An evaluation of the first time performance of international medical graduates in the MRCOG Part 1 and Part 2 written examinations

Rushd, S.; Landau, Alex; Lindow, Stephen W.

doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.10.004

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“…Of course, as medicine becomes increasingly internationalised, the development of a PPI pedagogy will need to take into account the emergent discourse of ‘global standards’ for medical exams. One example of this, from UK postgraduate medical education, is the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists membership exam (MRCOG), written exam Parts 1 and 2, which is an internationally recognised standard with more than 85% of the total candidates being international medical graduates (IMG) . The MRCOG has exam centres around the world, and therefore any PPI in curriculum development, and potentially assessment, will need to draw on a pedagogy that considers cultural implications in an international context.…”

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Towards a pedagogy for patient and public involvement in medical education

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Nunn

2015

Med Educ

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Towards a pedagogy for patient and public involvement in medical education

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Nunn

2015

Med Educ

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“…Overseas doctors struggle more than UK graduates with passing exams, which impacts their career progression [ 3 , 15 - 17 ]. In this respect, the literature focused on exams from the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP), the applied knowledge test (AKT), and clinical skills assessment (CSA).…”

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The Application of Digital Platforms in Supporting UK International Medical Graduates

Farag

Olaogun

2020

Cureus

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Although international medical graduates (IMGs) constitute considerable percentage of doctors in the National Health Service (NHS), they face several challenges in acclimatizing to the NHS health system. Communication skills, language subtleties, and career progression difficulties are among the most important challenges that overseas doctors face. Some resources are already available to support these doctors and several trusts across the UK have developed local interventions and educational programs to help their doctors bridge the gaps in their knowledge. However, there is no proof of the external validity of these programs and none are identified as effective on a national level. Senior IMGs are leading very popular and inspiring projects using digital platforms, especially social media. We identified several social media pages, groups, and websites subscribed to by hundreds of thousands of doctors in the UK and around the world, including doctors who are planning a future career in the UK. These platforms provide information, resources, support, and answers to questions posed by junior IMGs. Inspired by these projects and also by an Australian project that transformed a local IMG education program, we studied whether using digital platforms and transforming evidence-based local programs to national ones would be the best way forward to support IMGs.

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“…4 Internacionalmente, é comum os exames de avaliação da formação médica pós-graduada serem analisados de acordo com estas propriedades e os resultados são regularmente publicados e disponíveis para análise. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Estudos internacionais têm também analisado as associações entre as notas no final da especialidade e os exames de acesso aos colégios de especialidade. 12 Dentro de cada especialidade tem-se também analisado, quais os preditores de sucesso na admissão aos respetivos colégios 13 : incluindo as classificações obtidas em momentos de avaliação anteriores ao exame.…”

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Evaluation of The Medical Board Exam in Portugal

Marques¹,

Martins²,

Goiana-da-Silva³

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Acta Med Port

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Introduction: There is a high heterogeneity in the structure of postgraduate medical training evaluation worldwide. However, in contrast to other countries, there have been no scientific studies of the final medical board examination, in Portugal. The present study aimed to evaluate the adequacy of the medical board examination including its validity as measured by its association with medical school grade average and national seriation examination.Material and Methods: Cross-sectional, observational study. We analyzed the final results on the medical board examination of 2439 physicians, across 47 specialties, who completed their training in 2016 and 2017, using measures of central tendency and variability. We assessed the association between these grades and the national exam to initiate residency, and the grade average in Medical School.Results: Measures of central tendency and variability, and consequent shape measures, revealed that the distribution of the scores of the final medical board exam is extremely negatively asymmetric and leptokurtic. A positive association was also found between the results in this exam and the score on national exam to initiate residency, and the grade average in Medical School.Conclusion: Although the medical board examination was, in general, positively associated with scores on the national exam to initiate residency, and the mean final Medical School grades, thus indicating its potential validity, our results demonstrate that this exam presents no satisfactory discriminative capacity. Therefore, there is room to improve the actual postgraduate medical examination model, including changes in its classification system and potentially consider other assessment models.

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An evaluation of the first time performance of international medical graduates in the MRCOG Part 1 and Part 2 written examinations

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Towards a pedagogy for patient and public involvement in medical education

Towards a pedagogy for patient and public involvement in medical education

The Application of Digital Platforms in Supporting UK International Medical Graduates

Evaluation of The Medical Board Exam in Portugal

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