Fitness to practise sanctions in UK doctors are predicted by poor performance at MRCGP and MRCP(UK) assessments: data linkage study

Fitness to practise sanctions in UK doctors are predicted by poor performance at MRCGP and MRCP(UK) assessments: data linkage study

Abstract Background The predictive validity of postgraduate examinations, such as MRCGP and MRCP(UK) in the UK, is hard to assess, particularly for clinically relevant outcomes. The sanctions imposed on doctors by the UK’s General Medical Council (GMC), including erasure from the Medical Register, a...

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Main Authors: Richard Wakeford, Kasia Ludka, Katherine Woolf, I. C. McManus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Fitness to practise
MRCGP
MRCP(UK)
Knowledge assessments
Clinical assessments
Postgraduate examinations
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1214-4

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