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The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) (formerly UKCAT) is a test used in the selection process by a consortium of UK university Medical and Dental Schools. It is run by the UCAT Consortium, currently chaired by Nigel Siesage, in partnership with Pearson VUE. It was first introduced in 2006. The test is designed to give information on the candidates' cognitive abilities through four reasoning tests, with a fifth test, the situational judgement test testing attitudes and professional behaviour. The test is used by the majority of UK universities to make more informed choices between medical and dental applicants. FormatThe UCAT is designed to be a test of aptitude and attitude, not academic achievement. The latter is already demonstrated by A-Levels, Scottish Highers or undergraduate degrees. It attempts to assess a certain range of mental abilities and behavioural attributes identified as useful. These mental abilities include critical thinking as well as logical reasoning and inference. For candidates sitting the examination in summer 2019, the UCAT consists of five subtests: four cognitive tests, and one testing your professional demeanour. Each test has a time allocation as below:[1]
The situational judgement test is a different type of test from the tests above:[2]
The test is an online test taken at a Pearson Vue centre near the candidate. Candidates are not allowed to bring external materials in to the exam. A basic calculator is provided on the screen in the quantitative reasoning and decision making tests, along with a white board and a marker pen for taking notes. The equipment and conditions vary slightly between different test centers. Including warm-up time (time allocated to reading the instructions), the test lasts a maximum of 2 hours (or 2.5 hours for the UCATSEN version of the test). Each of the UCAT subtests is in a multiple choice format and is separately timed. The test must be sat in the summer of 2019 by candidates who want to apply to member universities for entry in 2020 (or deferred entry in 2021). Content and preparationThere is no curriculum content, as the test is designed to probe innate skills. These include basic arithmetic, reading and writing ability, along with character, and personal and social attitudes. Past papers are not available. There are however specimen questions and fully timed practice tests on the UCAT website. All candidates are urged to read this attentively. The UCAT Consortium recommend that candidates prepare for the test, and provide extensive free materials on their site to assist.[3] Widening ParticipationThe UCAT Consortium offers [https://www.ucat.ac.uk/ucat/bursary-scheme/ a bursary scheme] to cover the full test fee to UK and EU candidates in financial need who meet a set eligibility criteria. Usefulness and controversiesThe UCAT Consortium specifies, "Every university uses the UCAT result as part of a well-rounded admissions policy in which several other factors also carry considerable weight." UCAT has been shown to have some independent predictive validity of performance at medical school,[4] but considerably less than A-levels.[5][6] Participating universitiesFor 2020 entry, the UCAT must be taken in 2019 by all applicants applying to study medicine or dentistry at the following university Medical and Dental Schools:[7]
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References1. ^{{cite web|title=About the test:Test format|url=https://www.ucat.ac.uk/ucat/test-format/ |website=www.ucat.ac.uk |publisher=University Clinical Aptitude Test |accessdate=13 Feb 2019}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=SJT|url=https://www.ucat.ac.uk/ucat/test-format/situational-judgement/}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Practice Tests and Reources|url=https://www.ucat.ac.uk/ucat/practice-tests/}} 4. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/244 |last1=McManus |first1=IC |last2=Dewberry |first2=Chris |last3=Nicholson |first3=Sandra |last4=Dowell |first4=Jonathan S|title=The UKCAT-12 study: educational attainment, aptitude test performance, demographic and socio-economic contextual factors as predictors of first year outcome in a cross-sectional collaborative study of 12 UK medical schools |journal=BMC Medicine |volume=11 |pages=244 |date=14 November 2013 |doi=10.1186/1741-7015-11-243}} {{open access}} 5. ^McManus et al. (2013), "Construct-level predictive validity of educational attainment and intellectual aptitude tests in medical student selection: meta-regression of six UK longitudinal studies", BMC Medicine, 11:243 6. ^McManus et al. (2013), "The Academic Backbone: longitudinal continuities in educational achievement from secondary school and medical school to MRCP(UK) and the specialist register in UK medical students and doctors", BMC Medicine, 11:242 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.ucat.ac.uk/ucat/universities/|title=Who should take the test?|website=UCAT|publisher=UCAT Consortium|accessdate=13 February 2019}} External links
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