Background
Findings of the study by Mehdizadeh et al.
Credibility of the findings: triangulation?
Doctors’ country of PMQ | No. of doctors on LRMP 2013 | No. of PAs 1996–2013 | Crude rate of PAs/1000 doctors | IRR*
| No. of first-attempt candidates taking CSA 2015–16 | Mean CSA scaled mark 2015–16 (pass = 0) | CSA fail rate % 2015–16 | AKT fail rate % 2015–16 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
Bangladesh | 874 | 23 | 26.32 | 13 | 9 | –11.78 | 88.9 | 71.4 |
Egypt | 3215 | 45 | 14.00 | 8 | 10 | –6.20 | 80.0 | 63.6 |
India | 25114 | 242 | 9.64 | 5 | 90 | –3.12 | 53.3 | 50.0 |
Iraq | 2326 | 30 | 12.90 | 8 | 10 | –1.00 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
Ireland | 4020 | 28 | 6.97 | 2 | 13 | 9.77 | 15.4 | 8.3 |
Nigeria | 4067 | 47 | 11.56 | 8 | 71 | –4.85 | 67.6 | 47.6 |
Pakistan | 9400 | 61 | 6.49 | 4 | 108 | –4.67 | 68.5 | 51.7 |
South Africa | 5444 | 17 | 3.12 | 1 | 7 | 5.29 | 28.6 | n/a#
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Sri Lanka | 2376 | 21 | 8.84 | 4 | 8 | –12.50 | 75.0 | 0 |
UK | 164691 | 332 | 2.02 | 1 | 2572 | 11.20 | 10.8 | 14.6 |