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Does performance at medical school predict success at the Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) examination? : A retrospective cohort study

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dc.contributor.authorEllis, Ricky
dc.contributor.authorScrimgeour, Duncan S.G.
dc.contributor.authorBrennan, Peter A.
dc.contributor.authorLee, Amanda J.
dc.contributor.authorCleland, Jennifer
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutritionen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Medical Educationen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Centre for Healthcare Education and Research Innovation (CHERI)en
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Applied Medicineen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Institute of Applied Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Medical Statisticsen
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-22T12:53:01Z
dc.date.available2021-09-22T12:53:01Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-16
dc.descriptionFunding Information: Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (award/grant number is not applicable). Acknowledgements: The authors would like to acknowledge Iain Targett at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, for his help with data collection and Gregory Ayre from the Intercollegiate Committee for Basic Surgical Examinations for their support during this project. Our thanks to members of the UKMED Research Group who provided useful feedback on an earlier version of this manuscript, and whose comments helped refine the paper. The authors would also like to acknowledge Daniel Smith for his help with the UKMED database. Data Source: UK Medical Education Database (‘UKMED’). UKMEDP043 extract generated on 25 July 2018. We are grateful to UKMED for the use of these data. However, UKMED bears no responsibility for their analysis or interpretation. The data include information derived from that collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited (‘HESA’) and provided to the GMC (‘HESA Data’). Source: HESA Student Records 2007/2008 to 2015/2016. Copyright Higher Education Statistics Agency. The Higher Education Statistics Agency makes no warranty as to the accuracy of the HESA Data, cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from data or other information supplied by it.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.format.extent9
dc.format.extent458787
dc.identifier200805392
dc.identifier1029c62c-3aa8-4b55-8a77-b04d4d7e4888
dc.identifier85113713954
dc.identifier34400449
dc.identifier.citationEllis, R, Scrimgeour, D S G, Brennan, P A, Lee, A J & Cleland, J 2021, 'Does performance at medical school predict success at the Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) examination? A retrospective cohort study', BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 8, e046615. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046615en
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046615
dc.identifier.iss8en
dc.identifier.issn2044-6055
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-4865-9061/work/159078186
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2164/17127
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113713954&partnerID=8YFLogxKen
dc.identifier.vol11en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBMJ Openen
dc.subjectadult surgeryen
dc.subjectmedical education & trainingen
dc.subjectsurgeryen
dc.subjectR Medicineen
dc.subjectGeneral Medicineen
dc.subject.lccRen
dc.titleDoes performance at medical school predict success at the Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) examination? : A retrospective cohort studyen
dc.typeJournal articleen

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