Table 2 Univariate comparisons of postgraduate outcomes between SEM and gateway graduates
Postgraduate outcome | Gateway | SEM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | N | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | % | N – HESA rounding applied | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | P—Bonferroni correction applied | |
Summary measures | |||||||||
Passed 1st Membership exam sat | 39% | 195 | 33% | 46% | 63% | 2,270 | 61% | 65% | < 0.001 |
Appointable to any level 1 position from 1st application made | 87% | 335 | 83% | 90% | 90% | 2,890 | 89% | 91% | 1 |
Offered any level 1 position from 1st application made | 75% | 345 | 70% | 79% | 82% | 2,950 | 81% | 84% | 0.019 |
ARCP summary measures—foundation | |||||||||
Foundation programme outcome 5 | 18% | 530 | 15% | 21% | 18% | 3,895 | 17% | 19% | 1 |
Foundation programme outcome 3 | 2% | 530 | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3,895 | 1% | 2% | 1 |
Foundation programme outcome 4 | 0% | 530 | 0% | 1% | 0% | 3,895 | 0% | 0% | 1 |
ARCP summary measures – specialty | |||||||||
Specialty programme outcome 5 | 21% | 195 | 16% | 28% | 31% | 2,050 | 29% | 33% | 0.195 |
Specialty programme outcome 2 | 12% | 195 | 8% | 17% | 10% | 2,050 | 8% | 11% | 1 |
Specialty programme outcome 3 | 7% | 195 | 4% | 12% | 7% | 2,050 | 6% | 8% | 1 |
Specialty programme outcome 4 | 1% | 195 | 0% | 4% | 2% | 2,050 | 1% | 2% | 1 |
Recruitment measures—applied to | |||||||||
Applied—Acute Care Common Stem—Emergency Medicine | 4% | 345 | 2% | 6% | 6% | 2,940 | 5% | 7% | 1 |
Applied—Clinical Radiology | 3% | 345 | 2% | 6% | 5% | 2,940 | 4% | 6% | 1 |
Applied—Core Anaesthetics Training | 10% | 345 | 8% | 14% | 14% | 2,940 | 13% | 15% | 1 |
Applied—Core Medical Training | 11% | 345 | 8% | 14% | 18% | 2,940 | 17% | 20% | 0.017 |
Applied—Core Psychiatry Training | 5% | 345 | 3% | 8% | 6% | 2,940 | 5% | 7% | 1 |
Applied—Core Surgical Training | 17% | 345 | 13% | 21% | 15% | 2,940 | 14% | 16% | 1 |
Applied—General Practice | 56% | 345 | 51% | 61% | 39% | 2,940 | 38% | 41% | < 0.001 |
Applied—Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 6% | 345 | 4% | 9% | 5% | 2,940 | 5% | 6% | 1 |
Applied—Ophthalmology | 3% | 345 | 2% | 5% | 3% | 2,940 | 2% | 3% | 1 |
Applied—Paediatrics | 6% | 2,940 | 5% | 7% | 5% | 345 | 3% | 8% | 1 |
Applied—Internal Medicine Training | 7% | 2,940 | 7% | 8% | 6% | 345 | 4% | 9% | 1 |
Applied—Neurosurgery | 2% | 345 | 1% | 4% | 1% | 2,940 | 1% | 2% | 1 |
Applied—Public Health Medicine | 1% | 345 | 0% | 3% | 2% | 2,940 | 1% | 2% | 1 |
Offered – Core Surgical Training | 45% | 60 | 33% | 58% | 61% | 445 | 56% | 65% | 0.685 |
Offered—General Practice | 79% | 190 | 72% | 84% | 84% | 1,160 | 81% | 86% | 1 |