20th May 2023
NEW UCAT 2023 Feature – UCAT Navigator
In the time leading up to the official UCAT testing window, the UCAT ANZ consortium will often make updates to the features, structure or content of the official UCAT exam. UCAT 2023 is no different, with the launch of a new feature – the UCAT Navigator. For a summary of changes that are occurring to the structure of UCAT ANZ 2023, see our blog. How can I access the UCAT ...
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23rd March 2023
CHANGES TO UCAT ANZ 2023
There has been an update to the structure and content of UCAT, which will apply to anyone sitting UCAT ANZ in 2023. For a summary of changes that occurred for UCAT ANZ 2022, see our blog. Summary of the changes Here’s a summary of the changes to UCAT ANZ 2023: UCAT Situational Judgement: the number of questions has increased by three (from 66 up to ...
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17th May 2022
MEDENTRY’S NEW ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM IS ALMOST HERE!
MedEntry’s highly anticipated, game-changing, brand-new UCAT online learning platform is almost here! Global leaders in IT, educational technology, design and UCAT have collaborated to create the most intuitive, personalised and engaging UCAT platform available. This platform has been the culmination of years of planning, months of design and weeks of testing. The platform will be rel ...
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4th May 2022
CHANGES TO UCAT ANZ 2022
There have been some changes to the structure and content of UCAT, which will apply to anyone sitting UCAT ANZ in 2022. Summary of the changes Here’s a summary of the changes to UCAT ANZ 2022: UCAT Quantitative Reasoning: there will be one more minute to answer questions, with no changes to the number of questions UCAT Abstract Reasoning: the n ...
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4th October 2020
MEDICAL TRAINING, The Education Age (21 November 2005 Page 10)
Throughout the ages and in most countries medicine has been a profession with special privileges, hence demand to study medicine is high. In fact the demand to supply ratio is higher for medicine than for any other course in Australia, which is one reason for the use of criteria other than ATAR scores for entry (The medical Maze, Education Age, 7/11/2005). Since medical knowledge is growing ...
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4th October 2020
CHANGING TIMES, Australian Doctor (16 June 2006, Page 2)
Perhaps Dr Andrew Griffiths is not aware of the numerous changes in medical student selection that have taken place during the last ten years (Selection fails, 19 May). His criticisms about the inadequacies in the medical student selection are therefore not valid today. These days, one does not need to get very high ATAR score to get into medical school, since almost all medical schools hav ...
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4th October 2020
TO COACH OR NOT......, Australian Doctor (15 April 2005, Page 31)
Dr Kerri Parnell asks whether coaching for tests such as UMAT (now UCAT) helps ('Medical School Pick of the Crop may be Missing the Point', Gut Feelings, 25 March). If UCAT coaching is not useful, the logical conclusion is that coaching for selective/private school entry/scholarships tests is also not useful. Yet parents spend enormous amounts having their children coached for such ...
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4th October 2020
MED STUDENTS PASS TEST, Australian Doctor (28 May 2004, Page 20)
Medical professionals across Australia are doing their bit to help disadvantaged year 12 students prepare for the UMAT (now UCAT). Under the name of the group MedEntry, they will offer a two day intensive workshop to high school students from disadvantaged areas who are generally under-represented in medical school. The group’s website is www.medentry.edu.au. Start Your UCA ...
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4th October 2020
IRRELEVANT TEST, Australian Doctor (9 March 2007)
EDITOR: It is not surprising that the Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test (GAMSAT) is not a good predictor of students' performance in medical school ('Graduate med school test doubts', 9 February). However, a more important question that should be investigated is whether GAMSAT is a good test for predicting whether selected students become good medical practitione ...
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4th October 2020
NOT ALL ENTRY TESTS EQUAL, Medical Observer (16 February 2007, Page 17)
The debate about whether school leaver entry or graduate entry is better for medicine will continue for a long time because there are winners and losers in either scenario (Inside Story, 24/11/2006; Letters, 8/12). The graduate entry pathway has the following disadvantages: 1. Many highly able students who would otherwise have become excellent doctors will be lost to other professions, beca ...
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