides itself on, as a leading provider of dental nursing qualifications. In July 2020, the first online written examinations took place.
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