
The Unofficial Guide to the University Clinical Aptitude Test
Churchill Livingstone (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 4. May 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-443-37967-3 (ISBN)
Description
Unlock your full potential and master the UCAT entrance exam with confidence! Practical and up to date, The Unofficial Guide to the University Clinical Aptitude Test familiarises you with different question types, helps you build strategies to answer the questions in a time-efficient way, and equips you with essential skills for test day. Written in conjunction with Medefine Education, experts on improving access to medical school, this concise, easy-to-read guide breaks the UCAT exam down into bite-sized pieces, providing clear explanations and frequent opportunities to practice what you've learned.
Helps you overcome common challenges such as time constraints, content knowledge, test anxiety, and balancing preparation with other commitments
Offers comprehensive coaching that walks you through various question types, shares proven strategies to apply core skills effectively, and provides insights into how successful students maximised their scores
Explains how to set up workings for each question, with explanations of common traps set by the exam
Contains advice on how to get the most out of resources
Helps you aim to be at the top percentile of applications and top decile of scorers
Features a chapter specifically for international students and their unique challenges regarding the UCAT
Includes a guide to strategising university applications based on achieved scores
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Helps you overcome common challenges such as time constraints, content knowledge, test anxiety, and balancing preparation with other commitments
Offers comprehensive coaching that walks you through various question types, shares proven strategies to apply core skills effectively, and provides insights into how successful students maximised their scores
Explains how to set up workings for each question, with explanations of common traps set by the exam
Contains advice on how to get the most out of resources
Helps you aim to be at the top percentile of applications and top decile of scorers
Features a chapter specifically for international students and their unique challenges regarding the UCAT
Includes a guide to strategising university applications based on achieved scores
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-443-37967-3 (9780443379673)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Bogdan Chiva Giurca BMBS has worked globally in widening access to medical school, through setting up Medefine Education - a network of 500+ successful and enthusiastic medical students and doctors from all over the UK. For his achievements, he has been granted a series of outstanding awards including New Leaders Award (2018), Student Leader of the Year (2016-2017), Medical Student of the Year (2017-2018, College of Medicine), as well as meeting HRH Prince of Wales on two occasions and receiving an honorarium for community impact.
Editor
Resident Doctor, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Research Assistant, University of Liverpool, UK
University of Exeter Medical School, UK, NHS England Clinical Entrepeneur Fellow, NHS England National Student Champion for Social Prescribing, UK
Content
1. Overview of the medical application system in the UK
2. Relevance of the UCAT
3. Introduction to UCAT
4. Verbal Reasoning
5. Decision Making
6. Quantitative Reasoning
7. Situational Judgement
8. UCAT for international students
9. Preparation Plans for UCAT
10. UCAT completed: Next steps
2. Relevance of the UCAT
3. Introduction to UCAT
4. Verbal Reasoning
5. Decision Making
6. Quantitative Reasoning
7. Situational Judgement
8. UCAT for international students
9. Preparation Plans for UCAT
10. UCAT completed: Next steps