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Thank you for your enquiry.
 

The ISFP Steering Group accepted students’ strong arguments that 4 – 6 years in medical school should be reflected in the allocation of points. It was also agreed that because students cluster around the mean, there should not be too great a difference in marks between the first and last decile.

SJT pilots demonstrate a normal distribution along a bell shaped curve, such that the majority of applicants will score within a small range of points with the outliers occupying the most extreme high and low SJT points, thus reflecting their performance on the SJT and demonstrating their attributes in meeting the person specification. The scores to one decimal place provide the differentiation between applicants. Overall, there is a very similar weighting between the SJT and EPM component for the average applicant – but for those applicants who do score particularly well or particularly poorly on the SJT, the SJT has a greater effect on their overall rank position than with the EPM.

Will Riddington, Improving Selection to the Foundation Programme.

From:
Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2012 5:13 PM
Subject: Points allocations - SJT worth 75% of all points

Hi, I was wondering why the system uses a 100-point scale when in fact the scale spans 67 points? Being in the lowest decile for the EPM would give you a score of 33 points - meaning that these 33 points are awarded to every single student in the system. This seriously impairs transparency - while it appears that the SJT is worth 50% of the points, it is in fact worth 75% of the available points. This seems entirely ridiculous.
]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 16:14:38 GMT http://www.isfp.org.uk/Lists/MSCDiscussion/DispForm.aspx?ID=1626 Clinical Assessment Exam http://www.isfp.org.uk/Lists/MSCDiscussion/DispForm.aspx?ID=1624
Thank you for your enquiry. I can confirm that you will have to take SJT in addition to your Clinical Assessment exam. More details on the Clinical Assessment exam can be found on the UK Foundation Programme website - http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home
 
Will Riddington, Improving Selection to the Foundation Programme
From:
Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 2:45 PM
Subject: Clinical Assessment Exam

Hi , I passed my Plab 2 exams last year and since I graduated 10 years ago and did not do my internship back then , therefore I have to give my Clinical Assessment exams but now I have come to know about the SJT exams , my question is that wether the SJT is a replacement exam for the clinical assessment for any doctor who has graduated more than 2 years ago.
]]> Will Riddington Fri, 11 May 2012 15:20:35 GMT http://www.isfp.org.uk/Lists/MSCDiscussion/DispForm.aspx?ID=1624 Points allocations - SJT worth 75% of all points http://www.isfp.org.uk/Lists/MSCDiscussion/DispForm.aspx?ID=1623 Hi, I was wondering why the system uses a 100-point scale when in fact the scale spans 67 points? Being in the lowest decile for the EPM would give you a score of 33 points - meaning that these 33 points are awarded to every single student in the system. This seriously impairs transparency - while it appears that the SJT is worth 50% of the points, it is in fact worth 75% of the available points. This seems entirely ridiculous.]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 16:13:07 GMT http://www.isfp.org.uk/Lists/MSCDiscussion/DispForm.aspx?ID=1623