Is the situational judgment test a fair way of assessing candidates applying to the United Kingdom Foundation Programme?

Abstract

Joanna Ismail, Anmol Bipin PatelDepartment of Undergraduate Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKThe situational judgment test (SJT) is an assessment used by the UK Foundation Programme (UKFP) in stratifying medical students applying for their first clinical jobs. It aims to measure domains including problem solving, working in a team, communication skills, working under pressure, commitment and professionalism.1,2 Question stems are based on situations observed in clinical practice, whereby examinees rank the appropriateness of various responses offered. Controversy in student and expert opinion makes the SJT a highly debated topic in medical education. 

Keywords

• SJT
• selection
• foundation programme
• professionalism
• students