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Performance in psychiatry undergraduate finals

The influence of gender and nationality

St Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan, Ireland

Siobhan Rooney, Senior Registrar

University College Hospital, Cork

Gabrielle Kelly

Department of Statistics, University College Dublin

Noel Walsh, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin 4

^* Correspondence

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.