Diplomate Examination (DFPH) Results and Feedback

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Standard marking process

Papers are anonymised and marked by examiners working individually.

The process of marking Diplomate examination questions and reaching agreement as to the final mark on each question for each candidate is as follows:

For Paper I, two examiners each mark two questions, that is pair A mark questions 1 & 2, pair B mark questions 3 & 4, etc.
For Paper II, two examiners each mark Paper IIA and two different examiners each mark Paper IIB.

A total of 14 examiners are therefore involved in marking the examination scripts from each sitting of the Part A. This process ensures that each script is double marked.

Each examiner marks their allotted scripts independently. Questions in Paper I are each marked out of 10, while each section (A & B) of Paper II is marked out of 50. Examiners mark against the mark scheme and initially 'blind' to the pass mark and their colleague examiner's mark.

Only once both examiners have completed their marking are they supplied with (1) the pass mark for each question marked and (2) the marks of their co-examiner.

The paired examiners then discuss and compare their results in order to reach a set of agreed marks for each script. The two agreed marks from each examiner are averaged to derive the final mark for that question for each candidate.

Before submitting their agreed marks, examiners need to ensure that their two separate marks comply with certain rules:

In Paper I, the two marks may not differ by more than two points (eg. a five and a seven is satisfactory but not a five and an eight).
In Paper II, the two marks for IIA and IIB separately may not differ by more than five points (10%).
In either paper, the two marks may not constitute a difference between a pass and a fail, ie. they must both be either pass marks or fail marks.

If their individual marks do not meet these rules, the examiners discuss how they reached their marks on those candidates' papers. This may sometimes lead to one or both of the examiners agreeing to change their mark(s) to ensure the rules are met (either by increasing or decreasing), or they may agree to re-mark that candidate's paper. Re-marking is often carried out when the results span the pass/fail borderline. The results following re-marking are again compared and any remaining discrepancies are re-discussed. This process continues until the rules are met, which is usually achieved within two reviews.

The final mark on each paper for every candidate sitting the examination is individually discussed and agreed at the Examinations Board meeting. Candidates must pass both Paper I and Paper II separately in order to pass overall. As of March 2023, candidates will also need to pass 5 out of 9 questions across Paper IIA and IIB with at least two passes in each paper. For further details see the Diplomate marking algorithm used by the Board of Examiners.

Alternative marking process

The Faculty Education Committee have approved the use of single marking with moderation, rather than double marking, if candidate numbers exceed a certain threshold. Following a calibration process, two markers share the marking of each question. As in previous exams, the marks are collated and reviewed by the Faculty’s Educational Advisor, who has provided guidance to the examination board on this method. The papers of candidates whose marks are close to the pass mark will be reviewed by a second examiner. This marking method means that about 25% of the scripts will be assessed by two examiners. In all other ways, for example determining the pass mark by standard setting, there is no change in process.

If a candidate falls ill (or experiences another extenuating circumstance) during the time near to the examination (e.g. the evening or morning before the exam) they may absent themselves from the exam and submit the application for extenuating circumstances within three working days.

If a candidate is suffering with an infectious illness they should submit an application to withdraw from the exam and not sit the exam or attend any exam venue.

Candidates who are ‘fit to sit’ on entering the examination but become unwell during the exam (or experience another extenuating circumstance) should speak immediately to the invigilator and a member of the examinations team who will include this in a report for the exam board.

If the candidate leaves/decides to end the exam in these circumstances, their answer script/mark sheet shall become null and void irrespective of whether the extenuating circumstances application is successful.

Please note that if the candidate wishes to continue the examination and subsequently submits an application for extenuating circumstances, a successful application will result in their attempt being discounted whatever the outcome.

Please see more information in the full Extenuating Circumstances Policy here.

Examination results will be sent as a PDF to the email address given on the application form during the week following the Results meeting. More specific details will be provided in the candidate pack for the sitting.

A pass list and results summary will also be published on the FPH website on the second Monday following the Diplomate examination (DFPH) results meeting. Examination results will not be given over the telephone. Results are not posted in the FPH premises.

The result for all candidates will be sent to Faculty Advisers and Programme Directors.

