Measuring differential attainment: a longitudinal analysis of assessment results for 1512 medical students at four Scottish medical schools.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure Differential Attainment (DA) among Scottish medical students and to explore whether attainment gaps increase or decrease during medical school.

Design

A retrospective analysis of undergraduate medical student performance on written assessment, measured at the start and end of medical school.

Setting

Four Scottish medical schools (universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow).

Participants

1512 medical students who attempted (but did not necessarily pass) final written assessment.

Main outcome measures

The study modelled the change in attainment gap during medical school for four student demographical categories (white/non-white, international/Scottish domiciled, male/female and with/without a known disability) to test whet

SUBMITTER: Hope D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8420706 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature