2014
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp15x683029
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Licensing exams and judicial review: the closing of one door and opening of others?

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“…There is general agreement that examiner bias or overt discrimination is unlikely to be the sole cause of differential performance in medical licensing examinations12 and this is particularly the case in computer-based machine-marked test of knowledge. Therefore, further research exploring causes for differences in examination outcomes between IMGs and UKGs in knowledge tests is needed 26…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is general agreement that examiner bias or overt discrimination is unlikely to be the sole cause of differential performance in medical licensing examinations12 and this is particularly the case in computer-based machine-marked test of knowledge. Therefore, further research exploring causes for differences in examination outcomes between IMGs and UKGs in knowledge tests is needed 26…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Diferential attainment in medical examinations is a widespread but poorly understood phenomenon [15][16][17]. Diferential performance in the Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) of the MRCGP was the subject of a judicial review in 2014. his diferential was most marked between UK medical graduates and international medical graduates [1].…”
Section: Analysis Of the Performance Of Individual Marker Questionsmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…his study was not able to take account of the known diferences between ethnic groups, in terms of academic performance, in the data analysis. hese diferences have been described in the context of undergraduate and postgraduate examinations [1,15]. Diferences in other demographic features such as age and gender, which are known to afect performance in the AKT, could not be included [27,28].…”
Section: Primary Outcomementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The role of doctors’ ethnic group in differential attainment in the UK Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) licensing assessments is a continuing concern, 1 and causes are poorly understood. 2 A study by Esmail and Roberts suggested, despite lack of supportive evidence, that ‘subjective bias due to racial discrimination in the clinical skills assessment may be a cause of failure for UK trained candidates and international medical graduates’ . 3 Despite a judicial review in 2014 4 and subsequent narrative review finding no evidence of racial discrimination, 5 there has been ongoing focus from some commentators on addressing unconscious bias, changing assessments, or addressing other unproven factors such as self-efficacy, and inclusion and relationships with educators and peers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%