If you are considering taking the SJT via OnVUE (remote proctoring), please ensure you have fully read the guidance and completed a system check prior to booking. You need to make sure that you do not neglect it so you ensure you are a Band 3 or above as this is a common cut-off for lots of UCAT universities.

A patient's family is constantly questioning the treatment plan and demanding additional tests and procedures.

For example, two ranks of 1 will result on zero marks for those two ranks with other rankings marked accordingly. Full details about the PAF and associated behavioural indicators can be found in the latest edition of the Foundation Pharmacist Recruitment Applicant Handbook. B) Explain the benefits and drawbacks of both options and help the patient make an informed decision. In this way, no one could link the patient to the discussion that Mark and the other students were having. Displayed a decent level of performance, often demonstrating appropriate judgement, with several responses corresponding to model answers.

There is no negative marking and a “near-miss” scoring system is used, so marks will be given based on how close you were to the correct answer.It’s also important to be aware that your SJT score will only be valid for the year you sit it, so if you had to re-apply to the Foundation Programme in later years you would also need to retake the SJT. Remember that your score for this section is reported separately – there’s no point getting 900 (the maximum score) in all other sections if you have no energy left for situational judgement and get a Band 4! The SJT is a computer-based assessment currently taken at Pearson VUE test centres or in your own home via online proctoring facilitated by Pearson VUE. The dates of the SJT, timeline and booking information will be provided to applicants for the F2 Stand-alone programme during the application process. A) Explain to the family that the treatment plan has been carefully developed by the medical team and that additional tests and procedures are not necessary.

You will be given eight responses to a scenario and will be required to select the three most appropriate actions. Therewasalsonocorrelationbetweenperformanceinapilotandtherealthing,andnocorrelationbetweenperformanceintherealthinganduniexams(whichseemtohavebeenareasonableyardstickfor'wardreadiness'foryears.As part of the application process for the F2 Stand-alone programme you will be required to complete a Situational Judgement Test (SJT). You should then share questions and discuss your rationale with others to help map scenarios to the PAF and develop a logical stepwise approach to forming rationale. Weallsortagotthesame-ishscores(notreallybutyougetthepoint)andthankfullyweallgotintoourtopchoicedeanerieswithdecentjobs/hospitals,butoneofushadamuchlighterwalletattheendofit.

Obviously, placements on the wards are essential for the academic part of medicine, but they will also allow you to come across some of the situations assessed within the SJT. Question 3: You are on a rotation in the intensive care unit, and a patient's family is constantly questioning the treatment plan and demanding additional tests and procedures.Give yourself plenty of time to revise so that you don’t feel rushed towards the end of your preparation period. Applicants with approved reasonable adjustments must book their test appointment through Pearson VUE test centre. You are aware that the medicine is not kept in the hospital pharmacy and the local formulary has not approved its use in the hospital. The fact that Mark has anonymised the patient to only his initials is a good way of protecting the patient.