For Part 1 and Part 2, marks are expressed as percentage points above or below the pass mark (which varies from diet to diet), with multiple true/false (MTF) and BOF questions readily being equated. For PACES, marks are translated into a summed total for the various stations/skills, and...
Prior to 2002/1 the Part 1 examination was norm-referenced. All results presented here are calculated as the difference between a candidate's percentage mark and the particular pass mark for that diet, so that a score of zero indicates a candidate who has just achieved the pass mark, and ...
Both ChatGPT-3.5 and -4 performance was significantly above the historical pass mark for MRCP Part 1, indicating they would likely pass this examination. ChatGPT-3.5 failed eight out of nine postgraduate exams it performed with an average percentage of 5.0% below ...
For various historical reasons, and after development and piloting, the pass mark at the first diet of PACES was set at 41, and has been maintained at that level for the first nine diets, which are reported here. An additional rule, which applies to only a tiny percentage of candidates, ...
Because the examination mark is itself a percentage, the units of the SD and the SEMs are also expressed in percentage points. c) Reliability and SEM of eight SCEs sat in 2008 and 2009, in eight different medical specialties. Analysis was as for the Part 1 and Part 2 examinations of ...
and expressed as a percentage relative to the pass mark, as described previously [25]. For Part 1, Part 2, and PACES, negative marks indicate a fail, and positive marks a pass. All MRCP(UK) marks were analyzed in relationship to the mark at the first attempt, which other research has...