Scottish qualification regulations were simpler than those in England. The examination therefore proved to be a popular route to British medical practice for international medical graduates whose degrees were not recognised in the UK, for refugee doctors or aspiring doctors and for those unable to gain entry to university medical schools. In the latter years of the 19th century, this included women whose entry to British university medical schools began in 1892. Between 1884 and 1909, 7% of those qualifying with the TQ qualification were women, a higher percentage than qualified from university medical schools at that time. Among the women to qualify with the TQ were Elsie Inglis, who went on to found the Scottish Women's Hospitals in WW1 and Dagmar Berne. who became the second woman to register as a doctor in Australia.
