An evaluation of the performance in the UK Royal College of Anaesthetists primary examination by UK medical school and gender.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been comparatively little consideration of the impact that the changes to undergraduate curricula might have on postgraduate academic performance. This study compares the performance of graduates by UK medical school and gender in the Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) section of the first part of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) examination.

Methods

Data from each sitting of the MCQ section of the primary FRCA examination from June 1999 to May 2008 were analysed for performance by medical school and gender.

Results

There were 4983 attempts at the MCQ part of the examination by 3303 graduates from the 19 United Kingdom medical schools. Using the standardised overall mark minus the pass mark graduates from five medical school

SUBMITTER: Bowhay AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2707380 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature