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Information Booklet

Australian Council for Educational Research

Graduate Medical School Admissions Test

Deadline for registration 13 August 2010Test date 17 September 2010

www.gamsatuk.org

GRADUATE

GAMSATUK

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1 Background 2The Graduate-Entry Medical and Dental Programmes 2The Peninsula Medical School BMBS Programme 2Rationale for the Programmes 2Admission to the Programmes 2Role of UCAS 3

2 What is GAMSAT? 4The Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) 4Equity and Fairness 4Structure and Content 4

Section I Reasoning in Humanities and Social Science 5Section II Written Communication 5Section III Reasoning in Biological and Physical Science 5

Use of Personal Information 6Who can sit GAMSAT 6

3 Registering for GAMSAT 7Test Date and Registration Deadline 7Test Centres 7Registering for GAMSAT 7Test Payment 7Applying for Special Testing Conditions 8Refund Policy 8Communicating with the GAMSAT of ce 8

4 Test Centre Procedures and Regulations 9Admission Ticket 9GAMSAT Candidate Numbers 9

Reporting to the Test Centre 9Identi cation 9Penalties for Unethical Behaviour 10Breaches of copyright 10Permitted Testing Aids 10Timing and Order of the Tests 10

5 Preparing for GAMSAT 11Sample Questions, Practice Questions and Practice Test 11Test-taking Strategy for Sections I and II 11

6 GAMSAT Results 12The GAMSAT Scores 12Viability of Results 12Using previous GAMSAT Results 12Appeals 12Minimum GAMSAT Scores 12

7 Application for Admission to the Programmes 13UCAS Application 13Admission to the Programmes 13Timetable for Admission to the Programmes in 2009 13

8 University Course Information 14Keele University 14University of Nottingham 15Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry 17St Georges, University of London 19Swansea University 22

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Role of UCASThe Universities and Colleges Admissions Service(UCAS) will be provided with your GAMSAT

results and will pass these onto the medical schoolsyou apply to, ensuring invisibility of choice ismaintained.

GAMSAT practice materials are available forpurchase from the UCAS online shop at www.ucasbooks.co.uk/acatalog/GAMSAT_Preparation_ Material.html.

Note: UCAS staff are not in a position to answerqueries about GAMSAT or the registration process.All enquiries must be directed via email [email protected] .

To register for GAMSAT, go to the website atwww. gamsatuk.org and complete the onlineregistration and payment forms. You will need acredit card (Mastercard or VISA) and an emailaddress. All registrations must be completed online.

Note: neither ACER, UCAS, nor the medicalschools will answer queries relating to the content of the test, nor can staff advise how best to prepare forthe test.

Neither UCAS nor ACER will accept anyresponsibility or liability to any GAMSAT candidatein respect of the test, or test results, loss or damage

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What is GAMSAT?2The Graduate Medical SchoolAdmissions Test (GAMSAT)GAMSAT is a professionally designed and markedselection test developed by the Australian Councilfor Educational Research (ACER) for medicalschools offering graduate-entry programmes open tograduates of any discipline.

GAMSAT is appropriate for any student whohas completed an undergraduate honours degreeor who will be in the penultimate or final year of study for an honours degree at the time of sittingthe test, or, in the case of applicants to PeninsulaMedical School, who believes he/she has achievedan appropriate level of intellectual maturity andsubject knowledge to meet the demands of the test.GAMSAT is designed to assess the capacity toundertake high level intellectual studies in a medicalor dental course. It is offered once a year only.

GAMSAT evaluates the nature and extent of abilities and skills gained through prior experienceand learning, including the mastery and use of concepts in basic science, as well as the acquisitionof more general skills in problem solving, criticalthinking and writing. If your first degree is ina non-scientific field of study you can still sitGAMSAT and be chosen for admission to the

graduate-entry programmes. A science backgroundis not a prerequisite and academic excellence inthe humanities and social sciences is encouragedand recognised. However, it must be stressed thatsuccess in GAMSAT is unlikely without knowledgeand ability in the biological and physical sciences(see page 5).

Equity and FairnessGAMSAT is developed to rigorous professional andtechnical standards. Test questions are designed anddeveloped by teams of ACER test writers, expertin their subject areas, in close consultation withuniversity faculty specialists and medical schoolrepresentatives. All test questions must pass detailedpanelling, trialling, analysis and final review. Thecontent, style, duration and sequencing of the testsare determined to ensure the testing programme isrelevant, fair, valid and reliable.

GAMSAT test data are subjected to statisticalanalysis to check that each test item has performed asrequired. Test questions in development are carefullyscrutinised in an ongoing attempt to minimise gender,

ethnic or other forms of bias, and to ensure the test isculturally fair.

The test may contain a small number of trialquestions which will not be scored.

The GAMSAT Policy Committee has establishedan Ethics Committee to examine and report on allethical issues relating to the content and conduct of GAMSAT referred to it.

All GAMSAT candidates are asked to sign astatement acknowledging that their test resultsmay be used by relevant authorities for researchpurposes. Candidates are given an assurance thatany use of their registration and test records will betreated with the utmost confidentiality. Candidatenames will be separated from data in all cases.

Structure and ContentThe purpose of GAMSAT is to assess yourability to understand and analyse material, to

think critically about issues and, in the case of theWritten Communication section, to organise andexpress your thoughts in a logical and effectiveway. GAMSAT questions are based on materialdrawn from a variety of sources. They typicallyrequire candidates to read and think about apassage of writing, to interpret graphical displays of information, to use mathematical relationships andto apply reasoning skills to tables of data. Problemsolving is a major focus of the test.

The test is divided into three sections designed toassess performance in the areas of:

I Reasoning in Humanities and Social Sciences

II Written Communication

III Reasoning in Biological and Physical Sciences

Since problem-based learning techniques arecentral to modern medical curricula, GAMSAT isconstructed with a major focus on the assessmentof problem solving ability across a wide range of subject areas.


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Section I Reasoning in Humanities andSocial Sciences

The Reasoning in Humanities and Social

Sciences section tests skills in the interpretationand understanding of ideas in social and culturalcontexts. Different kinds of text will be usedas stimulus, including passages of personal,imaginative, expository and argumentative writing.Although most of the stimulus materials in thissection are in the form of written passages, someunits may present ideas and information in visualand tabular form. The stimulus will deal with a rangeof academic and public issues, with an emphasis onsocio-cultural, personal and interpersonal topics.

Questions in the Reasoning in Humanities and

Social Sciences section demand varying degrees of complex verbal processing and conceptual thinking,logical and plausible reasoning, and objective andsubjective thinking.

Questions that emphasise understanding involvethe recognition of explicit and implicit meaningsthrough close reading of words and phrases andglobal interpretations of text.

Questions that emphasise plausible reasoning involveinterrelating, elaborating and extending conceptsand ideas, and drawing conclusions.

Questions that emphasise critical thinking requirecandidates to make discriminations and judgments inthe realm of plausible reasoning.

Questions in this section are in multiple choiceformat with four alternative answers from whichcandidates choose the most appropriate.

Section II Written CommunicationThe Written Communication section is a test of the ability to produce and develop ideas in writing.It involves two thirty minute writing tasks. Eachtask offers a theme and a number of ideas relatingto that theme. The themes are general rather thanspecific in nature. The first task deals with socio-cultural issues, while the second deals with morepersonal and social issues. In selecting topics for thewriting tasks every effort has been made to minimisefactors which might disadvantage candidates fromnon-English-speaking backgrounds.

Written Communication is assessed on twocriteria. These criteria address the quality of thethinking about a topic and the control of languagedemonstrated in its development. Assessmentfocuses on the way in which ideas are integratedinto a thoughtful response to the task. Control of language (grammatical structure and expression) isan integral component of a good piece of writing.However, it is only assessed insofar as it contributesto the overall effectiveness of the response to the task

and not in isolation. Candidates are not assessed onthe correctness of the ideas or attitudes they display.

CRITERIA FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF WRITTENCOMMUNICATIONAssessors consider the following issues:

Thought and Content(the quality of what is said)

what is made of and developed from the taskthe kinds of thought and feeling offered inresponse to the task

Organisation and Expression(the quality of the structure developedand the language used)

the shape and form of the piecethe effectiveness and fluency of the language

Each piece of writing will be assessed by threeindependent raters.

Section III Reasoning in Biological andPhysical Sciences

In addition to testing problem solving within ascientific context, this section examines the recalland understanding of basic science concepts. Theseskills include the ability to identify knowledge in new

contexts, to translate knowledge from one symbolicform to another, to estimate measurements and torecognise limits in accuracy, to formulate hypotheses,to extrapolate and interpolate, to formulategeneralisations in the light of given relationships,to deduce consequences from models, to discoverrelationships, to analyse data, to make comparisons,and to follow a line of reasoning. Stimulus materialis presented in a variety of formats including verbal,mathematical, graphical and visual. Section III ismade up of questions in three discipline areas in thefollowing proportions:

Chemistry 40%

Biology 40%

Physics 20%

Questions from the three discipline areas areintegrated throughout the section and are in multiplechoice format.

Questions in this section do not specifically requirethe use of a calculator. However, you may, if youwish, take a non-programmable calculator of yourown to the test centre for use in Section III only.

The level of subject knowledge required for theReasoning in Biological and Physical Sciencessection of the test generally corresponds to the firstyear of a university course in biology and chemistry.


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The test focuses primarily on problem solving andon the use of knowledge that will be presumed atthe beginning of the medical course: that is, a basicunderstanding of biology and chemistry (includingorganic chemistry) at first year university level.

A student who has mastered the concepts coveredin A Level physics, and in the first year of universitylevel chemistry and biology, should have adequateknowledge to answer questions in this section.

Use of Personal InformationPersonal information collected for the purposes of GAMSAT registration will not be disclosed to anythird party other than the participating universitiesvia UCAS.

ACER will only process candidates personal andsensitive personal information for purposes directlyconnected to GAMSAT. Your GAMSAT scoreswill only be released to UCAS and the universitiesto which you have applied. These universities willnot have details of the other choices on your UCASform, hence maintaining the UCAS agreement oninvisibility of choices.

Test results may be used by relevant authoritiesthrough ACER for purposes of research into theGAMSAT programme. Candidates are assuredthat any use of registration and test records will betreated with the utmost confidentiality. Candidatenames will be separated from data in all cases.

By ticking the check box on the GAMSATdeclaration form you are indicating your acceptanceof all terms and conditions set out in this Bookletand to the processing of your personal and sensitivedata for purposes connected to your GAMSATregistration

ACERs policy on the collection, access to and useof personal information can be found at www.acer.edu.au.

Who can sit GAMSATGAMSAT is available to any candidate who hasalready completed a Bachelors degree. Or who atthe time of sitting the test is the final or penultimateyear of their Bachelor degree, or higher.


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Registering for GAMSAT 3Test Date and Registration DeadlineThe test will be held on

Friday 17 September 2010.

Your online registration and test payment of 195must be completed by midnight BST on

Friday 13 August 2010.

Late registrations will be accepted up to midnightBST Friday 27 August 2010, on payment of a latefee of 50 in addition to the registration fee.

Test CentresGAMSAT test centres are available in Bristol ,Swansea , London , Nottingham , and Sheffield .A test centre will also operate in Melbourne , Australia .

When completing your registration form, select thecentre which would be most convenient for you.Select one centre only. Every effort will be made toallocate you to the centre of your choice. However,centres will be filled on a first come basis, so youare advised to register early. If it is not possibleto allocate you to your chosen centre, ACER willallocate you to the nearest available centre.

A precise reporting address for the centre towhich you have been assigned will be givenon the Admission Ticket that you will recieveapproximately two weeks before the test day.

Registering for GAMSATRegistration for GAMSAT UK opens on

Friday 4 June 2010.

Registration is available online only, via the websitewww.gamsatuk.org. To register you will need a

computer with internet access, a credit card andan email address. This email address will be usedfor all communication from the GAMSAT UKOffice, including information on how to access yourGAMSAT results.

Note: candidates who provide an emailaddress that is hosted by Hotmail.com orYahoo.com are advised that some proceduresimplemented by these providers may resultin some email messages not being accepted,or being flagged as spam. You are advised touse a different email service provider for thepurposes of GAMSAT registration, or to [email protected] in your address bookto ensure emails from the GAMSAT UK Officeare not regarded as junk email.

