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25th February 2010, 17:42

Arthur Little

26th February 2010, 01:57

Six hundred twenty-one out of 1,344 passed the Physician Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine on February 14, the Professional Regulations Commission announced on Thursday.

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And I'm fairly certain these same up-and-coming medics could give the bods ... that decree the standards for the Royal College of Physicians ... here in Britain, a "pretty good run for their money"! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

joebloggs

26th February 2010, 07:17

46% pass rate,
but how many of those who passed was it their 2nd 3rd or 4th attempt to pass :Erm:

1st time pass rate must be a lot lower than 46%, maybe only 1 out of 3 passed first time :cwm24:

Doc Alan

26th February 2010, 09:45

And I'm fairly certain these same up-and-coming medics could give the bods ... that decree the standards for the Royal College of Physicians ... here in Britain, a "pretty good run for their money"! :xxgrinning--00xx3:
The Royal College of Physicians sets a postgraduate membership exam (MRCP) for physicians, just as the Royal College of Surgeons does for surgeons, Royal College of General Practitioners for GPs etc.
In the UK Medical Schools are within universities and train doctors over 5-6 years on behalf of the NHS. When they each graduate as Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (variously abbreviated MBChB,MBBS etc) they must register with the General Medical Council which sets the standards for doctors in the UK. Joebloggs will know from his wife about standards in the Philippines, although with such a low pass rate one would expect those that do pass to be good.
The GMC and Royal Colleges may have their faults, but the elected "bods" running them by and large set excellent standards for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, and all doctors working in the UK.

joebloggs

26th February 2010, 09:52

in the phils you need a degree before you can start studying for a medical degree, some take nursing degree first, my misses studied biology first.

i dont think any board exams are easy, my misses knows many who failed 2 or 3 times, some even gave up after their first atttempt :NoNo:

but i wonder how many uk med grads would pass the plab tests after they've finished uni ???

Doc Alan

26th February 2010, 11:06

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i wonder how many uk med grads would pass the plab tests after they've finished uni ???

I'm not about to defend the 220,000 UK doctors who are registered with the GMC and licensed legally to practise medicine !:omg: Just clarifying who regulates medical standards here!:) PLAB is Professional and Linguistics Assessment Board, which is part of the GMC and for international medical graduates. It's all part of ensuring that ANY doctor in the UK, wherever they trained, is competent and safe.
"Practise" may not be the best word to use (not my choice!):NoNo: although strictly it means doing something repeatedly to improve your skill :xxgrinning--00xx3:

joebloggs

26th February 2010, 12:02

i dont think european doctors have to take plab Alan, as EU regulations prevent restrictions on their right to employment. also if your a european in the uk, like dom :D says his wife was a IMG, i dont think again she would have to take Plab for the same reason, crazy brits might have to take it and those from outside europe, but those from europe and married to europeans dont !

the crazy thing is thou, if your son goes and studies medicine outside europe, say the states, even thou he is a british citizen, he would have to take plab and possibly even IELTS :icon_lol: :crazy::doh

welcome to the :crazy: world of the EU :action-smiley-081:

Doc Alan

26th February 2010, 12:58

welcome to the :crazy: world of the EU :action-smiley-081:

Completely agree Joe !:xxgrinning--00xx3: