AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL [AmeC] EXAMINATION RESULTS  
Based on 23 years of data (
1978-2001)

Sorted by significance of difference from US results

 

Country of Training

Trng Lngth

Degree or Title Awarded

N

Fail

Pass

% Pass

Fischer’s exact test:  p=

Signif

rating

UK

5-7

BMed;BSurg

394

136

258

65.48

.0958

1

ZAMBIA

7

BMed;BSurg

5

0

5

100.00

.0951

1

SOUTH AFRICA

7

BMed;BSurg

351

121

230

65.53

.0923

1

EGYPT

7-8

BMed&Surg

571

215

356

62.35

.1121

ns better

SRI LANKA

6

BMed;BSurg

465

184

281

60.43

.1177

ns better

POLAND

4-6

DMed

181

70

111

61.33

.1259

ns better

FIJI

6

BMed;BSurg

65

23

42

64.62

.1355

ns better

SINGAPORE

6

BMed;BSurg

48

18

30

62.50

.1583

ns better

HUNGARY

6

DMed

47

18

29

61.70

.1612

ns better

CANADA

3-4

DMed

42

16

26

61.90

.1658

ns better

SUDAN

5-6

BMed;BSurg

27

9

18

66.67

.1680

ns better

CHILE

7

Phys&Surg

11

3

8

72.73

.2093

ns better

ETHOPIA

7

DMed

6

1

5

83.33

.2128

ns better

JORDON

6

BMed&Surg

6

1

5

83.33

.2128

ns better

ZIMBABWE

7

BMed;BSurg

16

6

10

62.50

.2277

ns better

URUGUAY

8.5

DMed

12

4

8

66.67

.2415

ns better

DENMARK

6.5

DMed

10

3

7

70.00

.2436

ns better

JAMAICA

5

BMed;BSurg

5

1

4

80.00

.2828

ns better

SLOVAK REPUBLIK

6

DMed

4

1

3

75.00

.3645

ns better

KENYA

6

BMed;BSurg

2

0

2

100.00

.3778

ns better

LATVIA

5-6

DMed

2

0

2

100.00

.3778

ns better

MALTA

5

DMedSci

3

1

2

66.67

.4452

ns better

NORWAY

6-6.5

Cand.Med

3

1

2

66.67

.4452

ns better

BARBADOS

5

MB;BS

1

0

1

100.00

.6111

ns better

USA

5-8

DMed

53

21

32

60.38

-

0

NICARAGUA

6-7

DMedSci

2

1

1

50.00

.4889

ns worse

TANZANIA

?

?

2

1

1

50.00

.4889

ns worse

ICELAND

6

Cand Med&Surg

1

1

0

0.00

.4074

ns worse

KOSOVA

6

DMed

1

1

0

0.00

.4074

ns worse

LAOS

6

DMed

1

1

0

0.00

.4074

ns worse

MOLDOVA

6

DMed

1

1

0

0.00

.4074

ns worse

MOZAMBIQUE

7

LicMed

1

1

0

0.00

.4074

ns worse

NORTHERN AFRICA

?

?

1

1

0

0.00

.4074

ns worse

YEMEN

6-6.5

BMed;BSurg

1

1

0

0.00

.4074

ns worse

GRENADA

4.5

DMed

5

2

3

60.00

.3614

ns worse

UGANDA

4-5

BMed;BSurg

5

2

3

60.00

.3614

ns worse

DOMINICAN REPUB

6-9

DMed

4

2

2

50.00

.3593

ns worse

PORTUGAL

7.5

LicMed

4

2

2

50.00

.3593

ns worse

LIBYA

7

BMed;BSurg

7

3