Cross-comparison of MRCGP & MRCP(UK) in a database linkage study of 2,284 candidates taking both examinations: assessment of validity and differential performance by ethnicity

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the MRCP(UK) and MRCGP components

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)
Assessment component	All candidates taking MRCGP	All candidates taking MRCP(UK) [See notes]	Candidates taking at least one part of both MRCGP and MRCP(UK)	Candidates who have taken all three parts of MRCP(UK)	Candidates taking either part of MRCGP and all three parts of MRCP(UK)
MRCGP AKT	16.03 (15.69) N = 8919	-	18.11 (14.79) N = 2284	-	25.67 (11.9) N = 741
MRCGP CSA	9.39 (12.89) N = 2634	-	5.93 (13.91) N = 564	-	8.81 (13.43) N = 185
MRCP(UK) Part 1	-	−28.93 (130.6) N = 23344	−62.48 (119.47) N = 1988	14.98 (110.7) N = 11039	6.14 (101.6) N = 741
MRCP(UK) Part 2	-	47.45 (87.38) N = 17008	26.00 (75.62) N = 1131	55.85 (83.34) N = 11039	42.6 (71.5) N = 741
MRCP(UK) PACES	-	-.18 (21.97) N = 17806	−2.54 (22.2) N = 943	1.33 (21.72) N = 11039	−1.04 (21.9) N = 741

Notes: For each assessment (column a), statistics are shown for all of those taking MRCGP (column b) and MRCP(UK) (column c), for those taking at least one part of each assessment (column d), for those taking all three parts of MRCP(UK) (column e) and for those taking all three parts of MRCP(UK) and at least one part of MRCGP (column f). For MRCP(UK), ‘All candidates’ refers to all candidates in the database with a GMC number and who have therefore probably worked in the UK.

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