Ellis, RickyAl-Tawarah, YasinBrennan, PeterLee, AmandaHines, JohnCleland, Jennifer2025-09-262025-01Ellis, R, Al-Tawarah, Y, Brennan, P, Lee, A, Hines, J & Cleland, J 2025, 'Differential attainment at national selection for higher surgical training : A retrospective cohort study', BMJ Open, vol. 15, no. 1, e091796. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-0917962044-6055ORCID: /0000-0002-4865-9061/work/181280783https://hdl.handle.net/2164/26095Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge Daniel Smith for his help with the UKMED database. 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. Data Source: Source—UK Medical Education Database (‘UKMED’) UKMEDP111 extract generated on 15 September 2021. Approved for publication on 01 December 2023. 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 Record 2002/2003 and 2013/2014 Copyright Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited. The Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited 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.6267656engRD SurgeryLB2300 Higher EducationGeneral MedicineSupplementary DataDASRDLB2300Journal article10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091796http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85216768486&partnerID=8YFLogxK151