eprintid: 1466055 rev_number: 36 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/46/60/55 datestamp: 2015-04-14 19:24:34 lastmod: 2021-10-10 22:39:43 status_changed: 2015-04-14 19:24:34 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Wakeford, R creators_name: Denney, M creators_name: Ludka-Stempien, K creators_name: Dacre, J creators_name: McManus, IC title: Cross-comparison of MRCGP & MRCP(UK) in a database linkage study of 2,284 candidates taking both examinations: assessment of validity and differential performance by ethnicity. ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D20 note: © 2015 Wakeford et al.; licensee BioMed Central. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. abstract: MRCGP and MRCP(UK) are the main entry qualifications for UK doctors entering general [family] practice or hospital [internal] medicine. The performance of MRCP(UK) candidates who subsequently take MRCGP allows validation of each assessment. In the UK, underperformance of ethnic minority doctors taking MRCGP has had a high political profile, with a Judicial Review in the High Court in April 2014 for alleged racial discrimination. Although the legal challenge was dismissed, substantial performance differences between white and BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) doctors undoubtedly exist. Understanding ethnic differences can be helped by comparing the performance of doctors who take both MRCGP and MRCP(UK). date: 2015 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-014-0281-2 vfaculties: VGHCSCI oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_source: PubMed elements_id: 1010669 doi: 10.1186/s12909-014-0281-2 pii: s12909-014-0281-2 language_elements: ENG lyricists_name: Dacre, Jane lyricists_name: Ludka, Katarzyna lyricists_name: McManus, Ian lyricists_id: JEDAC05 lyricists_id: KLUDK35 lyricists_id: ICMCM02 full_text_status: public publication: BMC Med Educ volume: 15 pagerange: 1 - ? event_location: England citation: Wakeford, R; Denney, M; Ludka-Stempien, K; Dacre, J; McManus, IC; (2015) Cross-comparison of MRCGP & MRCP(UK) in a database linkage study of 2,284 candidates taking both examinations: assessment of validity and differential performance by ethnicity. BMC Med Educ , 15 1 - ?. 10.1186/s12909-014-0281-2 <https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-014-0281-2>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1466055/1/s12909-014-0281-2.pdf