Is the educational performance measure a fair way of assessing candidates applying to the United Kingdom Foundation Programme? [Letter]

Abstract

Saiful Miah, Nicholas E Boxall, Benjamin W LambDepartment of Urology, Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UKWe read with great interest and are in agreement with the article by Ismail and Patel1 who have highlighted the potential issues and pitfalls in using a situational judgment test (SJT) when stratifying medical students for the first stage of their postgraduate medical training. We would like to bring to their attention an equally important assessment in the application process, the United Kingdom Foundation Programme (UKFP).View the original paper by Ismail and Patel

Keywords

• Foundation Programme
• Educational performance measure