Dhar Divya, Perry William R G, Poole Phillippa
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
N Z Med J. 2012 Sep 7;125(1361):29-36.
Medical schools are still evaluating the place of general cognitive tests in medical student selection. This study explored medical student perceptions of UMAT, and how they prepared for taking the test.
Medical students at The University of Auckland and University of Otago in New Zealand were invited to complete a mixed-modality survey.
Students had reservations, with 56% reporting UMAT is not an important test for medical students' selection and 67% that it is not a fair test. Eighty-one percent believe it is a stressful or very stressful test. The degree of importance or stress related to the weighting of UMAT in selection decisions. More than half of students spent more than $100 on books and $400 on courses to prepare for UMAT, in addition to the costs of sitting the test.
At present, the majority of medical students in New Zealand who responded to the survey do not see UMAT as an acceptable test of non-cognitive attributes. It is costly to students and also stressful.
医学院校仍在评估一般认知测试在医学生选拔中的地位。本研究探讨了医学生对澳大利亚医学入学考试（UMAT）的看法，以及他们为参加该考试所做的准备。
邀请新西兰奥克兰大学和奥塔哥大学的医学生完成一项混合模式调查。
学生们有所保留，56%的学生表示UMAT对医学生选拔而言并非重要测试，67%的学生认为它不是一项公平的测试。81%的学生认为这是一项有压力或压力很大的测试。重要程度或压力程度与UMAT在选拔决策中的权重相关。超过半数的学生为准备UMAT在书籍上花费超过100美元，在课程上花费超过400美元，此外还包括参加考试的费用。
目前，参与调查的大多数新西兰医学生并不认为UMAT是对非认知属性的可接受测试。这对学生来说成本高昂且压力很大。
