Situational Judgement Test (SJT) questions

Individual doctors will not always agree on the best course of action in difficult 'dilemma' scenarios. For each question a suggested ranking/answer is given to allow marking but we acknowledge that there is not always a 'right' or 'wrong' answer. Please don't feel that the author's are arrogant enough to suggest that their approach to a situation is the only viable response.

Remembering the correct response for each scenario is not necessarily the main point of practicing SJT questions. It is more about developing a process so that in the exam you can critically rank responses according to their merits.

We are always interested in feedback and would be grateful for any contribution you could make.

Scoring system - ranking questions

Each question has a suggested ranking of the answers, for example CABED where C is the most appropriate answer and D is the least appropriate answer.

This suggested ranking is then compared to your answer. The difference between the suggested ranking and your answer is used to give you a mark out of 12, with 12 being the perfect mark. The minimum mark for each question is 0.

For example, if you answered ACBED and the model ranking is CABED

the 'A' is 1 place away from its position in the model ranking, meaning 1 point is removed from the starting mark of 12 = 11
the 'C' is also 1 place away from its position in the model ranking, giving an updated mark of 11 - 1 = 10
the 'B' is in the same position as in the model ranking therefore there is no change to the mark
the 'E' is in the same position as in the model ranking therefore there is no change to the mark
the 'D' is in the same position as in the model ranking therefore there is no change to the mark
this gives a final mark of 10 out of 12

Scoring system - multiple best answer questions

Multiple best answer questions are also marked out of 12. This allows aggregate scoring to be done for both types of question.

If there are 3 correct responses for a scenario then each correct response will be worth 12 / 3 = 4 points

If there are 2 correct responses for a scenario then each correct response will be worth 12 / 2 = 6 points