FOI_25-269 Medicine students required to retake due to failed AKT and OCSE
Date of response: 03 October 2025
We have now considered your request of 13 September 2025 for the following information:
A100 Medicine Failure/Repeat
If possible, could I receive information regarding the number (and rate) of students who have failed/retaken each year due to poor OSCE and/or AKT performance?
E.g. The total number of students that had to retake year 1 over the last 4 years.
Our response:
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8* |
| Year 2 | 4 | 6* | 4* | 12 |
| Year 3 | 5* | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Year 4 | 1* | 1* | 0 | 1 |
| Year 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
*Number includes students who declared ‘not fit’ to sit and were therefore required to repeat the year or withdraw as they did not meet the criteria to progress.