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UCAT: Situational Judgement

aidin said:
Hey guys
I (content removed) partial marks for giving "important" rather than "of minor importance" (the correct answer) and vice versa. I was under the impression that this would be counted as incorrect in the UCAT, am I wrong?
Cheers
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Yes it is possible to get partial marks in the real UCAT (content removed).

In the real UCAT, in order to score the partial mark, you have to be on the same "half" as the answer. So if the answer is B. Appropriate but not ideal and you choose A. Very appropriate, you get the partial mark. But if you choose C. Inappropriate but not awful, then you don't get any marks because you're on the wrong "side". The same applies for the importance questions: answer is B. Important, you choose C. Of minor importance, you don't get any marks.

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Hope this helps! :)
 
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Hi
Does anyone know if the Mark from the situational judgment section will be added to the overall mark from the other sections? thanks.
 
Hey guys!
I had a question regarding drugs. There was a patient who confessed that he uses cannabis and he also has asthma. This was the appropriate or not appropriate type questions.
One question was : 'Provide leaflets on guidance about cannabis use' and the answer was 'very appropriate thing to do'.
I was really confused about this because isn't cannabis illegal? Okay, so if it is illegal, do the doctors not report it to the police because of doctor-patient confidentiality?

Thanks in advance!
 
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RainbowWorld said:
Hey guys!
I had a question regarding drugs. (Content removed) there was a patient who confessed that he uses cannabis and he also has asthma. This was the appropriate or not appropriate type questions.
One question was : 'Provide leaflets on guidance about cannabis use' and the answer was 'very appropriate thing to do'.
I was really confused about this because isn't cannabis illegal? Okay, so if it is illegal, do the doctors not report it to the police because of doctor-patient confidentiality?

Thanks in advance!
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Edit your question so that you don't name the prep company as that's banned.
I would say that it's very appropriate thing to do since you're helping others understand cannabis use without any cons - like I see absolutely no cons in giving out leaflets.

Also understand that you aren't told where this scenario is taking place. (content removed) maybe cannabis use is legal there if it's for medicinal purposes. Don't assume that every scenario revolves around the country you're in and abides by their laws. Also no, unless it's harming other people not just the patient - I don't think you should breach doctor-patient confidentiality.

My tip is don't overthink about the laws and all that - just focus on the questions and the scenarios.
 
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RainbowWorld said:
Hey guys!
I had a question regarding drugs. (content removed) there was a patient who confessed that he uses cannabis and he also has asthma. This was the appropriate or not appropriate type questions.
One question was : 'Provide leaflets on guidance about cannabis use' and the answer was 'very appropriate thing to do'.
I was really confused about this because isn't cannabis illegal? Okay, so if it is illegal, do the doctors not report it to the police because of doctor-patient confidentiality?

Thanks in advance!
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In the area I work clinically we have heaps of resources for people that touch on keeping them safe despite their actions being technically illegal. It's an important part of preventative care in many situations (think, injecting rooms and needle exchanges, for example).

You would definitely not breach confidentiality here, there are pretty stringent guidelines for that, but that's a topic you'll cover more closely if you end up studying Med (or several other areas).
 
Hey guys! Hope your preparation for your tests and exams is going well! I recently started preparing for the UCAT, I find that the first 4 sections, like the main sections are pretty sweet sailing but as I get to situational judgement i don't really perform as I would like to. First of all is Situational Judgement considered for JMP and WSU (as I am applying as a non-standard) (banned content removed). Also would my score for situational judgement improve as i do more practice?
 
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Ansaki said:
Hey guys! Hope your preparation for your tests and exams is going well! I recently started preparing for the UCAT, I find that the first 4 sections, like the main sections are pretty sweet sailing but as I get to situational judgement i don't really perform as I would like to. First of all is Situational Judgement considered for JMP and WSU (as I am applying as a non-standard) (banned content removed). Also would my score for situational judgement improve as i do more practice?
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UCAT Score Use by Med and Dent Schools

I will add to this post as more info is published on how UCAT score will be considered. (Updated with UQ info 10/05/2019) (Updated with UWA info 03/06/2019) (Updated by LMG with UTAS info 04/06/2019) (Updated with Adelaide info 05/06/2019, thanks to Sanjee) (Updated with Curtin info 20/08/2019)...
medstudentsonline.com.au
 
Ansaki said:
Hey guys! Hope your preparation for your tests and exams is going well! I recently started preparing for the UCAT, I find that the first 4 sections, like the main sections are pretty sweet sailing but as I get to situational judgement i don't really perform as I would like to. First of all is Situational Judgement considered for JMP and WSU (as I am applying as a non-standard) and since I'm using Medify and the official resources as my practice material are these fine for preparing? Also would my score for situational judgement improve as i do more practice?
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UCAT SJ results weren't formally considered by WSU in 2019. Can't remember JMP but I think not.

Some elements of SJ-style questions do come up in MMI's (ie you get given specific scenarios and asked how you'd respond). So it pays to spend a little time considering ethical approaches before that stage.
 
Does anyone know a conversion between Band 1 and the score out of 900 for SJT? I remember reading somewhere in the high 600s but that seems really low considering most people do very well on SJT comparative to other sections.
 
sevun said:
Does anyone know a conversion between Band 1 and the score out of 900 for SJT? I remember reading somewhere in the high 600s but that seems really low considering most people do very well on SJT comparative to other sections.
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You may be surprised to hear that people don't do nearly as well as you might think in SJT, at least score-wise. The highest score anyone received last year was only 759. The average was 592. By the way, I wouldn't worry about bands if I was you, that's a UK-only thing (unis use it to filter out Band 4 students there). With the exception of Monash (whose use of SJT is still unclear btw), unis here in Aus don't even take SJT scores into consideration unless it's for a tiebreaker.
 
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sevun said:
Does anyone know a conversion between Band 1 and the score out of 900 for SJT? I remember reading somewhere in the high 600s but that seems really low considering most people do very well on SJT comparative to other sections.
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'Very well' is pretty subjective - last year an exceptionally high score would have been around 700
 
Adding onto this - if you for some reason really want to know what band your SJT would theoretically fall in, I've taken this table from the 2019 UCAT UK technical report which summarises things quite nicely:
[MedStudentsOnline.com.au] UCAT: Situational Judgement
 
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ucatboy said:
You may be surprised to hear that people don't do nearly as well as you might think in SJT, at least score-wise. The highest score anyone received last year was only 759. The average was 592. By the way, I wouldn't worry about bands if I was you, that's a UK-only thing (unis use it to filter out Band 4 students there). With the exception of Monash (whose use of SJT is still unclear btw), unis here in Aus don't even take SJT scores into consideration unless it's for a tiebreaker.
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Reading back on this, the reason why I asked for bands is because I may have purchased a UK version of a provider because it was cheaper and they have given me the UK version, where SJT is marked in bands. Do you think it's worth it to ask if I can be switched to an Australian account if I pay the difference required for the Australian version?
 
sevun said:
Reading back on this, the reason why I asked for bands is because I may have purchased a UK version of a provider because it was cheaper and they have given me the UK version, where SJT is marked in bands. Do you think it's worth it to ask if I can be switched to an Australian account if I pay the difference required for the Australian version?
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To be honest, I wouldn't be too worried about raw scores/bands for SJT. Bands are still a good indicator of how well you are going, and if the UK version is cheaper, then there won't be much to gain from paying more to switch to the Aus version. The raw score doesn't matter too much for SJT compared to the other sections, as it is not part of the percentile, but if you want to apply to a uni that takes SJT into consideration, then that's different. I wouldn't pay extra to see my SJT scores scaled, bands work fine (personally).
 
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