All candidates who are unsuccessful in the examination will receive feedback on their examination performance in the form of marks as well as examiners' general comments about overall question performance. Candidates will not receive detailed individual feedback.

It is possible to 'bank' papers at the Diplomate examination (DFPH). This means that if the candidate does not pass the examination but has passed an individual paper, this result can be banked so that the candidate need not sit this paper again. This is feasible due to the explicit separation of knowledge and skills between Papers I and II.

Please note the following:

An individual paper (I or II) may be banked only when it has been passed.
As of January 2017, FPH no longer stipulates that candidates who bank a paper at a sitting must then sit the remaining paper at each subsequent examination. The limit on holding a banked paper is now one year (two sittings). For example, if a candidate banks a paper in June 2019, they can miss the following January 2020 sitting and resit their remaining paper in June 2020.
The banked paper will still be valid if the candidate fails the remaining paper again, as long as they keep sitting for the remaining paper either in every subsequent exam or every other subsequent exam. This is limited to six attempts in total.
If the candidate requires longer than a year to resit the remaining paper they should submit a statement from their educational supervisor or training programme director which will be considered by the Chair of Diplomate Examiners. This is because any longer than a year is likely to impact on training progress.
There will be no change in the examination fees for sittings of individual papers.
Candidates must continue to take both parts (papers) of the examination at the same sitting, unless a paper has been banked previously.

Candidates who wish to appeal against their examination results should consult the appeal procedures and guidance document.

Please note that marks/results will not be altered to reflect individual circumstances.

Latest Results

March 2023

Results summary	Paper I	Paper II
Candidates who sat the exam	95	86
Candidates who passed	50	59
Candidates who failed	45	27
Exam Pass Rate %	53%	69%

Candidates who sat the exam in UK public health training	67
Candidates who passed	38
Candidates who banked a paper	17
% who banked a paper or passed	82%

Please note that the results table has been adjusted from previous sittings to add clarity to the pass rate. Previously the overall pass rate was published for both papers. The table now shows the pass rate by paper which more accurately reflects the number of candidates sitting and passing the exam.

Successful candidates
(Please note that this list does not include those candidates who have opted not to have their names published)

Dr Calisha Allen	Ms Elaine Londesborough-van-Rooyen
Mr Peter Bachev	Dr Emma Lydall
Miss Kerry Badger	Mr Huw MacDonald
Dr Corrina Bebbington	Dr Kathryn McVicar
Dr Alistair Carr	Dr Simon Morris
Ms Sulia Celebi	Miss Katie Patrick
Dr Yuen Yee Chan	Dr Rachel Pearse
Dr Brigit Chesworth	Dr Sadie Perkin
Dr Sara Croxford	Dr Kirsten Rivelin
Dr Anne Doble	Dr Matthew Saunders
Dr Bethany Ferris	Dr Man Kit Siu
Dr See Long Aaron Hung	Dr Isobel Spender
Dr Jeeva John	Ms Victoria Stanford
Ms Tizzy Keller	Dr Beattie Sturrock
Dr Lucy Kempster	Dr Bardia Tehranie Guevel
Dr Sarah Kipps	Dr Shivan Thakrar
Dr Varthani Kirupanandan	Ms Hannah Thomas
Dr Minjoung Monica Koo	Dr Simon Tunster
Mr Daniel Lange da Silva	Dr Lai Kuen Wan
Dr Rui Yi Li	Dr Susan Willacy
	Dr Madeleine Winder

October 2022

Results summary	Paper I	Paper II
Candidates who sat the exam	78	67
Candidates who passed	51	47
Candidates who failed	27	20
Exam Pass Rate %	65%	70%

Candidates who sat the exam in UK public health training	51
Candidates who passed	45
Candidates who banked a paper	6%
% who banked a paper or passed	94%

Successful candidates
(Please note that this list does not include those candidates who have opted not to have their names published)

