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Autor:
McManus IC, Ludka Katarzyna
Publikováno v:
BMC Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 60 (2012)
Abstract Background Failure rates in postgraduate examinations are often high and many candidates therefore retake examinations on several or even many times. Little, however, is known about how candidates perform across those multiple attempts. A ke
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/ed3c10d769664b8f80dfc311686bd7ba
Publikováno v:
BMC Medical Education, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 40 (2010)
Abstract Background Cronbach's alpha is widely used as the preferred index of reliability for medical postgraduate examinations. A value of 0.8-0.9 is seen by providers and regulators alike as an adequate demonstration of acceptable reliability for a
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/b4324b8d00e746c386205b793889601e
Publikováno v:
BMC Medical Education, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 21 (2008)
Abstract Background UK medical students and doctors from ethnic minorities underperform in undergraduate and postgraduate examinations. Although it is assumed that white (W) and non-white (NW) students enter medical school with similar qualifications
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/1457843981d0430caceda4cda5d2bfe3
Publikováno v:
BMC Medicine, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 5 (2008)
Abstract Background The UK General Medical Council has emphasized the lack of evidence on whether graduates from different UK medical schools perform differently in their clinical careers. Here we assess the performance of UK graduates who have taken
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/a91dc853f94945029f83385171427468
Autor:
McManus IC, Whalley Simon
Publikováno v:
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 25 (2006)
Abstract Background Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a chronic respiratory disease for which there is little psycho-social research and no qualitative studies of individuals living with the condition. A questionnaire-based survey in 2003 found evi
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/5acc36d6c6f04980a1e5316716bd4681
Publikováno v:
BMC Medical Education, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 42 (2006)
Abstract Background A potential problem of clinical examinations is known as the hawk-dove problem, some examiners being more stringent and requiring a higher performance than other examiners who are more lenient. Although the problem has been known
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/4b6a56e7ac104b2796f57d78a5f4d8ea
Publikováno v:
BMC Medical Education, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 11 (2006)
Abstract Background The motivational and other factors used by medical students in making their career choices for specific medical specialities have been looked at in a number of studies in the literature. There are however few studies that assess t
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/23faac14aacb4b5f862e8c58b2fa7f57
Publikováno v:
BMC Medical Education, Vol 5, Iss 1, p 38 (2005)
Abstract Background Personal statements and referees' reports are widely used on medical school application forms, particularly in the UK, to assess the suitability of candidates for a career in medicine. However there are few studies which assess th
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/2c6e2e060c3f4892882b4854f5cd9a09
Publikováno v:
BMC Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 1, p 13 (2005)
Abstract Background The maintenance of standards is a problem for postgraduate medical examinations, particularly if they use norm-referencing as the sole method of standard setting. In each of its diets, the MRCP(UK) Part 1 Examination includes a nu
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f5214868a09549a2ae9459a817780994
Autor:
McManus IC, Petrides KV
Publikováno v:
BMC Medical Education, Vol 4, Iss 1, p 18 (2004)
Abstract Background The medical specialities chosen by doctors for their careers play an important part in the workforce planning of health-care services. However, there is little theoretical understanding of how different medical specialities are pe
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/ecdc08ec7ae64c868b5e387e080e0e90