Changing trends in ethnicity and academic performance: observational cohort data from a UK medical school

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Quantify differential attainment by ethnicity in undergraduate medical assessments and evaluate whether institutional efforts to reduce the attainment gap have had impact.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting

A single UK MBBS medical programme.

Participants

Pseudonymised data of adults aged ≥18 years enrolled in one of the UK MBBS medical programmes between 2012 and 2018. Ethnicity was self-declared during enrolment as White, Asian, Black, mixed and other.

Main outcome measure

Module mark (distinction, merit, pass, fail) graded according to a variety of assessments, including single best answer examinations, objective structured clinical examinations and coursework submissions. All modular assessments are graded as a percentage.

SUBMITTER: Mukherji P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9756189 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature