UMAT Advanced Strategies Course
The UMAT Advanced Strategies Course (UMAT102) is a pre-medical course developed to provide students with the opportunity to practice the skills required to complete UMAT to a high standard. The METC Institute academic faculty have designed this course. Consequently, this allows students the opportunity to leverage the knowledge and insights of experts in the field of medical education. Finally, the course includes UMAT practice questions in the form of practice exams.
Course workload: 60 hours
Course credits: 4 credit points
Scope: Sections I, II, III of UMAT
Delivery:Online
Suitability/Eligibility: Pre-Medical students aiming to practice skills required to perform in all sections of UMAT
Aims of the UMAT practice questions course
Overall this course aims to provide UMAT candidates with the opportunity to practice the skills required to complete UMAT to a high standard. The course comprises 10 full-length UMAT practice exams. The METC Institute Academic Faculty have written and reviewed each exam. Therefore, ensuring that questions are of a high standard and representative of the UMAT exam.
In summary, students who complete the course should:
- Demonstrate and apply advanced reasoning skills in the domain of text-based and graphical stimuli
- Extrapolate from provisional data, and form and test plausible hypotheses based on such data via application of logical reasoning
- Identify, understand, and infer human emotions and behaviour from scenario stimuli including but not limited to excerpts of dialogue, literature, opinion pieces, and personal reflections; and finally,
- Comprehend and logically deduce abstract and non-verbal problems via application of specific techniques in pattern analysis and non-verbal reasoning
Course Structure
This is an entirely online course and comprises a total minimum of 60 hours. These minimum study hours comprise the examination and review time for all exams and questions. Consequently, students are expected to complete and review each UMAT practice exam.
- Online component: 10 full-length UMAT practice exams of 1340 questions. Upon completion, each exam provides candidates with an understanding of their strengths and weaknesses and opportunities for further improvement
Course Content
Each full-length practice exam comprises:
- Section 1: Logical reasoning and problem solving (48 questions)Materials are drawn from a wide variety of general sources and are based on a brief text or piece of information presented graphically. Questions assess your ability to comprehend, draw logical conclusions, reach solutions by identifying relevant facts, evaluate information, pinpoint additional or missing information, and generate and test plausible hypotheses
- Section 2: Understanding people (44 questions)This construct assesses the ability to understand and think about people. Questions are based on a scenario, dialogue or other text representing specific interpersonal situations. Most passages will have several questions. Questions assess your ability to identify, understand, and, where necessary, infer the thoughts, feelings, behaviour and/or intentions of the people represented in the situations
- Section 3: Non-verbal reasoning (42 questions)Questions may be of several kinds. All are based on patterns or sequences of shapes and are designed to assess your ability to reason in the abstract and solve problems in non-verbal contexts
Course Locations and Dates
This course is delivered online, and is available for enrolment year-round.
Enrolment
For registration and payment, click Add to Cart at the top of the page.
Course fees include access to the online modules for 365 days.
Further fees apply for extensions and may only be granted on application.
Please refer to our published refunds policy as a condition of enrolment.
Entry Requirements
The Advanced Strategies UMAT Practice test course (UMAT102) is a pre-medical subject designed for students who wish to pursue a future career in Undergraduate Medicine. All students should consult the ACER Information Booklet and the Undergraduate Australian Medical Schools Admissions Guide for specific information regarding eligibility requirements to specific University Medical Schools.
Exit Examination
Completion of the course requires satisfactory completion of all online modules as well as a passing grade in summative assessment. Summative assessment for UMAT102 consists of a live exam (UMAT Trial Exam) conducted prior to UMAT. The UMAT Trial Exam is not included in the course fees and must be paid for as an extra component ($497), or as part of standard course fees in the UMAT101(UMAT Foundations) Course. Completion of the UMAT Trial Exam is not compulsory for enrolment but is highly recommended and is a requirement for official completion of the course.
The UMAT Trial Exam is a live exam specifically designed by our Academic Faculty to be closely representative of UMAT. For the purposes of assessment in UMAT102, all sections of the UMAT Trial Exam are considered summative. Minimum scores required to obtain a passing grade are exam-specific and scaled to reflect the latest UMAT distribution curve.
Academic Faculty
The UMATAdvanced Strategies Course (UMAT102) is designed by Specialist Doctors and Senior Lecturers from leading Australian University Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals. Minimum qualification standards include MBBS with specialist qualification and registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
