Assessment at UK medical schools varies substantially in volume, type and intensity and correlates with postgraduate attainment

Devine, Oliver Patrick; Harborne, Andrew Christopher; McManus, I. C.

doi:10.1186/s12909-015-0428-9

Table 1 Volume of written and practical assessment at UK medical schools

From: Assessment at UK medical schools varies substantially in volume, type and intensity and correlates with postgraduate attainment

					Summative, Timed, Written Assessment							Practical Assessment
					Minutes			Marks			Intensity	Minutes
	School	UCAS Code	Course Length	Compulsory Intercalation	Pre-clinical	Clinical	Total	Pre-clinical	Clinical	Total	min/ mark	Pre-clinical	Clinical	Total
1	Brighton & Sussex Medical School	B74	5	N	1100	1100	2200	400	800	1200	1.9	100	300	400
2	Cardiff University	C15	5	N	900	1100	2000	700	800	1500	1.36	0	200	200
3	Hull and York Medical School	H75	5	N	700	800	1500	800	500	1300	1.13	300	700	1000
4	Imperial College London	I50	6	Y	900	1000	1900	1100	1000	2100	0.95	0	400	400
5	Keele University	K12	5	N	700	600	1300	600	500	1100	1.20	300	400	700
6	King’s College London	K60	5	N	1100	1000	2100	900	600	1500	1.38	100	400	500
7	Newcastle University	N21	5	N	1600	1100	2700	1300	800	2100	1.23	100	200	300
8	Queen Mary, University of London	Q50	5	N	1800	1000	2800	1900	900	2800	1.02	100	500	600
9	Queen’s University Belfast	Q75	5	N	1700	1100	2800	?	?	?	?	100	300	400
10	St George’s, University of London	S49	5	N	700	1100	1800	500	800	1300	1.40	100	500	600
11	The University of Edinburgh	E56	5	N	1100	1300	2400	?	?	?	?	100	200	300
12	The University of Sheffield	S18	5	N	700	800	1500	700	800	1500	1.04	300	100	400
13	University College London	U80	6	Y	800	900	1700	600	800	1400	1.29	0	400	400
14	University of Aberdeen	A20	5	N	600	900	1500	500	800	1300	1.15	100	300	400
15	University of Birmingham	B32	5	N	1600	1200	2800	1500	800	2300	1.24	0	300	300
16	University of Bristol	B78	5	N	1200	1200	2400	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
17	University of Cambridge	C05	6	Y	2300	900	3200	900	600	1500	2.08	0	800	800
18	University of Dundee	D65	5	N	800	700	1500	?	?	?	?	200	400	600
19	University of Glasgow	G28	5	N	800	800	1600	500	700	1200	1.25	100	300	400
20	University of Leeds	L23	5	N	500	500	1000	600	600	1200	0.85	0	400	400
21	University of Liverpool	L41	5	N	600	600	1200	600	600	1200	0.97	400	500	900
22	University of Manchester	M20	5	N	1200	600	1800	1000	500	1500	1.20	100	300	400
23	University of Nottingham	N84	5	Y	1500	900	2400	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
24	University of Oxford	O33	6	Y	1600	1100	2700	900	1100	2000	1.37	0	500	500
25	University of Southampton	S27	5	Y	1000	900	1900	600	600	1200	1.52	0	200	200

Data are divided into preclinical (years 1 and 2) and clinical (years 3, 4 and 5). Minutes and marks are rounded to the nearest hundred
^? - Indicates data that schools were unwilling or unable to validate or provide

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