MRCGP CSA: Are the examiners biased, favouring their own by sex, ethnicity, and degree source?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 616, 2013, Pages

  Denney, Mei Ling ^a   Freeman, Adrian ^b   Wakeford, Richard ^c  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational measurement; Foreign medical graduates; General practice; Racism; Sexism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONER; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PREJUDICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887311893     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X674396     Document Type: Article

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