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Skills—‘problem solving and understanding argument’. Replaced by thinking skills in 2020.\u003Cbr>Scientific Knowledge and Applications—‘the ability to apply scientific knowledge typically covered in school science and mathematics by the age of 16’.\u003Cbr>Writing—‘the ability to select, develop and organise ideas and to communicate them in writing, concisely and effectively’. |\n| University Clinical Aptitude Test9 11 | Abstract Reasoning—‘assesses the use of convergent and divergent thinking to infer relationships from information’.\u003Cbr>Decision Making—‘assesses the ability to make sound decisions and judgements using complex information’. Prior to 2017, decision analysis was assessed rather than decision making.\u003Cbr>Quantitative Reasoning—‘assesses the ability to critically evaluate information presented in numerical form’. |\n|  | Verbal Reasoning—‘assesses the ability to critically evaluate information presented in written form’. |\n|  | Situational Judgement Test—‘measures the capacity to understand real-world situations and to identify critical factors and appropriate behaviour in dealing with them’. Introduced in 2013, not considered in this study. |\n| Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK18 19 | Part 1—assess ‘a broad range of appropriate knowledge’.\u003Cbr>Part 2—test the acquisition of ‘a representative sample of medical knowledge, skills and behaviour’. Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills—designed to test ‘clinical knowledge and skills’, and involves candidates examining real patients with real clinical signs in various organ systems, as well as taking histories and carrying out clinical communication, usually with surrogate patients |\n\n| Table 2 Descriptive statistics across various sub-cohorts of the dataset |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  | Individuals who sat |\n|  | All graduates (n=69 885 |  | Individuals who sat | BMAT, UCAT, MRCP, |\n|  | in total, including 20 175 |  | BMAT, UCAT and had | had complete prior |\n|  | individuals who sat BMAT | Entrants who sat | data available for at | educational data and |\n|  | and 43 685 individuals | both BMAT and | least one section of | sat A levels prior to 2010 |\n|  | who sat UCAT) | UCAT (n=13 505) | the MRCP (n=3045) | (n=1320) |\n| Age at BMAT | 17.73 (1 .67) | 17.68 (1 .47) | 17.62 (1 .31) | 17.46 (0 .92) |\n| Age at UCAT | 18.59 (2 .91) | 17.74 (1 .54) | 17.70 (1 .39) | 17.47 (0 .94) |\n| Sex | 43.02% men | 47.04% men | 48.05% men | 48.33% men |\n| BMAT: AaS | 5.18 (1 .06) | 5.19 (1 . 13) | 5.28 (1 . 15) | 5.28 (1 . 10) |\n| BMAT: SKaA | 5.09 (1 .00) | 5.13 (1 .05) | 5.24 (1 .08) | 5.25 (1 .04) |\n| BMAT: W | 8.92 (2 .32) | 9.20 (2 .30) | 8.51 (1 .98) | 8.49 (1 .89) |\n| UCAT: AR | 636.76 (82 .36) | 648.91 (81 . 13) | 644.42 (80 .21) | 647.15 (79 .41) |\n| UCAT: DA | 659.44 (89 .34) | 673.06 (86 .54) | 666.82 (89 . 17) | 673.58 (88 .52) |\n| UCAT: QR | 668.82 (81 .49) | 684.76 (80 .86) | 677.42 (77 .87) | 687.53 (70 . 17) |\n| UCAT: VR | 617.81 (76 .48) | 626.37 (76 .05) | 635.07 (78 .04) | 637.96 (73 .33) |\n| A-level performance, standardised by applicants | 0.04 (0 .98) | 0.25 (0 .79) | 0.27 (0 .71) | 0.20 (0 .73) |\n| GCSE performance, standardised by applicants | 0.29 (0 .83) | 0.47 (0 .80) | 0.55 (0 .76) | 0.65 (0 .58) |\n| Means and SD are presented, except for sex where percentages are displayed. |  |  |  |  |\n| AaS, aptitude and skills; AR, abstract reasoning; BMAT, BioMedical Admissions Test; DA, decision analysis; QR, quantitative reasoning; SKaA, scientific knowledge and applications; UCAT, University Clinical Aptitude Test; VR, verbal reasoning; W, writing. |  |  |  |  |","cbCaieZdhDQ51YWq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieZdhDQ51YWq","pdf",1058765,12,"English","# Test components\n## Aptitude and skills and scientific knowledge\n## Writing\n## Clinical aptitude domains\n## Descriptive statistics across sub-cohorts","[{\"question\":\"Which BMAT domains are described in the document?\",\"answer\":\"The document lists Aptitude and Skills (problem solving and understanding argument), Scientific Knowledge and Applications (school science and mathematics by age 16), and Writing (selecting, developing, organising, and communicating ideas concisely and effectively).\"},{\"question\":\"What UCAT/clinical aptitude domains are included?\",\"answer\":\"It describes Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, and the Situational Judgement Test (introduced in 2013 and noted as not considered in this study).\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of results are presented for different sub-cohorts?\",\"answer\":\"The document provides descriptive statistics such as age at BMAT and UCAT, sex percentages, and section score summaries (e.g., BMAT subscales and UCAT domain scores), along with notes on how means, SD, and percentages are displayed.\"}]","Biomedical Admissions Test - Test Components and Statistics | PDF"]