MRCP(UK) Part 1 written examination February 2022

Performance report

Exam statistics

Number of Candidates not Pass Reliability Standard error

Number of
candidates training in the equated (Cronbach of measurement
UK trainees
sitting UK score alpha) (%)
2906 362 2544 540 0.92 3.1

Candidates
Candidates
sitting in Female Male White BAME Unknown
sitting in UK
international candidates candidates candidates candidates ethnicity
centres
centres
986 1920 1391 1485 400 2098 408
34% 66% 47.9% 51,1% 13.8% 72.2% 14.0%

The number of female candidates is lower than male candidates, there are more BAME than White
candidates. The number of non-UK trainees is much higher than the number of self-declared UK
trainees. Out of the total 2906 candidates 1118 sat an online proctored exam, 985 in the UK and
133 in Malaysia, Malta and India.

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Candidate performance

Candidate numbers and pass rates for all groups are in line with the historical data.

Male candidates have a higher pass rate than female candidates, White candidates are passing in a
higher proportion than BAME candidates and UK trainees have a similar pass rate with non-UK
trainees (Note: data on training is self-declared).

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Pass rate (%)
100
80 65.3
54.7 51.0 52.1
60 45.9 46.8 45.4 48.1 49.0 48.9
40
20
0
UK centres

International centres

BAME candidates

All
Female candidates

White candidates

non-UK trainees
UK trainees

Online candidates
Male candidates

The mean of equated scores is highest for White candidates and lowest for international centres.

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equated scores mean and standard deviation
700
548.3 517.5 573.7
600 523 533.2 517.8 529.6 527.7 539 528
500
400 stdev of
300 equated
200 scores
100
0
BAME candidates
UK centres

International centres

Online
Female candidates

White candidates

non-UK trainees

All
UK trainees
Male candidates

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Candidate scores distribution shows many candidates scoring between 500 and 625 (mean=528,
stdev=117.7, median=539, mode=550. The pass mark is established at 540. In this examination the
number of correct answers for a pass is 126 out of 199 scored questions. One question was pulled
in paper 2 due to poor performance.

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equated scores distribution all candidates

350

300

250
candidates

200

150

100

50

equated score

Topic performance

All candidates including UK trainees have the lowest mean percent correct in Ophthalmology and
the highest performance in Dermatology and Palliative medicine.

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 mean % correct mean % correct

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March 2022
CARDIOLOGY
CARDIOLOGY
CLINICAL PHARM THERA CLINICAL PHARM THERA
CLINICAL SCIENCE CLINICAL SCIENCE

MRCP(UK) Research team

DERMATOLOGY DERMATOLOGY
ENDO DIABETES META ENDO DIABETES META
GASTRO AND HEP GASTRO AND HEP
GERIATRIC MEDICINE GERIATRIC MEDICINE
HAEMATOLOGY HAEMATOLOGY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFECTIOUS DISEASES
MED OPHTHALMOLOGY MED OPHTHALMOLOGY
NEUROLOGY NEUROLOGY

ONCOLOGY ONCOLOGY

PALLIATIVE MEDICINE PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

PSYCHIATRY PSYCHIATRY

topic performance UK trainees

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RENAL MEDICINE RENAL MEDICINE

topic performance all candidates

RESPIRATORY MEDICINE RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

RHEUMATOLOGY RHEUMATOLOGY
all

passing
all passing

UK trainees
UK trainees