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Changing PACES: developments to the examination in 2009
Andrew Elder1, Lawrence McAlpine, Nigel Bateman
1MRCP(UK) Central Office, Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom, London. atelder@gmail.com
Abstract:
As a consequence of change in medical, educational and regulatory practice, MRCP(UK) successfully modified the international PACES examination in 2009. This brief paper explains the rationale for change and summarises the development and implementation process.
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