Table 3.

Assessment of ethnic differences in performance, expressed as the relative performance of BME candidates

Dependent variable	Variables taken into account	BME effect
MRCP(UK) Part 1	-	beta = −.265, p < .001, b = −64.70
		N = 1988
MRCP(UK) Part2	MRCP(UK) Part 1	beta = −.163, p < .001, b = −24.95
		N = 942
MRCP(UK) PACES	MRCP(UK) Part 1 & Part2	beta = −.240, p < .001, b = −10.55
		N = 741
MRCGP AKT	MRCP(UK) Part 1, Part 2 & PACES	beta = −.127, p < .001, b = −3.03
		N = 741
MRCGP CSA	MRCGP AKT; MRCP(UK) Part 1, Part 2 & PACES	beta = −.208, p < .001, b = −5.11
		N = 741
MRCGP AKT - CM	Part1, Part2, PACES	beta = −.105, p = .001, b = −1.23
(Clinical Medicine)		N = 741
MRCGP AKT – EI	Part1, Part2, PACES	beta = −.079, p = .024, b = −2.21
(Evidence Interpretation)		N = 741
MRCGP AKT – O	Part1, Part2, PACES	beta = −.123, p = .001, b = −3.02
(Organisational)		N = 741
MRCGP AKT - CM	MRCP(UK) Part 1, Part 2 & PACES; MRCGP AKT-EI & AKT-O	beta = −.075, p = .01 , b = −0.88
(Clinical Medicine)		N = 741
MRCGP AKT – EI	MRCP(UK) Part 1, Part 2 & PACES; MRCGP AKT-CM & AKT-O	beta = −.029, NS (p = .393) , b = −0.78
(Evidence Interpretation)		N = 741
MRCGP AKT – O	MRCP(UK) Part 1, Part 2 & PACES; MRCGP AKT-CM & AKT-EI	beta = −.087, p = .015, b = −2.13
(Organisational)		N = 741

Notes: For the various assessments shown in the first column, the effects are shown in the third column, after taking into account performance on previous assessments, shown in the second column. A negative beta or b coefficient indicates that BME candidates perform less well than White candidates.