Differential attainment at MRCS according to gender, ethnicity, age and socioeconomic factors: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A recent independent review on diversity and inclusivity highlighted concerns that barriers to surgical career progression exist for some groups of individuals and not others. Group-level differences in performance at the Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (MRCS) examinations have been identified but are yet to be investigated. We aimed to characterise the relationship between sociodemographic differences and performance at MRCS.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Secondary care.

Participants

All UK MRCS candidates attempting Part A (n = 5780) and Part B (n = 2600) between 2013 and 2019 with linked sociodemographic data in the UK Medical Education Database (https://www.ukmed.ac.uk).

Main outcome measu

SUBMITTER: Ellis R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9234885 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature