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Evidence-based appraisal of the role of SJTs in selection (2023)
Journal Article
Sahota, G., McLachlan, J., Patterson, F., & Tiffin, P. (2023). Evidence-based appraisal of the role of SJTs in selection. Clinical Medicine, 23(6), 641-642. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2023-0295

A recent opinion article in Clinical Medicine promoted a new preference-based algorithm to allocate training places for the UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO). This replaced the previous process, which ranked candidates based on medical school ac... Read More about Evidence-based appraisal of the role of SJTs in selection.

The educational value of situational judgement tests (SJTs) when used during undergraduate medical training: A systematic review and narrative synthesis (2023)
Journal Article
Sahota, G. S., Fisher, V., Patel, B., JuJ, K., & Taggar, J. S. (2023). The educational value of situational judgement tests (SJTs) when used during undergraduate medical training: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Medical Teacher, 45(9), 997-1004. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2023.2168183

Introduction Situational judgement tests (SJTs) are a recognised assessment method for admission into medical school, selection into postgraduate training programs, and postgraduate competency assessment. More recently, however, SJTs have been used... Read More about The educational value of situational judgement tests (SJTs) when used during undergraduate medical training: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

The association between Situational Judgement Test (SJT) scores and professionalism concerns in undergraduate medical education (2020)
Journal Article
Sahota, G. S., & Taggar, J. S. (2020). The association between Situational Judgement Test (SJT) scores and professionalism concerns in undergraduate medical education. Medical Teacher, 42(8), 937-943. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2020.1772466

Introduction: Situational judgement tests (SJTs) are widely used in selecting medical students and doctors. Emerging evidence suggests SJTs are capable of testing an individual’s ability to respond to role-relevant professionalism scenarios, however,... Read More about The association between Situational Judgement Test (SJT) scores and professionalism concerns in undergraduate medical education.

Medical students’ attitudes towards increasing early clinical exposure to primary care (2018)
Journal Article
van Oppen, J., Camm, C., Sahota, G., Taggar, J., & Knox, R. (2018). Medical students’ attitudes towards increasing early clinical exposure to primary care. Education for Primary Care, 29(5), 312-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2018.1495107

Context: The sustainability of the future UK General Practice (GP) workforce is reliant on half of medical graduates choosing a career in primary care (1), but while good quality undergraduate GP placements (particularly those which are early in the... Read More about Medical students’ attitudes towards increasing early clinical exposure to primary care.