Dr Thomas Addey	Ms Gemma Lyons
Dr Bilal Ali	Dr Emily Maile
Dr Alex Anderson	Mr Bassit Malik
Dr Paul Athanasopoulos	Miss Lucy Marsden
Dr Olivia Burke	Dr Kimberly Marsh
Mrs Frances Burnett	Dr Ellen McBride
Dr Anna Christie	Dr Owen McDonald
Dr Alexandra Creavin	Dr Rosemary McNee
Dr Charlotte Crocker	Dr Maeve Middleton
Dr Martina Dalton	Dr Kirsten Morris
Dr Alice Dean	Dr Annalan Navaratnam
Dr Maria Deery	Dr Caroline Panto
Dr Abigail Dunn	Dr Charlotte Peat
Dr Euan Fisher	Mrs Victoria Pettitt
Dr Alexander Hammant	Dr Matthew Quinn
Dr Ruth Hoggett	Dr Kate Richards
Dr Michelle Horridge	Dr Nicholas Shaw
Dr Joshua Howkins	Dr Smruti Sinmyee
Mrs Lindsay Hudson	Miss Mary Stewart
Ms Abigail Johnston	Dr Hiu Fung Tang
Mrs Gemma Jones	Dr Samuel Trethewey
Mrs Johanna Kaminer	Dr David Watkin
Dr Joshua Khan

March 2022

Results summary	Paper I	Paper II
Candidates who sat the exam	82	82
Candidates who passed	47	62
Candidates who failed	35	20
Exam Pass Rate %	57%	76%

Candidates who sat the exam in UK public health training	59
Candidates who passed	47
Candidates who banked a paper	7
% who banked a paper or passed	92%

Successful candidates
(Please note that this list does not include those candidates who have opted not to have their names published)

Ms Sara Bainbridge	Dr Claire Keene
Mrs Sophie Baird	Dr Ciaran Kennedy
Dr Amy Bannerman	Dr Alice Kociejowski
Mr Kazim Beebeejaun	Dr Vasiliki Kyriakidou
Ms Rebecca Best	Dr Stephanie Lacey
Ms Talia Boshari	Dr Wenhua Lin
Dr Philip Broadbent	Ms Emily Loud
Dr Kathryn Bush	Dr Annie Lowe
Dr Anna Candfield	Dr Iona Lyell
Mrs Susan Cooke	Ms Sophie Maule
Dr Charles Dearman	Dr Luke McGeoch
Dr Thilagawathi Deivanayagam	Dr Shaun McGill
Dr Christina Downham	Dr Dmitri Nepogodiev
Dr Evangelie Dunn	Dr Clare Oliver-Williams
Dr Jessica Dunphy	Dr Pallavi Patel
Dr Azza Elnaiem	Dr Emily Reed
Dr Stefanie Gissing	Ms Hannah Roscoe
Ms Astrid Grindlay	Dr Elliot Roy-Highley
Dr Jack Haywood	Dr Chetna Sharma
Dr Ho Sin Ying	Dr Faye Sheldon
Miss Emma Hunter	Dr Shilpa Sisodia
Mr Joseph Jasperse	Dr Michael Taylor
Dr Laura Keast	Dr Wong Jessica

October 2021

Results summary	Paper I	Paper II
Candidates who sat the exam	58	59
Candidates who passed	27	33
Candidates who failed	31	26
Exam Pass Rate %	47%	56%

Candidates who sat the exam in UK public health training	39
Candidates who passed	28
Candidates who banked a paper	5
% who banked a paper or passed	85%

Successful candidates
(Please note that this list does not include those candidates who have opted not to have their names published)

Dr Louise Catling	Dr Aboyowa Popo
Mrs Victoria Cooling	Ms Emily Robinson
Ms Rachel Crossley	Ms Nerissa Santimano
Ms Maeve Gill	Dr Michael Saunders
Dr Ben Hall	Dr Benjamin Silberberg
Ms Carla Hobart	Ms Anna Starling
Dr Roshni Janarthanan	Dr David Stoye
Dr Luke Johnson	Ms Lucy Vanes
Dr Daniel Jones	Mr Lee Watson
Ms Bryony Lloyd	Miss Karielle Webster
Dr Florence Lock	Ms Philippa Williams
Ms Poppy Middlemiss	Ms Yaolin Zheng
Dr Emily Moseley

March 2021

Results summary
Candidates who sat the examination	101
Candidates who passed*	74
Candidates who failed	16
Candidates who banked Paper I	6
Candidates who banked Paper II	5
Pass rate*	73%

