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. 2014 Apr 17;348:g2622. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g2622

Table 3.

 Proportion of international medical graduates registering via PLAB test in each speciality group along with proportions of Annual Reviews of Competence Progression (ARCP) in which outcome indicated satisfactory progress. Values are numbers (percentages)

Specialty Proportion of international medical graduates Proportion satisfactory ARCP outcomes
Anaesthetics and intensive care 708/5371 (13.2) 10 131/12 680 (79.9)
Emergency medicine 258/1723 (15.0) 2482 /3422 (72.5)
General practice 3327/14 564 (22.8) 23 287/28 997 (80.3)
Medicine 2663/13 907 (19.2) 26 894/37 292 (72.1)
Obstetrics and gynaecology 861/2456 (35.1) 4232/6008 (70.4)
Ophthalmology 88/758 (11.6) 1443/1819 (79.3)
Paediatrics 1128/4146 (27.2) 7444 /10 210 (72.9)
Pathology and clinical sciences 237/1058 (22.4) 1890/2385 (79.3)
Psychiatry 1738/3886 (44.7) 6128/8535 (71.8)
Public health 24/288 (8.3) 529/605 (87.4)
Radiology 264/1412 (18.7) 2766/3220 (85.9)
Surgery 885/7402 (12.0) 13 653/17 613 (77.5)