Over the past few years there has been a shift towards more detailed assessment of students applying to university, particularly those wishing to read medicine or dentistry. The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) is used by the majority of UK medical and dentistry schools to identify the brightest candidates, most suitable for training at their institutions. The UKCAT aims to test verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning and decision analysis rather than scientific knowledge so, unlike your other exams, you can't revise for it. How to Master the UKCAT, from testing experts Mike Bryon, Chris Tyreman and Jim Clayden, allows you to familiarise yourself with the style of tests you will face, providing over 700 highly relevant practice questions for the UKCAT sub tests. Timed mini-test sections give you a chance to practice under realistic test conditions. How to Master the UKCAT will help you to work hard to perfect your exam technique and learn how to achieve the necessary balance between speed and accuracy. It will teach candidates about each of the five styles of questions involved and what they demand, showing how to develop a winning approach and get the desired results.
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How to Master the UKCAT uniquely offers over 700 practice questions and a winning program of self study for applicants to UK medical and dental schools.
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Mike Bryon is an expert in psychometric and training solutions. His many best selling testing books include How to Pass Graduate Psychometric Tests, The Advanced Numeracy Test Workbook, How to Pass the Civil Service Qualifying Tests and How to Pass Selection Tests.
Chris Tyreman is a practicing nurse and has many years of experience coaching candidates for Maths, English and IQ tests. He is the author of How to Master the BMAT, How to Pass the Life in the UK Test and the top-selling How to Master Nursing Calculations, all published by Kogan Page.
Jim Clayden has extensive pedagogical experience in analytical and numerical reasoning. He has developed learning and testing materials in higher and further education for various institutions.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
10% of this book is dedictated to the non-cognitive test, which no longer features in the UKCAT. If you ignore that, it still remains that a lot of the questions in the book are not really anywhere close what the exam contains. For example, in the verbal reasoning section, the passages are far too small compared to the exam. That makes it far easier to find the correct information than at the UKCAT.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By williamsljl
Format:Paperback
Having taken a course and used another book to practise UKCAT I had hoped to use this book to provide me with extra questions. However I could not use it because the answers seemed to contradict the thinking that I had been taught previously, particularly in the verbal reasoning section. I found myself arguing with the book because the reasons it gave for the answers weren't clear enough or simply did not seem right. In the quantitive reasoning sections there were answers that were simply not correct (having attempted the question several times, with a calculator and no time limit). In short, I would not buy this book. Instead look at the two mock exams on the UKCAT website, go to a course or buy the book "Get into Medical School - 600 UKCAT Practise Questions", which is much more up-to-date and relevant. It also does not contain the non-cognitive analysis section that is no longer part of the test.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Felix
Format:Paperback
This book is awful - i do not recommend anybody to buy it. The answers are very often wrong, and the style is nothing like the real UKCAT. The abstract reasoning section is unrealistically abstract (i.e you would never figure out the answer) and reads as though it was prepared by a child. Overall, a waste of money to a group of cowboys.
Shouldn't even be on Amazon in my opinion.
Shouldn't even be on Amazon in my opinion.
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Verbal reasoning and Quantitative reasoning did reflect the questions...
Verbal reasoning and Quantitative reasoning did reflect the questions on the actual test. Abstract reasoning and decision analysis need to be improved.
Published 2 months ago by Bilal
2.0 out of 5 stars
Do NOT depend on this book!!!
Contains good number of questions but you'll need more! No great tips and quite confusing the advice it actually gives, one good tip for decision analysis although doesn't give... Read more
Published 9 months ago by D. Dickson
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Waqar
One of the better books, with reasonable explanation. A hard test to do but with thi and a lot of time it can be done.
Published 10 months ago by Waqar
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Very nice book
Book contains very useful key techniques & mini tests. Book containsHow to Master the UKCAT: Over 700 Practice Questions for the United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (Elite... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Dr Parikh
1.0 out of 5 stars
Fraught with mistakes
VR QR and AR are filled with mistakes, very confusing for someone who wants to train for this exam. Get 600 ukcat or succeeding in the ukcat (I got all three).
Published 19 months ago by D. Terjung
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not great.
The book came on time and in good condition. As a book it just didn't hit the mark. The questions were either very difficult or too simple and the answers were often wrong... Read more
Published 20 months ago by E L Clark
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Worthy, but not excellent
This s a good book to use as part of your preparations for the UKCAT, but it is important to realise I am emphasising the "part of" part :-) In other words, do not think that you... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Yorda Smile
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Don't bother
i first bought this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/into-Medical-School-comprehensive-explanations/dp/1905812094/ref=sr_1_1? Read more
http://www.amazon.co.uk/into-Medical-School-comprehensive-explanations/dp/1905812094/ref=sr_1_1? Read more
Published 21 months ago by jim
4.0 out of 5 stars
A really balanced book!
Tis a really good book my fellow UKCATers
-Balanced range of questions
-Answers very well explained
-Worth the money
-Balanced range of questions
-Answers very well explained
-Worth the money
Published 22 months ago by Steven
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