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Table 4 Mean performance of candidates (SD) divided by UK/non-UK graduate; male/female and White/non-White. Non-UK graduates are not divided by ethnicity as there are very small numbers of White graduates

From: Fitness to practise sanctions in UK doctors are predicted by poor performance at MRCGP and MRCP(UK) assessments: data linkage study

Mean (SD)/N

MRCGP

MRCP(UK)

AKT

CSA

Part 1

Part 2

PACES

UK graduates, male, White

 No ESCUW

0.297 (0.815)

N = 4306

0.251 (0.750)

N = 2755

0.427 (0.891)

N = 6403

0.459 (0.987)

N = 5160

0.369 (0.776)

N = 4782

 ESCUW

− 0.067 (1.071)

N = 50

0.003 (0.627)

N = 33

0.137 (0.894)

N = 51

0.212 (1.213)

N = 40

0.210 (0.893)

N = 41

 Sig

t(4,354) = 3.13

p = 0.002

t(2,786) = 1.89

p = 0.058

t(6,452) = 2.31

p = 0.021

t(5,198) = 0.157

p = 0.117

t(4,821) = 0.192

p = 0.192

Cohen’s d

− 0.45

− 0.33

− 0.33

− 0.20

− 0.20

UK graduates, female, White

 No ESCUW

0.447 (0.781)

N = 9381

0.591 (0.695)

N = 5950

0.220 (0.839)

N = 9301

0.246 (0.886)

N = 6950

0.491 (0.728)

N = 6429

 ESCUW

− 0.264 (1.173)

N = 46

0.139 (0.981)

N = 28

− 0.165 (0.685)

N = 30

− 0.170 (0.823)

N = 19

0.235 (0.669)

N = 19

 Sig

t(9,425) = 6.13

p < 0.001

t(5,976) = 3.43

p = 0.001

t(9,329) = 2.56

p = 0.012

t(6,967) = 2.05

p = 0.041

t(6,446) = 1.53

p = .126

Cohen’s d

− 0.91

− 0.65

− 0.46

− 0.40

− 0.33

UK graduates, male, Non-White

 No ESCUW

− 0.161 (0.954)

N = 2699

− 0.206 (0.839)

N = 1762

0.211 (0.968)

N = 4576

0.125 (0.995)

N = 3607

0.072 (0.877)

N = 3628

 ESCUW

− 0.576 (1.061)

N = 95

− 0.778 (0.938)

N = 59

− 0.334 (1.044)

N = 88

− 0.280 (0.939)

N = 55

− 0.394 (1.076)

N = 53

 Sig

t(2,792) = 4.15

p < .001

t(1,819) = 5.13

p < .001

t(4,662) = 5.24

p < 0.001

t(3,660) = 3.00

p = 0.003

t(3,679) = 3.84

p < 0.001

Cohen’s d

− 0.44

− 0.68

− 0.56

− 0.52

− 0.53

UK graduates, female, Non-White

 No ESCUW

− 0.035 (0.907)

N = 3857

.141 (.779)

N = 2492

.070 (.901)

N = 5391

−.051 (.889)

N = 3903

.239 (.812)

N = 3806

 ESCUW

− 0.606 (0.934)

N = 24

− 0.361 (1.006)

N = 16

− 0.399 (0.824)

N = 27

− 0.574 (0.422)

N = 19

0.055 (0.752)

N = 20

 Sig

t(3,879) = 3.07

p = 0.002

t(2,506) = 2.57

p = 0.010

t(5,416) = 2.70

p = 0.002

t(3,920) = 2.56

p = 0.010

t(3,824) = 1.01

p = 0.312

Cohen’s d

− 0.63

− 0.64

− 0.53

− 0.54

− 0.23

Non-UK graduates, male

 No ESCUW

− 0.774 (1.021)

N = 3281

− 1.238 (0.879)

N = 1966

− 0.482 (1.045)

N = 6763

− 0.487 (0.941)

N = 5462

− 0.818 (1.008)

N = 5483

 ESCUW

− 1.085 (1.182)

N = 162

− 1.400 (0.925)

N = 76

− 0.889 (1.047)

N = 182

− 0.801 (0.770)

N = 124

− 1.207 (0.976)

N = 143

 Sig

t(3,441) = 3.75

p < 0.001

t(2,050) = 1.57

p = .115

t(6,943) = 5.17

p < 0.001

t(5,584) = 3.68

p < 0.001

t(5,624) = 4.56

p < 0.001

Cohen’s d

− 0.30

− 0.18

− 0.39

− 0.26

− 0.39

Non-UK graduates, female

 No ESCUW

− 0.615 (0.994)

N = 3384

− 0.765 (0.866)

N = 2056

− 0.490 (0.981)

N = 4420

− 0.463 (0.916)

N = 2876

− 0.466 (0.990)

N = 2588

 ESCUW

− 0.989 (1.009)

N = 43

− 1.368 (0.865)

N = 25

− 1.134 (0.814)

N = 46

− 1.314 (0.715)

N = 17

− 1.251 (0.861)

N = 13

 Sig

t(3,425) = 2.46

p = 0.014

t(2,079) = 3.46

p = 0.001

t(4,464) = 4.44

p < 0.001

t(2,891) = 3.82

p < 0.001

t(2,599) = 2.85

p = 0.004

Cohen’s d

− 0.38

− 0.70

− 0.66

− 0.97

− 0.79

Mean (range) Cohen’s d

− 0.52 (− 0.30; − 0.91)

− 0.53 (− 0.18; − 0.70)

− 0.49 (− 0.33; − 0.66)

− 0.48 (− 0.20; − 0.97)

− 0.41 (− 0.20; − 0.79)