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Table 2 Demographic characteristics (a) The applicants to GP training and or CMT or both; (b) the applicants to GP training and or CMT or both who also underwent radiology shortlisting; and (c) those successfully recruited into radiology ST a

From: Evaluation of two selection tests for recruitment into radiology specialty training

  

Shortlisting applicants

Recruited

(a) GP/CMT

(b) Radiology

(c) Radiology

(n = 6374)

(n = 297)

(n = 197)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Gender

Male

2806 (44.0)

168 (56.6)

126 (64.0)

 

Female

3547 (55.6)

127 (42.7)

71 (36.0)

 

Unreported

21 (0.3)

2 (0.7)

0 (0)

Ethnic Group

White British/Other

2914 (45.7)

60 (20.2)

84 (42.6)

 

Asian

2464 (38.7)

186 (62.7)

89 (45.2)

 

Other

996 (15.6)

51 (17.1)

24 (12.2)

Place of Medical Training

UK

3921 (61.5)

78 (26.3)

NK

Non-UK

2453 (38.5)

219 (73.7)

NK

  1. Abbreviation: NK not known
  2. aComparative radiology shortlisting demographic characteristics for the entire population had not been collated centrally in 2009. However, the RCR collated demographic data on those successfully recruited into radiology which are a different subgroup, but provide the best available comparator. There was no data on place of medical training