PRACTICAL STATION TEST
The practical examination for Level 1 and 2 is a stations-based test and must be completed in person, within a specified time.
The stations can cover this type of cases:
- Fragmentary remains (identification of bones, siding of bones)
- Juvenile osteology (age determination, identification of bones)
- Commingling and MNI
- Human and non-human bone identification
- Taphonomy
- Biological profile: Age-at-death: subadults and adults
- Biological profile: Biological sex
- Biological profile: Ancestry /Population affinity
- Biological profile: Stature
- Personal identification
- Anatomical variants
- Pathology: diseases, ante-mortem trauma
- Trauma:(ante-, peri-, post-mortem differentiation); mechanisms of trauma (blunt, sharp, gunshot)
- Burned remains
Where age- and sex-estimation questions related to phases (e.g., Suchey-Brooks) are asked, the ages associated with each phase will be provided.
Individual aspects of the examination are considered as passed when a candidate achieves a result of 80% or more. Candidates will be informed of their results by email within two days after the examination, once the examination board has evaluated their responses. However, Level I applicants will be informed immediately after their written exam has been corrected, as they must also complete the final oral examination.
Please note that the practical station exam results will be provided as a percentage. Practical exam results are not shown or discussed after the exam is completed.