UKCAT

UKCAT

The UK Clinical Aptitude Test is an entrance exam used in the selection process for the degree programmes in medicine and dentistry. The University Clinical Aptitude Test is another name for it. A group of universities in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia make use of it. However, it functions through a joint working process between Pearson VUE and the UKCAT Consortium. Despite being introduced in 2006, the UKCAT was still used for testing for a while.

This examination provides insight into the candidate’s attitudes, cognitive skills, and potential professional behaviour. There are exam centres all throughout the world, including in the EU. India’s UKCAT centres are located in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and New Delhi (Yusuf Sarai).

Test Format

This test assesses various important mental abilities as directed by the Medical and Dental Schools. Each subtests are based upon multiple choice questions and occurs differently in separate time frame. This test explores your inner skills and therefore, there is no any definite syllabus pattern for this test.

There are different subject matters in UKCAT. These consist of:

Verbal Reasoning- It tests your logical thinking and reasoning about a given piece of written information.
Decision Analysis- It focuses on assessing the ability of the candidates to deal with complex, ambiguous situations, various forms of information, infer relationships, and produce the appropriate and informed judgments and decisions.
Abstract Reasoning- It explores the convergent and divergent thinking abilities and skills of the candidates to conclude the relationships from information.
Quantitative Reasoning- It tests the ability to solve numerical or mathematical problems.
Situational judgement test- This section emphasizes on the candidate’s ability to assess the judgments regarding the situation arising in the workplace.

Test Format

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