Peterborough GP accused of using concealed headphone to cheat on medical exam
A Peterborough GP is to face a medical tribunal over allegations that he cheated on a medical exam.
Dr Kabir Choudhury, who is licenced to practice in Peterborough and St Albans, will face a Medical Practitioners Tribunal between November 3 and 5.
The tribunal will inquire into the allegation that between April 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020, Dr Choudhury took an online Year 4 MBChB exam resit through Warwick Medical School and used a concealed wireless headphone, enabling him to be supplied answers to the exam questions by Dr Hassan Khalil.
The allegation states that Dr Choudhury’s actions amounted to cheating in his examination and were dishonest.
He is also alleged to have seen patients alone without the presence of his assessor but issuing medical certificates stating that they are were present.
The second allegation states: “It is further alleged that on more than one occasion on or between January 11, 2022 and February 1, 2023 and on or between March 6, 2023 and April 17, 2023, Dr Choudhury issued medical certificates and used a stamp with the details of Dr A to complete the signature of an assessor.
"This was despite Dr A not being the main assessor of the patients or physically present, and Dr Choudhury having seen the patients alone”