UCAT ANZ case studies
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The University Clinical Aptitude Test for Australia and New Zealand (UCAT ANZ) is an admissions test run by the UCAT ANZ Consortium, a group of universities in Australia and New Zealand. Consortium universities use it to help select applicants for medical, dental and clinical science degree programmes, in collaboration with other admissions processes such as interviews and academic qualifications. The UCAT ANZ case studies are 5 cases and about 3,504 words.
1The Ashfield Collection Audit
Ashfield Council replaced its fortnightly kerbside rubbish collection with a monthly service in 2019, arguing that less frequent collection would push households to sort waste more carefully. Five years on, the council reports that landfill tonnage from Ashfield has fallen by 18%.
603 words, about 3 min2Four Riders, Four Constraints
Four cyclists - Hana, Ivo, Jun and Kira - finished a race in four distinct positions, 1st to 4th. The following are known: (i) Ivo finished neither first nor last.
522 words, about 3 min3Drug X: Dose, Vials and Cost
A 60 kg patient is prescribed drug X at 5 mg/kg per day, given in two divided doses. The formulary requires the total daily dose to be reduced by 25% because of the patient's renal function.
671 words, about 3 min4The Nine Ticked Boxes
You are a final-year medical student on a general medical rotation, helping with a ward audit of VTE risk assessments. You review 30 files and find that in 9 of them the 'assessment completed' box is ticked, but no risk score, weight or contraindication is documented anywhere in the file.
895 words, about 4 min5The Group Project Contract
You are the student lead on a four-person interprofessional project worth 40% of a unit mark. Two weeks before submission, one member, Dev, has attended 2 of 8 meetings and produced none of his allocated section.
813 words, about 4 min