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Performance in psychiatry undergraduate finals

The influence of gender and nationality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Rachael Cullivan ,
Siobhan Rooney ,
Gabrielle Kelly  and
Noel Walsh
Rachael Cullivan*
Affiliation:
St Davnet's Hospital Monaghan, Ireland
Siobhan Rooney
Affiliation:
University College Hospital Cork
Gabrielle Kelly
Affiliation:
University College Dublin
Noel Walsh
Affiliation:
St Vincent's Hospital Dublin 4
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Aims and method

This study investigated the effects of gender and nationality on performance in various aspects of the undergraduate final examination in psychiatry. Results in all sections of the final examination were analysed in the case of 140 students from the same year.

Results

There were no statistically significant differences between performances by males and females, however non-nationals performed less well in all aspects of the examination.

Clinical implications

Teaching programmes need to identify which aspects of the undergraduate course cause particular difficulty for non-nationals. This information would usefully inform future developments in undergraduate teaching.

Type
Original papers
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , May 1999 , pp. 280 - 282
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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