Section Overview
Number of questions: 66
Time limit: 26 minutes
Average time per question: 24 seconds
This section assesses your ability to:
- Understand real-world situations relevant to healthcare settings.
- Prioritisse patient safety.
- Make ethical decisions that align with professional expectations.
- Apply professional values that align with the GMC including honesty and integrity.
- Demonstrate resilience and cope with pressure or setbacks.
Common student struggles
- Over or under-escalating situations.
- Having difficulty with ‘grey-area’ topics - reading the GMC guidance about topics including honesty, patient safety and when to seek help will be helpful in these areas.
- Using personal/common sense rather than GMC standards.
Time Management Tips:
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Read the GMC
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Understanding the standards expected of you by reading the GMC guidelines will provide you with guidance on how to act in particular situations.
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Learn the common scenarios
- In SJT, the same types of scenarios will come up repeatedly.
- Learn the mark scheme for these scenarios to save time.
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Know When to Move On
- If a question is taking too long, guess, flag, and skip - don't let one question eat into your time.
- You can return to flagged questions if time allows at the end.
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