Situational Judgement Test

Harveer Dev graduated with a BA(Hons) in Natural Sciences (2008) and a MB BChir (2011) from the University of Cambridge. He held various education roles for the University of Cambridge, including as Preclinical Supervisor for St Edmund's College. He won a number of medical school prizes and undertook an elective in urology at Weill Cornell Medical College (Presbyterian Hospital, New York). Harveer is currently an Academic Foundation Doctor (Urology) at Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. David Metcalfe graduated with a first class BSc(Hons) in Biological Sciences with Molecular Genetics (2006) and MB ChB (2010) from the University of Warwick. He won over twenty scholarships and awards at medical school, including the Pridgeon Gold Medal, and was appointed Honorary Research Fellow at St George's Vascular Institute in London on graduation. David holds a first class qualifying law degree from The Open University (2012) and currently teaches medical ethics and law at University College London. Dr Katharine Boursicot is a Reader in Medical Education and Head of Assessment at St George's, University of London. Previously she was Head of Assessment at Barts and The London, and Associate Dean for Assessment at Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine. She is consultant on assessment to several UK medical schools, Royal Medical Colleges and international institutions as well as the General Medical Council Professional and Linguistics Assessment Board (PLAB) Part 2 Panel and Fitness to Practise clinical skills testing. Dr David Sales is a general practitioner by training who has been involved in medical assessment for over twenty years, having previously been convenor of the MRCGP knowledge test. He has run item writing workshops for a number of undergraduate medical schools, medical royal colleges and internationally. For the General Medical Council currently he chairs the PLAB Part 1 Panel and is their consultant on Fitness to Practise knowledge testing.

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO THE SJT ; 1. Foundation programme selection ; 2. What is the SJT? ; 3. What does the SJT test? ; 4. Does it work? ; 5. How are SJT questions created? ; 6. How can you prepare? ; 7. Tips for the SJT ; 8. How to use this book ; SECTION II: QUESTIONS ; 9. Commitment to professionalism ; 10. Coping with pressure ; 11. Effective communication ; 12. Patient focus ; 13. Working effectively as part of a team ; SECTION III: PRACTICE TEST ; 14. Practice test