Ophthalmology
National Recruitment ST1 up to 85
MSRA - Scoring guidance
The score for both the Clinical Problem Solving (CPS) paper and the Professional Dilemma (SJT) paper is published within Oriel on each applicants dashboard. Below is an explanation of the score and banding achieved within the assessment. No further feedback relating to this assessment or scores are available. We hope you find this information useful.
Clinical Problem Solving (CPS) Test
Standardised Score Range |
Approx percentage scoring in this range |
Score band |
Score meaning |
| Below 170 | 2% | 1 | Poor level of performance |
| 171-185 | 3% | ||
| 186-210 | 11% | 2 | Below average performance |
| 211-230 | 14% | ||
| 231-250 | 18% | 3 | Good level of performance |
| 251-270 | 21% | ||
| 271-290 | 21% | ||
| 291-310 | 9% | 4 | Very good average performance |
| Above 310 |
1% |
Professional Dilemmas (PD) test
Standardised Score Range |
Approx percentage scoring in this range |
Score band |
Score meaning |
| Below 170 | 2% | 1 | Poor level of performance |
| 171-185 | 3% | ||
| 186-210 | 13% | 2 | Below average performance |
| 211-230 | 17% | ||
| 231-250 | 20% | 3 | Good level of performance |
| 251-270 | 22% | ||
| 271-290 | 17% | ||
| 291-310 | 5% | 4 | Very good average performance |
| Above 310 | 1% |