ACER uses a security carrier for its online paymentfunctions to act as its interface with the bankingsystem. Credit card and accompanying personaldetails are not recorded or stored by ACER butare encrypted at point of capture and transmitteddirectly to the bank. Thus you can be assured this isa safe payment method.

The online registration form will ask you forinformation needed to process your registration, anda limited amount of educational and demographicinformation important to the test developmentprocess and to the GAMSAT research programme.The information collected on the GAMSATregistration form relates only to your registration totake GAMSAT; it is not related to any applicationyou may make for a university place.

All information collected will be treated asconfidential and used only as agreed by candidates,and in de-identified form for research purposes.Candidates are assured that the provisions of allrelevant legislation will be strictly adhered to.

ACER reserves the right to refuse or cancel aregistration under certain circumstances.

Test PaymentOnline

The fee to sit GAMSAT is 195. Payment shouldbe made by credit card at the time of completingyour online registration. If you do not have a creditcard you can submit a provisional registration. (seebelow)

The online payment option operates throughACERs e-commerce facility via the GAMSATUK website. Credit card details are not recordedor stored by ACER but are encrypted at point of capture and transmitted directly to the bank, withoutentering ACER information systems. Thus you canbe assured this is a safe payment option.

ProvisionalIf you do not have a credit card or do not wish topay by credit card you can complete a provisionalregistration. To do so you need to complete yourdetails online as you would if you were paying bycredit card. When you get to the payment methodplease select Bank draft, and follow the instructionsprovided to complete your registration.

All deadlines are the same for those using thismethod of registration; all payments must bereceived by the registration deadline. Or the latefee of 50 will be charged in addition to theregistration fee. Late registrations will be acceptedup to midnight on 27 August 2010, any paymentsreceived by mail after the 1 September will not


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be accepted. These will be returned to senderunprocessed.

* Be aware that your payment needs to have been

received by the date mentioned above for your registration to be accepted. We do not suggest using this method of registration in the final days of theregistration period.

Applying for Special ConsiderationIf you suffer a visual, hearing, physical or otherdisability which might interfere with your abilityto sit the test in the standard manner, you shouldsubmit a statement to this effect with yourregistration form and payment by Friday 27August 2010 . You must also submit a detailed

explanatory letter from a registered healthpractitioner outlining your condition and the kind of support needed. This letter must be no more thanone year old. All reasonable efforts will be made toprovide appropriate testing conditions for approvedcandidates.

Applicants with dyslexia should accompany theirstatement with a copy of an appropriate educationalpsychologists report (no more than 3 years old) forconsideration.

If your report is more than 3 years old it may stillbe accepted, as long as it is accompanied by arecent letter from a psychologist stating that theinformation in the report is still valid.

Note: There is no possibility of specialconsideration being given to test results. In nocircumstances will scores be adjusted to account forany perceived disadvantage.

Refund PolicyApplication fees for the 2010 test will be refundedon request up to 5pm (BST) 27 August 2010 .An administrative charge of 40 will be deducted.

Should you decide that you do not wish to sit thetest in 2010, you may also apply to transfer yourregistration to 2011.

If you wish to transfer your registration toSeptember 2011, your request must reach theGAMSAT UK Office by 5pm (BST) 27 August2010 via email. All transfers will incur anadministration fee of 30 .

A transfer after the 27 August would only beactioned in cases of misadventure or illness.Candidates that request a transfer after the closingdate must provide documentation to support theirinability to attend the test.

Candidates may transfer their test date once only.Candidates who have transferred their registrationsmay not apply for a refund in the following year.

There is no penalty, other than the loss of your fee,if you register for GAMSAT UK but do not sit.3.7

Communicating with the GAMSATOfficeIf you have any queries about the registrationprocess, please contact the GAMSAT Office byemail. The Office will not answer queries relating tothe content of the test.

You will also receive important emails from theGAMSAT Office.

If you have a Hotmail or Yahoo email address, youwill need to put the [email protected] emailaddress into your personal address book. Otherwiseyou may not receive important emails from theGAMSAT Office, such as your confirmation ofregistration, Admission Ticket to sit the test, or your test results.

Sometimes personal emails dont make it throughour spam filters, so if we dont respond within aweek, please resend the message.

GAMSAT Office at ACER:Phone: +613 9277 5520

(Be aware of the time differencebefore calling Australia)

Fax: +613 9277 5757

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.gamsatuk.org

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Test Centre Procedures and Regulations 4Admission TicketYou will receive an Admission Ticket approximatelytwo weeks before the test date. Notification will

be emailed to your nominated account, so youare advised to add [email protected] to youraddress book prior to registering. This ticket is yourpermission to attend the test centre and must betaken with you on the day. The Admission Ticketwill tell you exactly where and at what time to reporton the day of the test. It will also contain yourpersonal details. Please check it carefully and emailthe GAMSAT Office immediately if there are anyerrors.

If you have not received an Admission Ticket byMonday 13 September 2010, you should email theGAMSAT Office.

GAMSAT Candidate NumberYou will be allocated a GAMSAT CandidateNumber by ACER when your registration isprocessed. This number will appear on yourAdmission Ticket and should be quoted onany correspondence with the GAMSAT Officeafter this time. You must keep a record of yourGAMSAT Number as you will need it to accessyour GAMSAT results, and may need to quote it onuniversity applications.

Reporting to the Test CentreYou must report to the test centre at the address andtime specified on your Admission Ticket. Reportingtime will normally be 8.15 am. The test itself willstart approximately forty-five to sixty minutes later,depending on the amount of time necessary forpre-testing procedures. If you report to the centreafter all candidates have been seated in the testingroom you may not be admitted. No latecomers

will be admitted once the test has started. Whenyou report to the test centre you must bring withyou your Admission Ticket, identity documentand writing equipment (medium soft No. 2 or HBpencils and a good quality eraser for the machinescorable sections of the test, and a blue or black penfor the Written Communication test).

There will be limited facilities for the storage of personal items at the test centres. You are advised tobring only essential items with you. Luggage or bagsother than those you will need during the day cannotbe stored.

IdentificationOn the day of the test you will be required to presentan original identification document (in which the

photograph is recognisable as a likeness of you asyou are today).

The only acceptable documents are: a valid passport, or a current drivers licence

(if this includes a photograph)

If you do not have either of these documents youmust bring a letter from your university or employeron headed paper, with a photograph attached, signedand stamped (over the photograph) by an authorisedofficer. The letter must include your name, dateof birth and signature. (See example letter of identification on the website.)

Photocopied documents are not acceptable.

If you do not present one of the above approvedidentification documents, together with yourAdmission Ticket, you will not be able to sitGAMSAT.


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Application for Admission to the Programmes 7UCAS applicationYou must apply through UCAS in the usualway, including any of the 4-year graduate-

entry programmes and/or the Peninsula medicalprogramme among your choices.

Course Codes:

Keele A101 (institution code K12)

Nottingham A101 (institution code NOTTM N84)

Peninsula(Dentistry) A201 (institution code PCMD P37)

Peninsula(Medicine) A100 (institution code PCMD P37)

St Georges A101 (institution code SGEO S49)

Swansea A101 (institution code SWAN S93)Please note: you must provide your UCASidentification number to the GAMSAT Office.If you do not have a UCAS number at the timeof registering for GAMSAT, you should email itlater. If you do not provide your UCAS number,or if you give an incorrect number, this may affectthe delivery of your GAMSAT results to theuniversities.

The closing date for UCAS applications is15 October 2009.

Admission to the ProgrammesCandidates applying for the Graduate-EntryProgrammes must fulfil the following criteria:

(i) have, or be predicted to receive, at least a lowersecond class honours degree in any discipline(St Georges and Nottingham). Candidatesin the final year of their studies may applybut will only be offered a place conditional ontheir achieving a lower second class degree.Applicants to Swansea and Keele must have, orbe expected to achieve, an upper second class

degree or higher.(ii) be classed as a home student, which includes

nationals of EU countries. At presentInternational Students, or students from outsidethe EU, are not accepted.

Timetable for admission to theProgrammes in 2011Admission to the Graduate-Entry Programmes and

the Peninsula BMBS Programme will follow thesteps set out in the Timeline below.

