Disorganized junior doctors fail the MRCP (UK)

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Figure 1. Percentage of course delegates who pass the MRCP based on their arrival time at a preparatory course. Notes: A total of 152 doctors are included in the analysis, numbers above the bars representing the number of doctors in each cohort. Error bars represent ±SEM. ANOVA p = 0.0354

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• Undergraduate examination success in medicine can be predicted by prior examination results, learning style, training opportunities and non-academic factors such as maturity, gender and ethnic origin.

• This report shows that better-prepared doctors arriving on time for a clinical training course in preparation for a postgraduate examination were significantly more likely to pass than those arriving late.

• Poor time-keeping skills, as an example of organization skills, negatively influence examination outcome in junior doctors.