The purpose of this syllabus is to:
- Allow candidates to prepare for the exam by reference to what may be included in the examination questions
- Provide information for trainers, exam revision course designers etc to plan educational material/teaching resources for the examination
- Enable blueprinting of examination questions to the curriculum ensuring the validity of the examination
- Aid examinations statistical processes such as data on sampling of the curriculum.
The coding takes the following form, for example: 2_GA_Q_1
Code
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Key
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2
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Stage of training: 1 or 2
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GA
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Domain: Standard abbreviation POM, GA etc
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Q
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Key capability (KC): Letter of KC from curriculum
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1
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Item: Number
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