Candidates who sat the examination in UK public health training	77
Candidates who passed*	63
Candidates who banked a paper	10
% who banked a paper or passed*	95%
Pass rate for those in UK public health training schemes*	82%
* Please note that this includes candidates who have passed as a result of banking a previous paper
Successful Candidates
(Please note that this list does not include those candidates who have opted not to have their names published)

Dr Natalie Adams	Dr Richard James
Dr Nina Amedzro	Dr Tan Sui Kwan
Ms Olivia Ashmore	Dr Rachael McCarthy
Mr Steven Barlow	Mr Karim Mitha
Dr Vickie Braithwaite	Dr Gabriella Morley
Ms Charlotte Cadwallader	Ms Elizabeth Murray
Dr Avirup Chowdhury	Dr Hadjer Nacer-Laidi
Dr David Collyer	Dr Charlotte Parbery-Clark
Dr Megan Corder	Dr Shruti Patel
Dr Emer Cullen	Ms Danielle Plowman
Dr Susan Cummins	Dr Sadie Regmi
Dr Kate Dun-Campbell	Mr Luke Robertshaw
Ms Georgia Faherty	Mrs Fiona Simmons-Jones
Dr Thomas Falconer Hall	Dr Kerrie Stevenson
Dr Abigail Foster	Dr Rebecca Symes
Mrs Dhanya Gardner	Dr Samuel Tweed
Ms Chloe Gay	Dr Nicola Vousden
Ms Una Geary	Mrs Helen Watson
Ms Catherine Hefferon	Dr Lucy Williams
Dr Nga Sze Ho	Dr Hannah Wilson
Dr Gemma Hobson	Dr Jaimee Wylam
Mrs Katherine Holburn	Dr Jin-Min Yuan
Dr Anna Humphreys	Mrs Gina Zelent
Dr Thomas Inns

November 2020

Results summary
Candidates who sat the examination	83
Candidates who passed*	55
Candidates who failed	10
Candidates who banked Paper I	10
Candidates who banked Paper II	8
Pass rate*	66%

Candidates who sat the examination in UK public health training	66
Candidates who passed*	49
Candidates who banked a paper	12
% who banked a paper or passed*	92%
Pass rate for those in UK public health training schemes*	74%
* Please note that this includes candidates who have passed as a result of banking a previous paper
Successful Candidates
(Please note that this list does not include those candidates who have opted not to have their names published)

Mrs Anna Ashman	Dr Hannes Hagson
Dr Rosie Baker	Mr Simon Harvey
Dr Jessica Banks	Dr Vageesh Jain
Mrs Elizabeth Blundell	Dr Kalonde Kasengele
Mrs Elizabeth Capper	Dr Suzanne McFall
Miss Ying Crystal Chan	Dr Paul McGurnaghan
Miss Hannah Charles	Dr Anne McKirdy
Dr Emily Clark	Miss Katrina McLarty
Dr Bronagh Clarke	Mr Matthew Missen
Dr Neil Cockburn	Mr Fatai Ogunlayi
Dr Peter Davey	Dr Ana-Catarina Pinho-Gomes
Dr Claire Ferraro	Dr Imran Sajid
Mrs Joanne Freedman	Dr Elizabeth Smout
Dr Hong Chung Fu	Mr Ho Sum Sammer Tang
Ms Lucy Furby	Dr Sarah Wattley
Dr Harriet Gliddon	Ms Jennifer Wilburn
Dr Anya Gopfert	Mr Oliver Williams
Mr Matthew Greensmith	Ms Katherine Yorke

January 2020

Results summary
Candidates who sat the examination	89
Candidates who passed*	31
Candidates who failed	37
Candidates who banked Paper I	19
Candidates who banked Paper II	2
% who banked a paper	24%
% who banked a paper or passed*	58%
Pass rate*	35%
Candidates who sat the examination in UK public health training	66
Candidates who passed*	30
Candidates who banked a paper	20
% who banked a paper or passed*	76%
Pass rate for those in UK public health training schemes*	45%
* Please note that this includes candidates who have passed as a result of banking a previous paper
Successful Candidates
(Please note that this list does not include those candidates who have opted not to have their names published)