TIMELINE FOR ADMISSION TO THEGRADUATE-ENTRY PROGRAMMES ANDTHE Peninsula BMBS PROGRAMME IN 2010

By 15 October 2010:submit UCAS application form

By 13 August 2010:complete GAMSAT registration

17 September 2010:Sit GAMSAT

December April 2011:Interviews for admission

March April 2011:Offers made to successful applicants

Mid-September 2011:Programmes begin


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Nottingham MedicineSchool of Graduate Entry Medicine & HealthThe Course

For 2011 entry there are 93 places available(including 2 International students).

Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) is a four-year,fast-track programme designed to broaden access tomedical careers and attract graduates from a widerange of professional and educational backgrounds.

Successful GEM students will graduate withBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BM BS)from the University of Nottingham.

There are two phases to the course: An 18-month foundation programme structured

around problem-based learning (PBL). Thefoundation programme is based at the purposebuilt Medical School on the Royal DerbyHospital site.

30 months of clinical training in healthcarefacilities across the mid-Trent region youll joinstudents from the undergraduate course for thisphase.For further information follow the link to:http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/gem/prospective/graduateentrymedicine/index.aspx

Problem Based Learning (PBL)The PBL Course is divided into a number of clinicalmodules reflecting the core medical specialitiesand systems of the body: Structure, function anddefence; Respiratory; Cardiovascular; Limbs andback; Alimentary; Endocrinology; Urogenital;Neuroscience and Integrative. Modules are thendivided into 6-7 patient case studies introduced inPBL on a weekly basis.

Progress Assessment

Formative assessments occur throughout the PBL

Course and are taken as a progress indicator. Inaddition to this throughout the foundation course,students are required to produce a Portfolio of Personal and Professional Development (PPD)including drug reviews, patient case-studies from GPvisits, ethics coursework and reflective assignments.Summative assessments including written papers,on-line multiple choice & clinical reasoning exams,and clinical skills assessment occur at the end of year 1 and at the end of the 18 month foundationprogramme.

The Clinical Course

Ward and clinical teaching is supported throughlectures, tutorials and e-education packages.Progress is also supported by logbooks andeducational portfolios.

The distinct phases of clinical training include:

1. Clinical Phase I Clinical Practice Course

This provides core knowledge in common/

important conditions within medicine andsurgery. Teaching primarily occurs in twoforms, either in small groups by specialists or viaattachments to clinical firms. There are also acourse in therapeutics and a community followup project.

2. Clinical Phase II

Year 3 placements comprise two 20 week integrated rotations in Obstetrics andGynaecology; Child Health; Health Care of the Elderly and Psychiatry; Ophthalmology;

Otorhinolaryngology and Dermatology plus a 4week Special Study Module.

3. Clinical Phase III

The Advanced Clinical Experience Courseinvolves rotation through four 9 week attachments: Medicine; Surgery; MusculoskeletalDisorders and Disability; General Practice andSpecial Study Module. This is followed by a9-week elective and, finally, a 4-week Preparationfor Foundation course that includes shadowingthe junior doctors you will tae over from at thestart of August.

Approximately 40 Special Study Modules areavailable during Clinical Phases II and III, providingstudents with the opportunity to delve deeply into aparticular area of clinical interest.

Entry Requirements

The GEM course is open to graduates of anydiscipline who have obtained, or are predicted toobtain, a minimum of UK Bachelors (Honours)degree classified 2:2 or better. A higher degree(MSc, MA, MPhil or PhD) will be accepted in lieu

of a first degree if obtained by 1st August of theyear of study. Degrees from overseas institutions areaccepted if NARIC agree that it is comparable to aUK Bachelors (Honours) Degree at 1st or 2nd classHonours level.1. Paid or voluntary work experience in a health-

care related setting. Work experience needs to besufficient to demonstrate two things a) that youhave found out at first hand what a doctors work involves and are making a genuinely informedand realistic choice about your future career;b) commitment to the care of sick, disabled

or disadvantaged people. The importance of this should not be underestimated each yeara number of applicants are rejected because of inadequate work experience.


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2. Satisfactory performance in the GAMSATentrance exam

3. Interview attendance4. All students will be required to complete

satisfactory Police and Health screening, offersare made subject to satisfactory results.

Age Limit

There is no upper or lower age limit for applicationsto the GEM course. However applicants should bearin mind the length of the course and the expectedlength of service that individuals will have to offerfollowing graduation.

