The full press release is available to download:
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Parallel Recruitment Exercise (PRE) SJT dates announced
20 June 2011

Dates for the SJT pilots, which will be held at all UK medical schools as part of the PRE have now been confirmed. Final year students will be required to take part in the SJT which will last for one hour and involve answering 30 questions. Students will take the SJT on one of the following dates, to be decided be their medical school:

11 November 2011 (Birmingham and Imperial only)
28 November 2011
9 December 2011
9 January 2012

Information will be sent to all students from their medical school prior to these dates.

ISFP has a new Facebook page
27 May 2011

ISFP has a new Facebook page. Become a fan of our new page. This will keep you updated with the latest project developments straight from your news feed. Facebook will be archiving the original group this summer so make sure you join us soon!

Over 1000 students took part in SJT pilots
16 May 2011

SJT pilots took place in 17 UK and 2 non-UK medical schools between October 2010 and April 2011, involving over 1000 students. The pilot data has been analysed and the results show that the SJT is a reliable, valid and appropriate method for selection in this context. These findings support the considerable published research on Situational Judgement Tests. We would like to thank all students who took part in the pilots.

Three additional medical schools have signed up to take part in the SJT pilots
10 March 2011

Three additional schools - Birmingham, Newcastle and UCL - have agreed to take part in the spring SJT pilots. Final year medical students at these schools are encouraged to come along and take the SJT. This will provide students with an excellent opportunity to experience this type of selection which they may encounter for real during specialty selection - particularly GP training.

Workshops about the pilots to be held at pilot schools
14 February 2011

Workshops for final year medical students will be held at those schools involved in the spring 2011 Situational Judgement Test pilots. If you are a final year medical student at one of these schools please come along to hear more about the project and information on the pilots.

Barts and The London, 16 February, 5pm
Liverpool, 21 February, 1pm
Norwich (UEA), 21 February, 4pm
Lancaster, 22 February, 10am
Imperial, 22 February, 12noon
Nottingham, 4 March, 1pm  
Manchester 10 March and 5 April, 5.30pm
Brighton and Sussex, 14 March, 9am
Glasgow, 21 March, 11am
Peninsula, TBC

Spring pilot schools announced
27 January 2011

The medical schools participating in the spring 2011 SJT pilots have now been announced. They are:

Barts and the London
Brighton and Sussex
Glasgow
Imperial
Lancaster
Liverpool
Manchester
Nottingham
Peninsula
UEA

Final year medical students at these schools are encouraged to take part in the pilot both to gain experience of SJTs and to help shape the new selection process. Workshops for students will also be held at these schools before the pilot to provide some background information on the project and to answer any questions students may have. These medical schools will be in contact with eligible students soon.

Initial SJT pilots now completed
30 November 2010

The initial SJT pilots have now all taken place. Final year medical students at Cambridge, Cardiff, Keele and Sheffield Medical Schools took the SJT answering 65 questions in 2 hours during October and November. Students were them given feedback on some of the items featured in the test. Feedback was generally positive and this, combined with the analysis of the SJT answers, will help inform a larger scale pilot in selected medical schools in spring 2011. The schools involved in the spring pilots will be announced shortly.

SJT pilot schools announced
21 September 2010

The medical schools participating in the autumn 2010 SJT pilots have now been announced. Cardiff Medical School will be running a pilot on 21 October, and Cambridge and Keele Medical Schools will run the pilot on 19 November. Only final year medical students will be eligible to take part and information will be sent to those students by the medical school. Final year medical students at these schools are strongly advised to take part to help ensure the pilots are robust and to gain experience and feedback of SJTs.

Video podcast now available
16 September 2010

A video podcast between Professor Paul O'Neill, Chair of the project, and Nick Deakin, medical student representative, is now available and can be watched via YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PuenDI1GvE. The video podcast provides information on the proposed system and all your questions answered.