Dr Clare Baker	Dr Andrew Irvine
Ms Helen Benson	Mrs Clare Jackson
Mr Steven Bow	Miss Tabitha Kavoi
Ms Anna Brook	Dr Katherine Phillips
Mrs Marimba Carr	Dr Manuj Sharma
Mr Nathan Davies	Miss Carolyn Sharpe
Ms Helen Fahie	Ms Rebekka Shenfine
Dr Doaa Farag	Dr Madhumita Shrotri
Ms Rosanna Fforde	Dr Sebastian Walsh
Dr Samantha Field	Miss Natalie Wareham
Miss Tessa Hewitt	Mr Simon Watts
Ms Alison Iliff

June 2019

Results summary
Candidates who sat the examination	79
Candidates who passed*	37
Candidates who failed	31
Candidates who banked Paper I	6
Candidates who banked Paper II	5
% who banked a paper	14%
% who banked a paper or passed*	61%
Pass rate*	47%
Candidates who sat the examination in UK public health training	59
Candidates who passed*	35
Candidates who banked a paper	6
% who banked a paper or passed*	69%
Pass rate for those in UK public health training schemes*	59%
* Please note that this includes candidates who have passed as a result of banking a previous paper
Successful Candidates
(Please note that this list does not include those candidates who have opted not to have their names published)

Dr Emily Broadis	Dr Victoria Kirkby
Mrs Lisa Burn	Dr Lai Kwan Queenie Leung
Ms Francesca Bury	Dr Bethan Loveless
Dr Alexandra Cockburn	Mrs Megan MacPherson
Dr Natalie Elkheir	Dr Malcolm Moffat
Dr James Fagg	Ms Claire Mulrenan
Mrs Beverley Griggs	Dr Kamal Patel
Ms Emily Grundy	Dr Rishi Patel
Dr Kirsten Hainey	Dr Lewis Peake
Dr Robert Hayward	Dr Carla Robinson
Dr Benjamin Holden	Dr Hardeep Singh-Lalli
Ms Emily Humphreys	Dr Amy Stevens
Dr Jessica Jarvis	Dr Alasdair Wood

January 2019

Results summary
Candidates who sat the examination	72
Candidates who passed*	40
Candidates who failed	18
Candidates who banked Paper I	10
Candidates who banked Paper II	4
% who banked a paper	19%
% who banked a paper or passed*	75%
Pass rate*	56%
Candidates who sat the examination in UK public health training	56
Candidates who passed*	37
Candidates who banked a paper	10
% who banked a paper or passed*	84%
Pass rate for those in UK public health training schemes*	66%
* Please note that this includes candidates who have passed as a result of banking a previous paper
Successful Candidates
(Please note that this list does not include those candidates who have opted not to have their names published)

Dr Michael Allum	Dr Hannah Jary
Dr Janani Arulrajah	Miss Karen Lau
Dr Hannah Barnsley	Mr John Lewis
Dr Elizabeth Biscoe	Dr Sarah Milligan
Mrs Emma Booth	Dr Sally O'Brien
Dr Kathryn Clare	Dr Julia Pakpoor
Dr Shelui Collinson	Dr Emma Pearce
Dr Harriet Edmondson	Dr Alison Pye
Dr Megan Evans	Dr Anna Ray
Dr Wai Fong	Dr Rebecca Russell
Dr Megan Gingell	Ms Lucy Rutter
Mrs Louise Gray	Dr Fiona Scott
Dr Robert Green	Dr Andrew Turvey
Dr Grace Grove	Dr Gabrielle Woolf
Dr Adam Holland

June 2018

Results summary
Candidates who sat the examination	73
Candidates who passed*	54
Candidates who failed	6
Candidates who banked Paper I	12
Candidates who banked Paper II	1
% who banked a paper	18%
% who banked a paper or passed*	92%
Pass rate*	74%
Candidates who sat the examination in UK public health training	52
Candidates who passed*	44
Candidates who banked a paper	8
% who banked a paper or passed*	100%
Pass rate for those in UK public health training schemes*	85%
* Please note that this includes candidates who have passed as a result of banking a previous paper
Successful Candidates
(Please note that this list does not include those candidates who have opted not to have their names published)

