Experts call for higher exam pass marks to close performance gap between international, UK medical graduates
Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 12:31
in Psychology & Sociology
The pass mark for a two-part test that international medical graduates must pass to work as a doctor in the UK should be raised to reduce differences in performance between international and UK medical graduates, suggest researchers. But they warn that this could create "severe workforce planning challenges" for the NHS, which has traditionally relied on international medical graduates, especially in the less popular specialties such as psychiatry.