The CASPer originated in Canada, at McMaster University. It is therefore unsurprising that it is used by many schools across Canada as part of the admissions process for their Medicine courses. CASPer stands for Computer-based Assessment for Sampling Personal characteristics, and is an online test that looks for behavioral tendencies – personal characteristics, abilities and beliefs that might affect your ability to become a professional. It is therefore used as an adjunct to other parts of the admission procedure, like aptitude tests, references and grades. It consists of 15 scenarios, broken down into two sections – 9 prompts where you write, and 6 where you record a video response. Each scenario provides you with three questions, which you must answer within five minutes for written prompts or a minute per question for video recorded questions. The CASPer has been increasingly used in recent years, having only been first used by McMaster for its Medicine admissions in 2010.
Here is a list of the Canadian schools that currently use the CASPer:
Dalhousie University
McGill University
McMaster University
Memorial University Faculty of Medicine
Queen’s University
University of Ottawa
Université de Montréal
Université de Sherbrooke
Université Laval
University of Alberta
University of Manitoba
University of Saskatchewan