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GAMSAT is a professionally designed and marked selection test developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) for medical schools offering graduate-entry programmes open to graduates of any discipline.

You will need to sit GAMSAT Ireland if you intend to apply for 2010 entry into one of the following programmes:

In the event of other programmes being approved for graduate-entry to medicine in 2010, these will also require GAMSAT Ireland. Candidates should constantly monitor this website and the website of the Central Applications Office (CAO) for any announcements.

The Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT)

Structure and Content

The purpose of GAMSAT is to assess your ability to understand and analyse material,to think critically about issues and,in the case of the Written Communication section,to organise and express your thoughts in a logical and effective way.GAMSAT questions are based on material drawn from a variety of sources.They typically require candidates to read and think about a passage of writing,to interpret graphical displays of information,to use mathematical relationships and to apply reasoning skills to tables of data.Problem solving is a major focus of the test.

The test is divided into three sections designed to assess performance in the areas of:

I Reasoning in Humanities and Social Sciences

II Written Communication

III Reasoning in Biological and Physical Sciences

Since problem-based learning techniques are central to modern medical curricula,GAMSAT is constructed with a major focus on the assessment of problem solving ability across a wide range of subject areas.

Equity and Fairness

GAMSAT is developed to rigorous professional and technical standards. Test questions are designed and developed by teams of ACER writers, expert in their subject areas, in close consultation with university faculty specialists. All questions must pass detailed panelling, trialling, analysis and final review.
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Use of Personal Information

ACER will not disclose personal information collected for the purposes of GAMSAT to any third party other than the participating universities and, the CAO.
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