Figure 1

Mean mark (± 1 SE) of candidates at each assessment, broken down by gender and ethnicity (white versus non-white) and ordered from most difficult (cardiovascular system) to least difficult (communication skills and ethics). The vertical dashed line separates the two communication skills stations [stations 2 (history-taking) and 4 (communication skills)] from the three clinical skills stations [stations 1 (respiratory and abdominal systems), 3 (cardiovascular and central nervous systems) and 5 (skin, locomotor, endocrine and eye)]. ■, Men; ●, women; —, white; - -, non-white.