We, the undersigned candidates, are calling on the ADC  to revise the current structure of the ADC Part 2 examination.

Currently , candidates are required to re-sit all components of the examination — including the Technical Stations, Communication OSCEs, and Skilled OSCEs — even after having successfully passed them in previous attempts. This requirement creates several significant challenges:

 1. Financial Burden – Each full re-sit represents a considerable cost, often amounting to many thousands of dollars. Over multiple attempts, this places candidates under sustained financial strain.

 2. Psychological Impact – Repeating components already successfully passed contributes to unnecessary stress, mental fatigue, and anxiety, which may negatively affect both wellbeing and performance.

 3. Resource Utilisation – Re-administering all components consumes valuable time and resources of ADC staff and examiners, potentially diverting capacity away from other critical activities.

We wish to emphasise that our request is not aimed at lowering the high standards rightly upheld by the ADC. Rather, we respectfully propose a fairer and more efficient structure:

 • Since the Technical Stations, Communication OSCEs, and Skilled OSCEs are distinct and independently assessed, a candidate who has successfully passed one component should retain credit for that component in subsequent attempts.

 • This would reduce unnecessary repetition, improve candidate wellbeing, and allow ADC to focus its resources where they are most needed, while still ensuring that all competencies are rigorously assessed.

There is international precedent for such a model. For example, in Canada and other jurisdictions, examination frameworks allow candidates to retain credit for sections they have passed, requiring only the re-sit of the components not yet completed successfully. These systems demonstrate that it is possible to maintain rigorous professional standards while also supporting candidate wellbeing and sustainability of the examination process.

We remain fully committed to meeting the standards required by the ADC and to ensuring the delivery of safe, effective patient care in Australia. Our request is made in the spirit of professionalism, fairness, and collaboration, with the aim of strengthening the examination process for both candidates and the ADC itself.

Candidates deserve a fair system. Please sign to urge the ADC to let passed sections count toward future attempts.