Research
Published Research about UKMED
Title Publisher Date
Chapter 5: Where do graduates go? A case study of the United Kingdom Medical Education Database (UKMED)
Peter Tang, Olga Sierocinska King, Katie Petty-Saphon, Daniel Smith, Thomas Oppé, Steve Thornton, Jonathan Dowell
WHO December 2022
The UK medical education database (UKMED) what is it? Why and how might you use it?
Jon Dowell, Jennifer Cleland, Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Chris McManus, Sandra Nicholson, Thomas Oppé, Katie Petty-Saphon, Olga Sierocinska King, Daniel Smith, Steve Thornton, Kirsty White
BMC Medical Education January 2018
Chapter 23: Big Data: where to start and what to expect in Starting Research in Clinical Education
Milou Silkens, Asta Medisauskaite, and Chris McManus
Wiley-Blackwell November 2023
Published Research using UKMED data
Title Identifier Publisher Scripts Date
Modelling the future consultant physician workforce in the United Kingdom: will the NHS workforce plan meet future demand?
Srinivasa, A., Lovibond, K., Carter, E., Philips, C., Newbery, N., Trudgill, N
UKMEDP058 SSRN
    April 2025
    DiffErential attainment and Factors AssoCiated with Training applications and Outcomes (DE FACTO) Study: Plastic Surgery in the United Kingdom
    Grover, S. et al
    UKMEDP134 Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
      February 2025
      Language of primary medical qualification and differential MRCGP exam attainment: an observational study
      Tzortziou Brown, V. et al
      UKMEDP160 British Journal of General Practice
        February 2025
        Does training less-than-full-time predict performance at the FRCR exams?: a UKMED cohort study
        Pakpoor, J. et al
        UKMEDP163 Clinical Radiology
          February 2025
          Unequal Treatment? Access to medicine for socio-economically disadvantaged students
          Woolf, K. et al
          UKMEDP197 Sutton Trust website
            February 2025
            Differential attainment at national selection for higher surgical training: a retrospective cohort study
            Ellis, R. et al
            UKMEDP111 BMJ Open
              January 2025
              Big data analysis: examination of the relationship between candidates’ sociodemographic characteristics and performance in the UK’s Membership of the Royal College of Physicians Part 1 examination.
              Johnston, P.W., Vieira, R., Cameron, I.M. et al.
              UKMEDP088 Adv in Health Sci Educ
                December 2024
                The impact of disability on recruitment to higher surgical specialty training: A retrospective cohort study
                Ellis, R. et al
                UKMEDP111 The Surgeon
                  December 2024
                  Fostering Potential: 10 years on from Selecting for Excellence
                  Fletcher, E., Garrud, P., Krstic, C. and Owen C.
                  UKMEDP196 Medical Schools Council website
                    December 2024
                    DiffErential attainment and Factors AssoCiated with Training applications and Outcomes (DE FACTO) study: Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery in the UK
                    Raj S, Grover S, Spazzapan M, et al.
                    UKMEDP134 Bone Jt Open
                      August 2024
                      Differential attainment and factors associated with training applications and outcomes: Urology in the United Kingdom
                      Martina Spazzapan, Sarika Grover, Siddarth Raj, Beth Russell, Sachin Malde, Stella Vig, Simon Fleming
                      UKMEDP134 BJU Int
                        August 2024
                        New evidence on the validity of the selection methods for recruitment to general practice training: a cohort study
                        Paul A Tiffin, Emma Morley, Lewis W Paton, Fiona Patterson
                        UKMEDP155 BJGP Open
                          July 2024
                          The validity of the selection methods for recruitment to UK core psychiatry training: cohort study
                          Tiffin PA, Morley E, Paton LW, Chakraborty N, Patterson F.
                          UKMEDP155 BJPsych Bulletin
                            March 2024
                            Determining the distance patterns in the movements of future doctors in UK between 2002 and 2015: a retrospective cohort study
                            Hitchings L, Fleet B, Smith DT, et al
                            UKMEDP044 BMJ Open
                              February 2024
                              Is the awarding gap at UK medical schools influenced by ethnicity and medical school attended? A retrospective cohort study.
                              Brown C, Goss C, Sam AH
                              UKMEDP121 BMJ Open
                                December 2023
                                How do the post-graduation outcomes of students from gateway courses compare to those from standard entry medicine courses at the same medical schools?
                                Elmansouri A., Curtis S., Nursaw C., Smith D.
                                UKMEDP038 BMC Medical Education
                                  May 2023
                                  Is Educational Tracking a Level Playing Field? An Empirical Analysis
                                  Yihui Cao, Thomas Triebs, Justin Tumlinson
                                  UKMEDP136 UKMED
                                    November 2022
                                    Institutional choice among medical applicants: a profile paper for The United Kingdom Medical Applicant Cohort Study (UKMACS) prospective longitudinal cohort study.
