MEDENTRY’S NEW ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM IS ALMOST HERE!
2 years ago by Chris
MedEntry’s highly anticipated, game-changing, brand-new HPAT online learning platform is almost here! Global leaders in IT, educational technology, design and HPAT have collaborated to create the most intuitive, personalised and engaging HPAT platform available. This platform has been the culmination of years of planning, months of design and weeks of testing.
The platform will be released in the coming weeks. Are you ready for it?
Let’s take a sneak peak.
New Features
The new online learning platform contains all of the features and content you have been using for your HPAT prep, plus more. Let’s explore the new features that will be available to you:
Simulated HPAT Testing Platform
HPAT 2023 will run online. To provide students with a simulated testing experience, the ACER HPAT platform will be replicated on the MedEntry online learning platform.
Familiarising yourself with the functionality of the platform during your HPAT preparation will give you a significant edge over other candidates. With practice on the MedEntry simulated HPAT testing platform, the live HPAT will just feel like another MedEntry HPAT exam!
My Journey
The My Journey page takes you through all the steps in your medical entry journey, providing you with a recommended, personalised study plan to maximise your chances of getting into medicine.
Badges & Awards
To encourage you to engage in HPAT preparation, you can now achieve badges and awards. Badges and awards are achieved by engaging in various HPAT prep activities, such as completing full HPAT exams, reviewing your attempts, engaging in discussions and achieving certain levels in HPAT skills trainers.
Error Log
An extremely valuable and highly-underrated HPAT preparation strategy is to reflect on why you answered questions incorrectly. The error log helps you to analyse your mistakes and create a plan for improvement.
Notes
Recording notes and reflections is a very useful HPAT preparation strategy. On the new online learning platform, you can add notes to each question and learning resource, allowing you to easily revise.
Discussion
Group study is an under-rated and highly effective HPAT preparation strategy. The new online learning platform allows you to easily discuss learning resources and questions with other students.
Search
The new search feature allows you to easily search all content on the MedEntry online learning platform, allowing you to quickly identify useful resources.
Redesigned Arithmetic Trainer
The Arithmetic trainer has been completely redesigned to help you quickly improve your mental maths skills.
Dark Mode
The new platform has dark mode, which is a feature that has been requested by many MedEntry students. This will allow you to continue your HPAT preparation at night and reduce eye strain.
Adjustments to Current Features
Some adjustments have been made to currently available features on the MedEntry online learning platform. The changes have been made to make the features more user-friendly, personalised and engaging.
We know that change can sometimes take some getting used to, but we are confident that with a bit of practice, you will find the features significantly more beneficial for your HPAT prep.
Let’s go through each of them to get you prepared:
QBank
All of your HPAT practice questions, drills and exams are now contained within one area, the QBank. Click on the relevant tab to access your quizzes.
Note that if you have already completed some drills, you can still review them in the History section.
Section Mocks
Some drills have been converted into Section mocks, which is another feature which has been requested by MedEntry students. This will allow you to practice particular sections, without having to complete a full HPAT practice exam.
Eureka
Eureka has been gamified and converted into a Skills Trainer, allowing you to practice HPAT style questions in a fun and competitive environment.
Analytics
The analytics page displays your performance data. There are three parts to analytics:
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Performance: this section provides an overview of your performance in HPAT, including overall and for each HPAT section and question type
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History: this section allows you to access all of your previous attempts, across the QBank, section mocks and HPAT exams
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Error log: here you can view a summary of your errors and advice on how to address them
Note: all of your current progress and performance (in the curriculum, drills and exams) will be saved and transferred onto the new platform.
Skills Trainer Gamification
The skills trainers have undergone significant change with gamification. You will begin at the lowest level and then work your way up to higher and more challenging levels.
Launch date and Downtime
The MedEntry team is in the final stages of testing - we want to make sure that the platform works correctly for all students before it is launched. We appreciate your patience during this time.
There may be a short period of downtime (of up to a few hours) when the online learning platform is unavailable, so that student data can be migrated. If you can’t wait and need to do more HPAT prep, you can always work on the free HPAT exam.
Updates (including an announcement when the new platform is launched) will be available under the ‘Launch Online Platform’ button in your MedEntry account.
The MedEntry App will also be unavailable for a few days once the new online platform is launched, as it will need to be optimised to work with the new platform. But don’t worry, the new platform is fully mobile responsive, so you can continue your HPAT prep on your mobile, tablet or other device (simply log in using your browser).
The new online learning platform has undergone rigorous testing. However, with any new system, issues can arise despite our best efforts. If you come across any issues or errors on the new platform, please contact us (ideally with screenshots) and our IT team will rectify the issue quickly.
We are so excited to bring you this new online platform and hope that it will super-charge your HPAT preparation!
