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Table 1 Number of graduates of each Medical School, as well as males and females, completing the primary FRCA examination and those that passed the examination first time and with the first time pass rates, with lower and upper 95% confidence intervals

From: An evaluation of the performance in the UK Royal College of Anaesthetists primary examination by UK medical school and gender

Medical School

Number Completing Exam

Number Passing First Time

First Time Pass rate (%) with 95% Confidence Intervals (lower limit, upper limit)

Oxford

54

50

92.6 (83.3, 97.5)

Cambridge

64

52

81.3 (70.4, 89.3)

Nottingham

151

112

74.2 (66.8, 80.7)

Birmingham

156

114

73.1 (65.7, 79.6)

Edinburgh

151

109

72.2 (64.7, 78.9)

Newcastle Upon Tyne

111

77

69.4 (60.4, 77.4)

Bristol

139

96

69.1 (61.1, 76.3)

Wales

121

80

66.1 (57.4, 74.1)

Manchester

243

158

65.0 (58.9, 70.8)

Liverpool

111

69

62.2 (52.9, 70.8)

Leeds

118

73

61.9 (52.9, 70.3)

Southampton

104

63

60.6 (51.0, 69.6)

London

949

569

60.0 (56.8, 63.0)

Sheffield

141

81

57.5 (49.2, 65.4)

Leicester

98

54

55.1 (45.2, 64.7)

Glasgow

194

105

54.1 (47.1, 61.0)

Aberdeen

127

67

52.8 (44.1, 61.3)

Dundee

107

40

37.4 (28.7, 46.8)

Belfast

45

10

22.2 (12.0, 35.9)

Male

1774

1133

63.9 (61.6, 66.1)*

Female

1410

846

60.0 (57.4, 62.5)*

All

3184

1979

62.2 (60.5, 63.8)

  1. * Chi squared = 4.99, p = 0.025
  2. Medical schools listed in rank order of the pass rate.