Graduates of different UK medical schools show substantial differences in performance on MRCP(UK) Part 1, Part 2 and PACES examinations

BMC Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  McManus, I C ^a   Elder, Andrew T ^b   de Champlain, Andre ^c   Dacre, Jane E ^a   Mollon, Jennifer ^d   Chis, Liliana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^d MRCPUK Central Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 40449097966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-6-5     Document Type: Article

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