Background: The UK General Medical Council has emphasized the lack of evidence on whether graduates from different UK medical schools perform differently in their clinical careers. Here we assess the performance of UK graduates who have taken MRCP(UK) Part 1 and Part 2, which are multiple-choice assessments, and PACES, an assessment using real and simulated patients of clinical examination skil...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate prostate awareness in the general male population and discover the common misinformation about prostate diseases (PDs). MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional population sampling was performed in the general population for men between the ages of 18-70 with a survey conducted by medical students. The survey consisted of 15 questions addressing di...

Vet Med Today: Facts & Figures 795 I cooperation with the 28 US schools and colleges of veterinary medicine, the AVMA conducted an annual survey of veterinary medical graduates in spring 2010 (Appendix). Information on veterinary graduates’ employment choices, salaries, and educational indebtedness was collected from 2,396 survey respondents, representing 93.9% of all graduates. All schools par...

BACKGROUND Canadian international medical graduates are Canadian-citizens who have graduated from a medical school outside of Canada or the United States. A growing number of Canadians enroll in medical school abroad, including at Caribbean offshore medical schools. Often, Canadians studying medicine abroad attempt to return to Canada for postgraduate residency training and ultimately to practi...