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The latest edition of the CaHRU Newsletter (Autumn 2019) was published in December 2019. The newsletter presents the work of the research centre over the past three months and includes articles from the CaHRU blog covering publications, conferences and funding. Continue reading CaHRU Newsletter (Autumn 2019)
A recent study from a team at CaHRU and the RCGP, published in Medical Education, ‘Performance in candidates declaring vs not declaring dyslexia in a licensing clinical exam’ showed that trainee doctors with dyslexia were less likely to pass the Continue reading Dyslexia associated with reduced pass rates in MRCGP Clinical Skills Exam but not Applied Knowledge Test
CaHRU’s latest research on differential attainment was presented this November 2019 at Birmingham GP Trainer’s Conference at the Hilton Warwick Hotel, Stratford on Avon. Prof Niro Siriwardena of CaHRU who is also R&D lead for assessment at the RCGP presented Continue reading CaHRU’s research on differential attainment in postgraduate exams at Birmingham trainer’s conference 2019
A team from the University of Lincoln and the Royal College of General Practitioners, with lead author Dr Julie Pattinson and corresponding author, Prof Niro Siriwardena, have published the first cognitive interview study, exploring reasons for differences in performance between Continue reading Cognitive interview study of medical licensing knowledge test published in BMJ Open