Abstract Context Situational judgement tests (SJTs) are widely used to evaluate 'non‐
academic'abilities in medical applicants. However, there is a lack of understanding of how …

Selection and recruitment into healthcare education and practice is a key area of interest for
educators with significant developments in research, policy, and practice in recent years …

Abstract Background The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) is an admissions
assessment used by a consortium of universities across the UK, Australia, and New …

Introduction Medical admissions must balance two potentially competing missions: to select
those who will be successful medical students and clinicians and to increase the diversity of …

Background Gateway courses are increasingly popular widening participation routes into
medicine. These six year courses provide a more accessible entry route into medical school …

Background Educating doctors is expensive and poor performance by future graduates can
literally cost lives. Whilst the practice of medicine is highly evidence based, medical …

Background International medical graduates working in the UK are more likely to be
censured in relation to fitness to practise compared to home graduates. Performance on the …

Objectives University academic achievement may be inversely related to the performance of
the secondary (high) school an entrant attended. Indeed, some medical schools already …

Methods: A cross sectional study design was chosen. Data (2009-2017) was gathered from
the records of Institute of Nursing Science, Khyber Medical University. Variables in the …

Objective To determine whether scores on two undergraduate admissions tests (BioMedical
Admissions Test (BMAT) and University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)) predict performance …