| Overall performance at medical school (years 1 to 5) | Examination performance | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BMS (years 1 and 2) | Clinical (years 3 to 5) | Written (years 1 to 5) | OSCE/practical (years 1 to 5) | ||
Number of GCSEs | -0.043 | -0.034 | -0.045 | -0.055 | -0.027 |
P = 0.288 | P = 0.422 | P = 0.269 | P = 0.177 | P = 0.501 | |
n = 605 | n = 552 | n = 604 | n = 605 | n = 605 | |
Mean points per GCSE | 0.262 | 0.156 | 0.260 | 0.263 | 0.247 |
P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | |
n = 599 | n = 548 | n = 598 | n = 599 | n = 599 | |
Mean points per GCSE (corrected for censoring)d | 0.277 ± 0.040 (0.204 to 0.360) | 0.165 ± 0.0410 (0.092 to 0.250) | 0.267 ± 0.035 (0.204 to 0.342) | 0.274 ± 0.038 (0.202 to 0.356) | 0.264 ± 0.039 (0.189 to 0.333) |
Total GCSE points | 0.128 | 0.083 | 0.117 | 0.120 | 0.130 |
P = 0.002 | P = 0.053 | P = 0.004 | P = 0.003 | P = 0.002 | |
n = 597 | n = 546 | n = 596 | n = 597 | n = 597 | |
Number of A-levels | 0.137 | 0.154 | 0.106 | 0.148 | 0.112 |
P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.004 | P <0.001 | P = 0.004 | |
n = 667 | n = 570 | n = 667 | n = 667 | n = 667 | |
Mean A-level grade | 0.311 | 0.286 | 0.266 | 0.339 | 0.279 |
P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | |
n = 668 | n = 570 | n = 667 | n = 667 | n = 667 | |
Total points for three best A-levels | 0.301 | 0.282 | 0.257 | 0.331 | 0.272 |
P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | |
n = 668 | n = 571 | n = 668 | n = 668 | n = 668 | |
Total points for three best A-levels (corrected for censoring)d | 0.412 ± 0.045 (0.318 to 0.506) | 0.396 ± 0.041 (0.309 to 0.473) | 0.342 ± 0.036 (0.260 to 0.404) | 0.444 ± 0.039(0.368 to 0.511) | 0.362 ± 0.036 (0.281 to 0.443) |
MRCP(UK) Part 1 mark | 0.709 | 0.610 | 0.685 | 0.733 | 0.646 |
P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | |
n = 252 | n = 204 | n = 252 | n = 252 | n = 252 | |
MRCP(UK) Part 2 mark | 0.656 | 0.526 | 0.651 | 0.669 | 0.625 |
P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | P <0.001 | |
n = 122 | n = 94 | n = 252 | n = 252 | n = 252 | |
MRCP(UK) PACES mark | 0.448 | 0.220 | 0.525 | 0.399 | 0.442 |
P <0.001 | P = 0.146 | P <0.001 | P = 0.002 | P <0.001 | |
n = 59 | n = 45 | n = 59 | n = 59 | n = 59 |