The Educational Performance Measure (EPM) component will evolve from the current academic quartiles, and refers to a score produced by the applicant’s medical school which reflects the applicant’s achievements and performance on a range of assessments in relation to their cohort up to the point of application to the Foundation Programme. It is envisaged that the EPM would be produced using a specified and standardised framework of existing performance measures.

The aim is for the Educational Performance Measure to replace the academic quartile ranking, and incorporate the educational achievements question which is currently part of the online application form. The EPM will be worth up to 50 points and will consist of three parts:

1. Medical school performance, providing a decile score rather than a quartile score. Applicants will score between 34 – 43 points
2. Additional degrees (Bachelors, Masters and Doctorates) – maximum of 5 points
3. Publications, presentations and prizes – maximum of 2 points

The three scores will be added together to form the EPM score.