Why do the pass rates on the Clinical Component vary from one exam to another?
September 6, 2016The passing rate on the Clinical Component varies from year to year. The passing rate for Canadianeducated candidates is fairly consistent, but the passing rate for candidates educated outside Canada varies more. This is because there is more variety in the education and clinical practice of candidates educated outside Canada. In each exam, the group of internationally educated candidates is different.
Clinical Component Pass Rates
| Exam administration | Pass rate total candidate pool | Pass rate: Canadian-educated |
Pass rate: Internationally educated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 92.8% (n=297) | 95.5% (n=276) | 67.7% (n=21) |
| 1996 | 80.9% (n=372) | 84.4% (n=356) | 42.1% (n=16) |
| 1997 | 89.4% (n=387) | 95.2% (n=358) | 50.9% (n=29) |
| 1998 | 88.5% (n=524) | 93.7% (n=492) | 47.76% n=32) |
| 1999 | 91.9% (n=553) | 96.0% (n=497) | 66.7% (n=56) |
| 2000 | 89.5% (n=522) | 94.1% (n=462) | 65.2% (n=60) |
| 2001 | 79.9% (n=529) | 85.4% (n=469) | 52.6% (n=60) |
| 2002 | 85.0% (n=595) | 91.8% (n=504) | 60.3% (n=91) |
| 2003 | 88.67% (n=634) | 94.2% (n=531) | 68.2% (n=93) |
| 2004 | 87.3% (n=548) | 96.8% (n=454) | 59.1% (n=94) |
| 2005 | 84.1% (n=572) | 93.3% (n=473) | 57.2% (n=99) |
| 2006 | 88.5% (n=678) | 94.9% (n=536) | 70.7% (n=142) |
| 2007 | 85.5% (n=665) | 94.9% (n=505) | 65.0% (n=160) |
| 2008 | 85.2% (n=691) | 95.3% (n=506) | 66.1% (n=185) |
| 2009 | 85.0% (n=758) | 95.7% (n=538) | 66.7% (n=220) |
| 2010 | 88.0% (n=801) | 96.0% (n=618) | 70.0% (n=183) |
| 2011 | 82.67% (n=716) | 92.70% (n=603) | 59.69% (n=263) |
| 2012 | 72.38% (n=916) | 87.69% (n=593) | 44.27% (n=323) |
| 2013 | 78.23% (n=859) | 91.82% (n=606) | 57.56% (n=253) |
| 2014 | 73.85% (n=1056) | 57.18% (n=414) |
