Jon Halden, University Counsellor at the International School, La Chatagineraie, has invited any Florimont pupils interested in studying Medicine, to a course in June.

He writes – We are planning to host a medicine course, run by Brighton and Sussex Medical School from the 11th to the 13th of June 2013.  This course is designed for students that wish to study medicine at university, though it is of particular benefit for those applying to the U.K.

Medical school which want BMAT

• Bristol
• Liverpool
• Birmingham
• Oxford or Cambridge
• Imperial
• UCL

Florimont’s recommended medical schools, worth visiting – 

• Newcastle
• Brighton & Sussex
• Leicester
• Hull-York
• Peninsula
• East Anglia
• Keele

For details, check the website http://www.ukcat.ac.uk/

Here is an extract –

What is in the test?

The test assesses a range of mental abilities identified by university Medical and Dental Schools as important. There is no curriculum content as the test examines innate skills.  Each subtest is in a multiple-choice format and is separately timed.

For candidates sitting the examination in summer 2012, the UKCAT will consist

• Verbal reasoning – asseses logical thinking and reasoning about written information.
• Quantitative reasoning – assesses ability to solve numerical problems.
• Abstract reasoning – assesses the use of convergent and divergent thinking to infer relationships from information.
• Decision analysis – assesses the ability,in complex, ambiguous situations, to deal with various forms of information, infer relationships, make informed judgements, and decide on an appropriate response.
• Situational judgement test – assesses judgement regarding situations encountered in the workplace.

There are two versions of UKCAT: the standard UKCAT and the UKCATSEN (Special Educational Needs). The UKCATSEN is a longer version of the UKCAT intended for candidates who require additional time due to a documented medical condition or disability.  The timings of the two tests are detailed below:

*13 scenerios (each consisting of between 4 and 6 potential response options to rate)

I recently met with the parent of a student applying for Medicine in the UK, who had studied the different attitudes of various Medical schools to the UKCAT test.  Here is what she told me –

Leicester, Sheffield, Manchester – UKCAT required.

Newcastle, Durham, Hull-York – UKCAT looked at

Keele, Brighton – UKCAT looked at but less important

Bristol, Birmingham – UKCAT not needed.