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. 2018 Dec 7;16:230. doi: 10.1186/s12916-018-1214-4

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

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)