AFOEM Examination pass rates

AFOEM Stage A Written MCQ

Cohort/Administration N candidates Cut Score (%) Mean Score (%) Pass rate (%) 5 year mean pass rate (%)
September 2025 12 65 78 92 85
Composition

MCQ 120 items

Standard setting approach

Modified Angoff process per exam. Cohort size is too small for item analysis anchor statistics.


AFOEM Stage B Written

Cohort/Administration N candidates Cut Score (%) Mean Score (%) Pass rate (%) 5 year mean pass rate (%)
September 2025 20 63 68 80 66
Composition

Two papers sat across 2 days, each with 5 short-answer questions covering 1–2 scenarios.

Standard setting approach

Minimum total score set via modified Angoff, with final cut score reduced by 1 SEM.


AFOEM Stage B Practical Examination

Cohort/Administration N candidates Cut Score (%) Mean Score (%) Pass rate (%) 5 year mean pass rate (%)
November 2025 17 Exhibits: 74%, 72%. OSCE: both 72% n/a 65 58
Composition

OSCE-style exam with 2 exhibit-based stations, 2 OSCE stations, and 2 clinical long cases.

Standard setting approach

Exhibit and OSCE stations are set using a modified Angoff process. The clinical long case component uses a rubric-based pass score of 12/20 marks.


AFOEM Stage A Written Examination

Year Sat Passed Pass rate (%)
2025 12 11 92%
2024 15 13 86.7%
2023 8 6 75%
2022 15 15 100%
2021 14 10 71.4%

AFOEM Stage B Written Examination

Year Sat Passed Pass rate (%)
2025 20 16 80%
2024 24 9 37.5%
2023 12 7 58.3%
2022 17 12 70.6%
2021 17 13 76.5%

AFOEM Stage B Practical Examination

Year Sat Passed Pass rate (%)
2025 17 11 65%
2024 24 14 58.3%
2023 15 10 66.7%
2022 14 6 42.9%
2021 17 9 52.9%
2019 7 2 28.6%
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