How is the pass mark decided for the Written Examination?
The pass mark for the MRCP(UK) Part 1 Examination is an equated pass score decided by the criterion referencing group in the September diet of 2008. This will stay unchanged for more diets unless the MRCP(UK) Board decides otherwise. More details on equating can be found here. The MRCP(UK) Part 2 Written Examination has the pass mark calculated each diet as a result of criterion referencing process and candidates’ performance on the exam day. The MRCP(UK) Part 2 Standard Setting group will criterion reference each question from the examination paper using the Angoff method and decide on the difficulty level advising on a provisional pass mark. This pass mark will be compared with the candidates’ scores by a statistical method called the Hofstee method and the final mark will be calculated. Click here for more details on the criterion referencing process.
