Judge rejects claim from Indian physicians that role-playing assessments are unlawful, but raises concerns about results
A high court judge has warned the body responsible for conducting GPs' exams that it must change its assessment process after acknowledging that ethnic minority medical graduates were put at a disadvantage by the current system.
At a judicial review in central London, Mr Justice John Mitting rejected a claim by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (Bapio) that the clinical skills assessment (CSA), which includes role-playing assessments, should be declared unlawful.
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