The Improving Selection to the Foundation Programme (ISFP) project is looking at the best way of selecting medical students to the Foundation Programme. Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs) will replace the current 'white space' questions and an Educational Performance Measure (EPM) will replace the current quartiles.
In our recently published Final Report, the ISFP Project Group has recommended that selection to the Foundation Programme from 2013 onwards should be based upon:
- An invigilated SJT to assess aptitude for the Foundation Programme (to replace 'white space' questions); and
- An EPM to reflect educational performance at medical school up to the point of application to the Foundation Programme (to replace quartiles)
Extensive research and piloting has taken place over the last two years and a full scale Parallel Recruitment Exercise (PRE) will be run for FP2012.
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