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Gender differences in undergraduate performance in psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jan Scott ,
Judith Allardyce  and
Nicol Ferrier
Nicol Ferrier
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuroscience, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
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Earlier research reported that female undergraduates performed significantly better than their male counterparts in medical school examinations. Such findings were partly explained by biases in admission policies with women (who formed only 25% of the student body) being higher achievers than men prior to entry to medical school. While some recent studies provide evidence of higher achievement levels by women (Norcini et al, 1985), it is increasingly recognised that these differences do not apply to all specialities within medicine (unpublished observation, Ferrier & Scott, 1987).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 10 , October 1993 , pp. 599 - 600
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1993

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