                                    David Harrison, IC McManus, Eliot L Rees, Katherine Woolf
                                    UKMEDP089 BMJ Open
                                      September 2022
                                      Factors associated with declaration of disability in medical students and junior doctors, and the association of declared disability with academic performance: observational study using data from the UK Medical Education Database, 2002–2018 (UKMED54)
                                      Michael J Murphy, Jon S Dowell, Daniel T Smith
                                      UKMEDP054 BMJ Open
                                        April 2022
                                        Situational judgement test performance and subsequent misconduct in medical students.
                                        Tiffin, PA, Sanger, E, Smith, DT, Troughton, A, Paton, LW.
                                        UKMEDP115 Medical Education
                                          March 2022
                                          Differential attainment at MRCS according to gender, ethnicity, age and socioeconomic factors: a retrospective cohort study
                                          Ricky Ellis, Peter A Brennan, Amanda J Lee, Duncan SG Scrimgeour, Jennifer Cleland
                                          UKMEDP043 Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
                                            February 2022
                                            Differences in progression by surgical specialty: a national cohort study.
                                            Carla Hope, Jonathan Lund, Gareth Griffiths, David Humes
                                            UKMEDP083 BMJ Open
                                              February 2022
                                              Can achievement at medical admission tests predict future performance in postgraduate clinical assessments? A UK-based national cohort study.
                                              Lewis W Paton, C McManus, Kevin Yet Fong Cheung, Daniel Thomas Smith, Paul A Tiffin
                                              UKMEDP051 BMJ Open
                                                February 2022
                                                Does performance at the intercollegiate Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (MRCS) examination vary according to UK medical school and course type? A retrospective cohort study.
                                                Ricky Ellis, Peter A Brennan, Duncan S G Scrimgeour, Amanda J Lee, Jennifer Cleland
                                                UKMEDP043 BMJ Open
                                                  January 2022
                                                  Predictive validity of A-level grades and teacher-predicted grades in UK medical school applicants: a retrospective analysis of administrative data in a time of COVID-19
                                                  I C McManus, Katherine Woolf, David Harrison, Paul A Tiffin, Lewis W Paton, Kevin Yet Fong Cheung, Daniel T Smith
                                                  UKMEDP112 BMJ Open
                                                    December 2021
                                                    Personal characteristics associated with progression in general surgery training: a longitudinal cohort study
                                                    C Hope, H Boyd-Carson, H Phillips, G Griffiths, D Humes, J Lund
                                                    UKMEDP083 Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
                                                      August 2021
                                                      Personal Characteristics Associated with Progression in Trauma and Orthopaedic Specialty Training: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
                                                      Carla Hope, David Humes, Gareth Griffiths, Jonathan Lund
                                                      UKMEDP083 Journal of Surgical Education
                                                        July 2021
                                                        Does performance at medical school predict success at the Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) examination? A retrospective cohort study.
                                                        Ricky Ellis, Duncan S G Scrimgeour, Peter A Brennan, Amanda J Lee, Jennifer Cleland
                                                        UKMEDP043 BMJ Open
                                                          July 2021
                                                          The impact of disability on performance in a high-stakes postgraduate surgical examination: a retrospective cohort study.
                                                          R Ellis, J Cleland, DSG Scrimgeour, AJ Lee, PA Brennan
                                                          UKMEDP043 Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
                                                            July 2021
                                                            Predictors of ophthalmology career success (POCS) study
                                                            Aditi Das, Daniel Smith, Rashmi G Mathew
                                                            UKMEDP039 BMJ Open Ophthalmology
                                                              July 2021
                                                              Access to HE qualifications and widening participation in medicine
                                                              Paul Garrud, Gordon Dent, Julie Mizon, Natalie Cope
                                                              UKMEDP091 UKMED
                                                                July 2021
                                                                Uncovering trends in training progression for a national cohort of psychiatry trainees: discrete-time survival analysis
                                                                Milou E.W.M. Silkens, Shah-Jalal Sarker, Asta Medisauskaite
                                                                UKMEDP098 BJPsych Open
                                                                  June 2021
                                                                  Is Academic Attainment or Situational Judgement Test Performance in Medical School Associated With the Likelihood of Disciplinary Action? A National Retrospective Cohort Study
                                                                  Sam, Amir H, Bala, Laksha, Westacott, Rachel J., Brown, Celia
                                                                  UKMEDP107 Academic Medicine
                                                                    June 2021
                                                                    Development of a UKMED multidimensional measure of widening participation status.
