Skip to content

Preparing for the SJT - Ali's Vlog #21

2018-01-03 · Vlog or day in the life · Ali, a guest · recording, 3:46 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Medicine and his doctor years · mode: Demonstration and walkthrough

On a December 2017 day preparing for the Situational Judgement Test, Ali explains the exam that makes up about half of the Foundation Programme application, practises with friends at Lucia's house, meets an Addenbrooke's transplant surgeon with Ben about their app, and goes to the Cambridge University Show Choir's show at the ADC Theatre.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — What the SJT is: half the Foundation Programme marks, scenario questions and ranking the middle options

  • ★★ Ali says the Situational Judgement Test is an exam all UK medical students must take before graduation, and that it makes up about half of the marks for their Foundation Programme application. — 00:00:36 · Situational Judgement Test
  • ★★ Ali says SJT questions are workplace scenarios, such as a consultant turning up to work drunk or a disagreement with another F1 doctor, asking which steps would be appropriate. — 00:00:36 · Situational Judgement Test
  • ★★ Ali finds the SJT tricky: the right and wrong answers are often obvious, but the three options in the middle, which he knows are all wrong, must be ranked in order of appropriateness. — 00:00:36 · Situational Judgement Test

00:01:49 — Group SJT practice at Lucia's house

  • ★★ Ali and his friends do SJT practice at Lucia's house, going over the questions on the TV and discussing whether they agree with the mark scheme. — 00:01:49 · Situational Judgement Test
  • ★★ Ali says that in a few hours he will meet Ben and a surgeon from Addenbrooke's Hospital to discuss the app they made, which earlier videos on the channel covered. — 00:01:49 · Ben, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cut and Paste

00:02:25 — The meeting with a transplant surgeon about the app

  • ★★★ Ali says the meeting with the transplant surgeon went really well: the surgeon, who has done a lot with medical companies, gave Ali and Ben many ideas on how to expand their app and make it bigger and better. — 00:02:25 · Cut and Paste, Ben
  • ★ Ali hopes there will be more news on the app in the very near future. (hedged) — 00:02:25 · Cut and Paste
  • ★★ Late in the evening Ali drives to the ADC, the local theatre in Cambridge, for the Cambridge University Show Choir's show. — 00:02:25 · Cambridge

00:02:40 — The Cambridge University Show Choir show at the ADC Theatre

  • ★★ Ali describes the Cambridge University Show Choir as the Cambridge equivalent of a glee club, singing musical, Disney and pop songs a cappella with lots of dancing, and says he loves its shows. — 00:02:55 · Cambridge
  • ★ a guest: A friend going to the Show Choir for the first time compares it to Pitch Perfect in Cambridge, is excited, and says La La Land has some great tunes. — 00:02:55 · Cambridge

In the description and comments

  • ★ Ali writes that the events of this episode happen chronologically between episodes 17 and 18 of his vlog; he changed the order so the Christmas-themed videos would come out around Christmas. — video description

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Situational Judgement Test

Also: Addenbrooke's Hospital · Ben · Cut and Paste

Only in the description or credits: Cambridge

← Previous: Finishing finals - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #20 · Next → Magic, pizza and SJT - Ali's Vlog #22