NI test blunder medical students await remark results 8 March 2013 Last updated at 07:43 By Maggie Taggart Education Correspondent Hundreds of Northern Ireland's medical students, affected by an exams body's decision to rescind the results of a hospital placement test, will get the results of a re-mark on Friday. The test gauged the performance of final year students. Around 250 final year Queen's University students, and others studying in England, Wales and Scotland have been affected. It is not known how many will have their placements changed as a result. Some could lose hospital placements to other higher scoring students. In February, more than 7,000 students were affected across the UK following the decision by the UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) to withdrew all offers. It is understood 353 of them have had their marks changed. The re-count of the Situational Judgement Test was ordered after the automated marking led to mistakes in the results. Purpose of test was to score students on their: Commitment to professionalism Coping with pressure Effective communication Patient focus Working effectively as part of a team That in turn meant some student doctors missed out on their top choice of hospital placement for the next two years. Some were told they had not qualified for any place. There is to be an independent enquiry into what went wrong. This is the first year the Situational Judgement Test was formally used to gauge the performance of the final year students as they applied for two year placements in hospitals, the next stage of their training. It is understood the new test was piloted in the past. The test was supposed to be designed to make the process of allocating places fairer and more effective.