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Essential Food Hygiene Certificate Examination: Examination Papers Reviewed

R.J. Donaldson, OBE HonFRSH

One thousand papers for the Essential Food Hygiene exami nation, chosen consecutively from those being processed in RSH House on 6-7 April 1994, were reviewed.

The purpose of the review was to assess the impact of the redesigned course and the new examination papers which were introduced from 1 January 1994. The pass rate for the sample was 96.7% which was somewhat lower than the pass rate of 99.2% for the whole of 1993 when the previous examination papers were in use.

Out of 1000 papers 33 were failures. Eighteen candi dates had obtained the 70% pass mark yet still failed because one of the two questions on temperature control had been answered incorrectly. The requirement to answer both those questions correctly in order to obtain a certifi cate was introduced with the new examination papers and marked a major change.

The conclusion from this snapshot study was that the majority of Tutors and the candidates from their courses had achieved a high degree of examination success. In particular, Tutors had secured a major objective by ensu ring that trainees had a clear understanding of the concepts of temperature control. Only a minority were having diffi culty. Of the 33 individuals who failed, 18 came from just four of the 108 courses.

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Vol. 114, No. 4, 204-207 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/146642409411400408
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