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Passmarks
Examiners in individual 2nd MB/2nd Vet MB subjects are free to
determine
pass marks in their examinations, depending on the
questions and student
performance.
The 2nd MB/2nd Vet MB examinations are designed to assess basic knowledge
and
understanding of material in the course, which is
necessary for students to
progress with the course and constitute a professional
qualification. Students
are expected to pass at a reasonably high level.
If you do not pass the 2nd MB/2nd Vet MB at the first sitting,
you are
permitted one further attempt. The main sittings of HOM,
MIMS, FAB and VAP;
BOD, MODA, NAB/NHB, HR/VRB and CVB are in conjunction with
the June Tripos
examinations. Resits are in September. The main sittings
of ISBM, SCHI and FAH
are at the end of the Lent term of the first year, with a
resit in
September.
As a guide, the pass marks in individual subjects in main sittings of recent examinations were as follows:
| First Year |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
| Homeostasis (HOM) |
48% |
50% |
55% |
58% |
53% |
62.5% |
62.5% |
63% |
63% |
63% |
| Molecules in Medical Science (MIMS) |
50% |
48% |
46% |
48% |
50% |
48% |
50% |
50% |
50.5% |
41.04% |
| Functional Architecture of the Body (FAB) |
68% |
68% |
68% |
70% |
68% |
68% |
68% |
67% |
63% |
66% |
| Veterinary Anatomy & Physiology (VAP) |
50% |
50% |
55% |
57% |
56% |
55% |
54.6% |
56% |
58% |
56% |
| Introduction to the Scientific Basis of Medicine (ISBM) |
70% |
70% |
50% |
70% |
60% |
60% |
60% |
60% |
70% |
70% |
Farm Animal Husbandry (FAH) - renamed Principles of Animal Management (PAM) in 2011 |
60% |
70% |
60% |
70% |
60% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Medical Sociology (MSoc) - renamed Social Context of Health
and Illness (SCHI) in 2008-09 and thereafter |
70% |
50% |
60% |
55% |
50% |
50%
|
50% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
| Second Year |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
| Biology of Disease (BOD) |
50% |
48% |
50% |
48% |
49% |
49.5% |
48% |
51% |
51% |
52.4% |
| Mechanisms of Drug Action (MODA) |
50% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
49.7% |
49.7% |
50% |
| Neurobiology & Human Behaviour (NHB) |
54% |
57% |
61% |
60.5% |
60% |
61% |
61% |
65% |
63% |
63% |
| Neurobiology & Animal Behaviour (NAB) |
Target 60%, Actual in 2003 - 54% |
57% |
58.5% |
60.5% |
60% |
61% |
61% |
65% |
63% |
65% |
| Human Reproduction (HR) |
50% |
50% |
58% |
62% |
60% |
58% |
61% |
62% |
62% |
62% |
| Veterinary Reproductive Biology (VRB) |
55% |
55% |
60% |
61% |
60% |
60% |
58% |
60% |
60% |
60% |
| Comparative Vertebrate Biology (CVB) |
50% |
50% |
60% |
60% |
62% |
60% |
65% |
64% |
64% |
66% |
| Preparing for the Veterinary Profession (PfVP) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
60% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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