A report was commissioned by the University of Otago after 20% of sixth-year medical students in 2019 were found not to have met attendance requirements on overseas placements. Photo: ODT filesMedical students holidaying while on overseas placements is highly likely to have occurred before students were caught in 2019, an investigation has found. Photo: suppliedA report was commissioned by the University of Otago after 20% of sixth-year medical students in 2019 were found not to have met attendance requirements on overseas placements. The most extreme instances of wrongdoing reported to the panel said supervisors at host institutions encouraged non-attendance, signing their end of placement report on the first day of the placement. The report also considered whether university staff were aware of the problem before the issue came to light.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 09, 2021 06:22 UTC