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| Title |
Use of UKCAT scores in student selection by UK medical schools, 2006-2010
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Education, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6920-11-98 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jane Adam, Jon Dowell, Rachel Greatrix |
| Abstract |
The United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) is a set of cognitive tests introduced in 2006, taken annually before application to medical school. The UKCAT is a test of aptitude and not acquired knowledge and as such the results give medical schools a standardised and objective tool that all schools could use to assist their decision making in selection, and so provide a fairer means of choosing future medical students.Selection of students for U.K. medical schools is usually in three stages: assessment of academic qualifications, assessment of further qualities from the application form submitted via UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) leading to invitation to interview, and then selection for offer of a place. Medical schools were informed of the psychometric qualities of the UKCAT subtests and given some guidance regarding the interpretation of results. Each school then decided how to use the results within its own selection system. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 4% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 51 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 13% |
| Lecturer | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 13 | 24% |
| Unknown | 8 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 54% |
| Psychology | 7 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 11% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 2% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 7 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 January 2012.
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#17,652,807
of 22,659,164 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Education
#2,578
of 3,291 outputs
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#191,315
of 239,474 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Education
#18
of 19 outputs
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