International Students

Applications from candidates eligible to pay fees atthe international rate are considered on the samecriteria as home students.

We offer places to a number of internationalstudents each year. Because of the high level of fees,as a condition of entry, international applicants needto provide a guarantee that sufficient funds willbe available for the duration of the course. Coursetuition fees do vary from pre clinical and clinicalyears, therefore please see our website for actualcosts: www.nottingham.ac.uk/fees

English language qualifications for internationalstudents

Medical students need to be fluent in English, bothto understand the course and communicate withpatients. If your first language is not English, youwill need to have or be taking one of the followingEnglish Language qualifications (see table below).

British Council IELTS test

At least 7.5(no less than 7.0 in anyelement)

TOEFL

At least 630

(no less than 5.0 in TWE)Computer based TOEFL 267(no less than 5.0 in TWE)

IBT TOEFL 109(no less than 22 in anyelement)

GCSE/O-level Minimum grade B

Cambridge Certificateof Proficiency inEnglish

Minimum grade B

Cambridge Certificatein Advanced English Grade A

GAMSAT

All applicants are required to sit GAMSAT. Aspecific cut-off score is set for each years entry:

in the past few years, this has varied between 60and 62. In addition to achieving the cut-off score,candidates must also achieve a minimum score of 55in Section 2; 55 in either Section 1 or 3 and at least50 in the remaining section in order to be invitedfor interview. If you have sat the GAMSAT for 2consecutive years; the highest GAMSAT score willbe taken.

Interview

Interviews take place between December and Aprileach year. For 2011 entry the interviews will be held

7th-18th March 2011 and follow a multiple-miniinterview format.

You will be interviewed by a panel of trainedinterviewers that include medical practitioners,academic staff, and professional lay people.Lay members are drawn from a wide range of professions allied to medicine, science, healthservices management, education and humanresources. You will be graded on your answers toquestions based around the following themes:

Are you realistic and fully aware about what itmeans to be a doctor?

Your interest in and commitment to health care Whether your personal attributes are suited to the

study and practice of medicine Considered the emphasis on PBL and whether

this suits your approach to learning?

Offers

Offers will be made on completion of all interviews,usually around March to April.

Contact

School OfficeSchool of Graduate Entry Medicine & HealthDerby City General HospitalUttoxeter RdDerby DE22 3DTUK

Tel: +44 (0)1332 724 622Fax: +44 (0)1332 724 626Email: [email protected]


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formal letters detailing the dates and hours workedand the duties carried out.

Interviews

Interviews will take place in January. We will beassessing the following at interview:

A demonstrable interest in medicine - motivationand commitment

Communication skills Work experience and recognition of the

importance of research Personal attitudes and attributes Empathy and sensitivity Ability to make decisions Ability to contribute as a member of a team

Extracurricular interests and skills What would you bring to St Georges?

For our MBBS5 and MBBS4 courses we haverevised the selection process for those looking tostart in 2010 and beyond. This exciting approach toselection, involving a series of short interviews andsimple tasks rather than one single long interview,offers applicants a far greater opportunity to activelydemonstrate the qualities needed to be a gooddoctor (as laid out in the General Medical CouncilsTomorrows Doctors). This revised approach toselection was piloted with this years student intake

and was well received by applicants to both coursesas well as by the staff involved in the selectionprocess.

Building on our own research and on that of Medical Schools across the globe, it is clearthat selection through Multi Mini Interviewsis not only more reliable but ensures fairnessfor applicants. By giving the opportunityto actively demonstrate skills and abilitieswe believe that this process will fairly andobjectively evaluate those qualities deemedto select those best suited to a career in

medicine. Dr Muriel Shannon,MBB5 Admissions Tutor and Dr Aileen OBrien,MBBS4 Admissions Tutor

Please contact the Enquiries Team at St Georges formore information on Multi Mini Interviews.

Offers

Offers will be made at the beginning of February.

Places Places available in 2009: 112

Places available in 2010: 118There is further information on the MBBS4 courseon our website http://www.sgul.ac.uk/undergraduate/MBBS%20Graduate%20Stream

Contact

Enquiries OfficeTel: +44 (0)20 8725 2333

Fax: +44 (0)20 8725 0841Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.sgul.ac.uk


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