Paul A Tiffin clinical senior lecturer, Jan Illing professor of medical education, Adetayo S Kasim research statistician, John C McLachlan professor of medical education
Tiffin Paul A, Illing Jan, Kasim Adetayo S, McLachlan John C.
Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) performance of doctors who passed Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) tests compared with UK medical graduates: national data linkage study
BMJ 2014; 348 :g2622
Re: Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) performance of doctors who passed Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) tests compared with UK medical graduates: national data linkage study: erratum
Under 'Data sources' (page 3) the sentence relating to PLAB test results should have read: 'Data on PLAB performance were available for 27 763 international medical graduate candidates who had passed both parts of the PLAB in the period from July 2001 to November 2012. '
This correction does not affect any of the results or conclusions. However, the authors originally highlighted a potential limitation in the discussion section (page 5: 'The international medical graduates who passed the PLAB after 2010 but underwent ARCPs from 2010 to 2012 would not have been included in this analysis'). This limitation is now understood not to apply as data from these candidates were actually included in the original analyses
Competing interests: No competing interests