21st February 2016
PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACHES
There are many different approaches to problem-solving that have been established in psychology. Firstly, there’s the Thorndike paradigm, which involves blind trial and error1. More purposeful approaches are the Gestalt approach, and the cognitive approach. The Gestalt approach involves solving problems as a whole2. You see the problem, you see what you have, and then you try to see how every ...
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21st February 2016
Navigating the LMS
For many students, HPAT preparation begins with enrolling in a HPAT tuition program such as MedEntry. But boy, there sure is a lot of stuff on here, isn’t there? How exactly should you use all of the resources, such as Practice Exams, Drills and Eureka? In this post, I’ll share how I navigated the MedEntry LMS to ultimately achieve 100th percentile in the HPAT. The HPAT is such an important ...
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1st February 2016
VIDEO GUIDES NOW EVEN EASIER TO ACCESS
The new LMS provides even easier access to your HPAT video guides. Simply click on the blue ‘Video Guides’ icon under the ‘Learn’ category to access all of your HPAT preparation video guides. On the LMS you will find video guides that cover all three HPAT sections: Logical Reasoning and Problem Solving, Understanding People and Non-Verbal Reasoning. You will also find specific guides coveri ...
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13th July 2015
Improving your HPAT skills in Logical Reasoning & Problem Solving / Section 1
Rather than assessing your knowledge, the HPAT is an exam which isolates certain deductive skills that will be important in work as a doctor and requires you to apply them in various scenarios. Therefore, if you wish to succeed in the HPAT, you will need to nurture these skills, sharpen them and know exactly when to use them. If your eager mind has begun this uphill climb towards HPAT success ...
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13th July 2015
How to identify and understand emotions in HPAT (Understanding People / Section 2)
Medicine is largely a people-oriented career, which is one of the reasons HPAT tests how well you can understand people in a personal and professional setting. Whilst you can try to “study” for this section of the exam, the best way to develop and refine your interpersonal skills leading up to the HPAT is via emotional reflection and understanding certain concepts. ‘Understanding People’ quest ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 1: Avoiding multiple confusions in the multiple choice section of HPAT
A starting guide on how to tackle HPAT multi-choice from the team at MedEntry HPAT preparation The '2 out of 4' rule in multi-choice In any multi-choice test, it is significantly harder to create a good but incorrect answer than it is to create the correct answer. For this reason usually only two attractive answer-choices are offered. One correct; the other either ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 2: Process of Elimination in HPAT multichoice
Process of Elimination or POE in HPAT: the best of a bad bunch. Comprehensive advice from the team at MedEntry HPAT preparation. Once you have established what the HPAT question is asking you need to act efficiently and narrow down your options to reach the correct answer. Using the Process of Elimination or POE method can greatly improve your chances of scoring highly on ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 3: HPAT questions involving percentages
comprehensive UMAT advice from the team at MedEntry HPAT preparation. What you need to know about percentage % questions before starting your HPAT preparation: Problems involving percent are common on the HPAT. The word percent means "divided by one hundred." When you see the word "percent," or the symbol %, remember it means 1/100. For example, &nb ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 4: HPAT probability questions
Comprehensive UMAT advice from the team at MedEntry HPAT preparation Probability questions in the HPAT: you're probably reading this sentence right now... We know what probability means, but what is its formal definition? Let's use our everyday logic to define it. If there is no chance that an event will occur, then its probability of occurring should be 0. On the othe ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 5: Counting Problems in HPAT
Counting problems in HPAT: an essential summary. Your HPAT questions explained by the team at MedEntry as part of our new section HPAT test tactics and preparation. They may seem simple on paper, but counting problems contained within the HPAT exam can often cause much confusion among students. If you can understand the basic principles of counting problems and recognize when ...
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