… Bill Irish, MRCGP examiner2, … A recent survey of UK medical schools and royal
colleges revealed a growing interest in the use of computer based testing (unpublished …

Medical Education 2012: 46: 399–408 Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the validity
and utility of and candidate reactions towards cognitive ability tests, and current selection …

Background The selection methodology for UK general practice is designed to accommodate
several thousand applicants per year and targets six core attributes identified in a multi-…

Medical Education 2011: 45: 289–297 Objectives This study aimed to examine candidate
reactions to selection practices in postgraduate medical training using organisational justice …

There has been increasing concern in the kidney transplant community about the declining
use of expanded criteria donors (ECD) despite improvement in survival and quality of life. …

This study examined whether two machine-marked tests (MMTs; a clinical problem-solving
test and situational judgement test), previously validated for selection into UK general …

The report of Higher Education England’s commission on the primary care workforce is timely
and welcome. 1 The UK has led the way in delivering high quality, effective, accessible, …

Background Patients often seek doctors of the same sex, particularly for sex-specific complaints
and also because of a perception that doctors have greater knowledge of complaints …

Selection into GP speciality training is based on results of a multi-method job analysis study.
Six key competency domains were identified as priorities to assess through the current …

This study explored the views and experiences of a sample of hospital consultants using the
RCGP e-portfolio, within the wider context of WPBA. Whilst the use of e-portfolios and …