Investigating possible ethnicity and sex bias in clinical examiners: An analysis of data from the MRCP(UK) PACES and nPACES examinations

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  McManus, I C ^a   Elder, Andrew T ^b,c   Dacre, Jane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRCPUK Central Office   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Examiner bias; Hawks and doves; Sex

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; RACISM; SEXISM; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RACISM; SEXISM;

EID: 84880956623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-103     Document Type: Article

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