                                                                    Paul Lambe, Martin Roberts, Tom Gale, David Bristow
                                                                    UKMEDP041 UKMED
                                                                      March 2021
                                                                      Performance at medical school selection correlates with success in Part A of the intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) examination
                                                                      Ricky Ellis, Peter Brennan, Duncan SG Scrimgeour, Amanda J Lee, Jennifer Cleland
                                                                      UKMEDP043 Postgraduate Medical Journal
                                                                        March 2021
                                                                        Could the UK Foundation Programme training post allocation process result in regional variations in the knowledge and skills of Foundation doctors? A cross‐sectional study
                                                                        Christopher Beck, Celia Brown
                                                                        UKMEDP106 Health Science Reports
                                                                          November 2020
                                                                          ‘10% of your medical students will cause 90% of your problems’: a prospective correlational study
                                                                          Marina Sawdon, JC McLachlan
                                                                          UKMEDP077 BMJ Open
                                                                            November 2020
                                                                            Differential attainment in the MRCPsych according to ethnicity and place of qualification between 2013 and 2018: a UK cohort study
                                                                            Paul Tiffin, Lewis Paton
                                                                            UKMEDP103 BMJ Journals
                                                                              September 2020
                                                                              Calculated grades, predicted grades, forecasted grades and actual A-level grades: Reliability, correlations and predictive validity in medical school applicants, undergraduates, and postgraduates in a time of COVID-19
                                                                              Chris McManus, Katherine Woolf, Dave Harrison, Paul Tiffin, Lewis Paton, Kevin Yet Fong Cheung, Daniel Smith
                                                                              UKMEDP112 medRxiv
                                                                                June 2020
                                                                                A comparison of undergraduate outcomes for students from gateway courses and standard entry medicine courses
                                                                                Sally Curtis, Daniel Smith
                                                                                UKMEDP038 BMC Medical Education
                                                                                  January 2020
                                                                                  Are there differences between those doctors who apply for a training post in Foundation Year 2 and those who take time out of the training pathway? A UK multicohort study
                                                                                  Jennifer Cleland, Gordon Prescott, Kim Walker, Peter Johnston, Ben Kumwenda
                                                                                  UKMEDP046 BMJ Open
                                                                                    November 2019
                                                                                    What factors predict doctors’ successful completion of core training in medicine and anaesthetics and their subsequent decisions to pursue higher specialist training?
                                                                                    Tom Gale, Paul Lambe, Martin Roberts
                                                                                    UKMEDP032 UKMED
                                                                                      November 2019
                                                                                      A sequential analysis of the specialty allocation process in the UK. Empirical evidence from the UKMED database.
                                                                                      Idaira Rodriguez Santana,Martin Chalkley
                                                                                      UKMEDP022 UKMED
                                                                                        July 2019
                                                                                        Sociodemographic and educational characteristics of doctors applying for psychiatry training in the UK: Secondary analysis of data from the UK Medical Education Database project.
                                                                                        Lambe, P., Gale, T., Price, T., & Roberts, M. (n.d.).
                                                                                        UKMEDP030 BJPsych Bulletin
                                                                                          May 2019
                                                                                          Relationship between sociodemographic factors and specialty destination of UK trainee doctors: a national cohort study
                                                                                          Ben Kumwenda, Jennifer Cleland, Gordon Prescott, Kim Walker, Peter Johnston
                                                                                          UKMEDP026 BMJ Open
                                                                                            March 2019
                                                                                            Effect of sex on specialty training application outcomes: a longitudinal administrative data study of UK medical graduates
                                                                                            Katherine Woolf, Hirosha Jayaweera, Emily Unwin, Karim Keshwani, Christopher Valerio, Henry Potts
                                                                                            UKMEDP020 BMJ Open
                                                                                              March 2019
                                                                                              Geographical mobility of UK trainee doctors, from family home to first job: a national cohort study
                                                                                              Ben Kumwenda, Jennifer A Cleland, Gordon J Prescott, Kim Walker, Peter W Johnston
                                                                                              UKMEDP026 BMC Medical Education
                                                                                                December 2018
                                                                                                Impact of accelerated, graduate-entry medicine courses: a comparison of profile, success, and specialty destination between graduate entrants to accelerated or standard medicine courses in UK
                                                                                                Paul Garrud, Chris McManus
                                                                                                UKMEDP002 BMC Medical Education
                                                                                                  November 2018
                                                                                                  Evaluating the validity of the selection measures used for the UK’s foundation medical training programme: a national cohort study
                                                                                                  Daniel Smith, Paul Tiffin
                                                                                                  UKMEDP003 BMJ Open
                                                                                                    July 2018
                                                                                                    Relationship between sociodemographic factors and selection into UK postgraduate medical training programmes: a national cohort study
                                                                                                    Ben Kumwenda, Jennifer A Cleland, Gordon J Prescott, Kim Walker, Peter W Johnston
                                                                                                    UKMEDP026 BMJ Open
                                                                                                      June 2018
                                                                                                      Predictors of fitness to practise declarations in UK medical undergraduates
                                                                                                      Lewis Paton, Paul Tiffin, Daniel Smith, Jon Dowell, Lazaro Mwandigha
                                                                                                      UKMEDP001 BMC Medical Education
                                                                                                        April 2018
                                                                                                        Factors associated with junior doctors’decisions to apply for general practice training programmes in the UK: secondary analysis of data from the UKMED project
                                                                                                        Thomas C. E. Gale, Paul J. Lambe, Martin J. Roberts
                                                                                                        UKMEDP030 BMC Medicine
                                                                                                          December 2017
                                                                                                          The relationship between school type and academic performance at medical school: a national, multi-cohort study
                                                                                                          Ben Kumwenda, Jennifer A Cleland, Kim Walker, Amanda J Lee, Rachel Greatrix
                                                                                                          UKMEDP026 BMJ Open
                                                                                                            September 2017