UCAT Resource Guide

There are a variety of resources which can be used when preparing for each specific subsection.

• When preparing for verbal reasoning you must increase you reading speed and critical reasoning skills. We recommend using speed reading apps or reading newspaper passages to become accustomed to reading quickly. Consider asking your friends and family to test you on the content of what you have read.
• Additional quantitative reasoning style questions can be found on the BBC Bitesize website using their GCSE maths resources. Ensure you have revised the following common topics: Percentages and percentage change, rates, proportionality, averages, areas of shapes and fractions & conversions.
• Consider using online articles and videos to find mnemonics for Abstract reasoning question.
• For extra Decision-making practice look at BMAT Section 1 questions and OCR Thinking skills Assessment questions. When practising interpreting information questions, the Data Handling questions from the BMAT, and OCR Critical thinking Unit 2 questions can help you to target your revision.
• There are several useful learning resources for SJT. It is important you read the GMC guidelines: Medical student: professional values and fitness to practice. Furthermore. The BMA Ethics Toolkit for Medical Students provides brilliant summaries of 15 common topics such as consent and confidentiality. In order to put your knowledge into practice additional practice resources include the SJT Foundation Programme Practice Papers and the MRSA SJT Practice questions. These 2 resources are intended to be used by those further into their medicine career. Nonetheless, they cover the 5 core topics being assessed: integrity, perspective taking resilience, adaptability, and team involvement.