Dr Nicole Ahmed	Dr Sally MacVinish
Dr Alexander Allen	Miss Fiona Maxwell
Mrs Melissa Brown	Dr Ana Llamas Montoya
Dr Thomas Callender	Dr Claire Neill
Dr Chan Pui Yee	Mrs Elizabeth Pierce
Dr Nadeeka Chandraratne	Dr Alison Potts
Ms Helen Crabbe	Dr Mark Pritchard
Dr Natalie Daley	Mr Andrew Rideout
Mr Thomas Dunn	Dr Matthias Rohe
Mr Christopher Emmerson	Dr May Van Schalkwyk
Dr Hannah Emmett	Miss Wendi Shepherd
Mrs Joanna Garner	Dr Danielle Solomon
Dr Isaac Ghinai	Miss Rachel Staniforth
Dr Claire Gilbert	Dr Bethan Stoddart
Dr Rachel Handley	Miss Laura Stoll
Mrs Victoria Hepworth-Putt	Dr Suzanne Tang
Dr Deborah Jenkins	Dr Ahimza Thirunavukarasu
Dr Alice Kadri	Dr Tsui Kwan Yee
Ms Katherine Korner	Dr Eleanor Turner-Moss
Mr Jonathan Lawler	Dr Amoolya Vusirikala
Mr David Leeman	Mrs Sarah Weir
Dr Li Wing Sum	Dr Wong Hoi Kei
Dr Ravi Lukha	Dr Sarah Woodhall

Examination date: January 2018

Results summary
Candidates who sat the examination	75
Candidates who passed*	51
Candidates who failed	17
Candidates who banked Paper I	2
Candidates who banked Paper II	5
% who banked a paper	9%
% who banked a paper or passed*	77%
Pass rate*	68%
Candidates who sat the examination in UK public health training	64
Candidates who passed*	46
Candidates who banked a paper	4
% who banked a paper or passed*	78%
Pass rate for those in UK public health training schemes*	72%
* Please note that this also includes candidates who have passed as a result of banking a previous paper
Successful Candidates
(Please note that candidates have received official notification by post and that this list does not include those candidates who have opted not to have their names published)
Mrs Nicola Ainsworth	Miss Claire Mawditt
Dr Emma Baird	Dr Anna McKeever
Mrs Rachel Bath	Dr Chloe Montague
Mr Sebastien Baugh	Dr Lois Murray
Dr Martin Bewley	Dr Antiopi Ntouva
Mrs Kate Bisset	Dr Clarissa Oeser
Dr Claire Blacklock	Dr Arrthi Pangayatselvan
Dr Anna Blennerhassett	Ms Rebecca Perrin
Dr Rebecca Briscoe	Mrs Rachel Perry
Miss Miriam Bullock	Dr Eleanor Powers
Dr Chan Hong Lam	Dr Steven Senior
Dr Hayley Coleman	Mr Daniel Stewart
Ms Anna Collins	Ms Louise Sweeney
Mr Liam Crosby	Ms Jamie-Rae Tanner
Dr Marc Davies	Dr Hannah Taylor
Dr Clare Foster	Mr Andrew Trathen
Dr Sarah Gentry	Dr Anna Trelfa
Dr Catherine Guy	Dr Andrew Turner
Mr Samuel Hayward	Mrs Anna Varela-Raynes
Mrs Sandra James	Dr Sarah Wallace
Ms Helen Johnston	Dr Sarah Webb
Dr Jenny Mack	Dr Anne Whittington
Miss Elizabeth Marchant	Dr Natalie Wright
Dr Rachael Marsh

Diplomate examination (DFPH) Marking Algorithm

Diplomate Exam Monitoring and Performance

In parallel with the introduction of modified Angoff standard setting of our Diplomate examination in January 2017, the Diplomate exam team also introduced robust exam review by an independent external educationalist at each diet (sit). This has allowed the Chair/deputy Chair and Board to understand at an exam and question level, how the examination is performing at that diet, which is over and above simple monitoring of pass/fail rates.

Please click here for the full 2017-2019 report.

Please click here for the 2018-2021 report.