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Intercollegiate FRCS Update
David Ward
Council & Chairman JCIE
FRCS
• Section 1• 2 papers, single best answer and extended matching• must pass to proceed to part 2• 3 years from 1st attempt
• Section 2 • structured interviews on clinical topics • scenario-based (orals) & patient-based (clinicals) • exact style specialty-based • 3 attempts, then restart part 1
Section 2
• patient-based (clinicals)• long & short in CT, neuro, OMFS, paed, plastics, • short & intermediateT&O• short: all• ENT: practical x1
• scenario-based (orals): 2 - 4• general surgery: academic x1
FRCS Section 1: 2009
Specialty Number sitting
Pass mar
k
Passes
Kuder-Richardson
KR20 Cardiothoracic 13
1463.5
4 65.9
0
68%50%
.921
.887
General 110128110
62.45
61.82
61.56
77%77%69%
.848
.903
.903
Neurosurgery 2919
58.95
70.21
90%42%
.844
.889
Otolaryngology
5957
60.01
59.49
80%75%
.894
.920
Section 1: 2009Specialty Numbe
r sitting Pass mar
k
Passes KR20
OMFS 1315
69.36
70.68
69%100%
.864
.758
Paediatric Surgery
128
65.90
64.69
50%50%
.887
.873
Plastic Surgery
3940
63.07
64.13
69%75%
.932
.923
T & O 156123
62.64
63.50
67%80%
.917
.937
Urology 5134
60.01
66.38
84%66%
.898
.902
Section 2 Pass Rates: 2009
Type 1 Out of Training
Overall
Cardiothoracic 90% 88%
71% 100% 75% 76%
General Surgery
77% 86% 82%
42% 38% 29%
68% 68% 64%
Neurosurgery 87% 89%
47% 25% 66% 50%
OMFS 89% 94%
- - 89% 94%
Otolaryngology 74% 70%
19% 11% 60% 52%
Paediatric Surgery
58% 82%
20% 25% 47% 67%
Plastic Surgery 73% 57%
30% 8% 63% 40%
T & O 79% 81% 79% 89%
35% 34% 55% 30%
64% 56% 69% 72%
Urology 89% 95% 37% 41% 69% 65%
FRCS: costs
• £1795: part 1 £520 part 2 £1275• not for profit: turnover £2.2m, surplus £150K
• investment for changes++• questions expensive to produce: examiners & staff• standard setting • IT investment: e.g. question bank software £35K
Recent developments
• on-line applications (£173k)• question bank software (£40k)• oral question bank, images• computer based testing• IQA• examiner & assessor training• general & vascular surgery – work in progress
New Regulations
• Section 1• 2 years from 1st attempt, max 4 attempts in that
time, no re-entry
• Section 2• max 3 attempts, no re-entry