IMAT case studies
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The International Medical Admissions Test (IMAT) is the standardized entrance assessment used by a consortium of Italian universities for admission to English-language degree programmes in Medicine and Surgery, and in some cases Dentistry. It is aimed at final-year secondary students and graduates who hold, or expect to hold, a valid upper-secondary qualification and who want to compete for a limited number of places. The IMAT case studies are 5 cases and about 3,621 words.
1The Vardham Congestion Charge and the Falling Accident Count
City councillors in Vardham introduced a £6 weekday congestion charge across a 12 km² central zone in January. In the twelve months before the charge the zone recorded 500 injury accidents; in the twelve months after, it recorded 410, a fall of 18%.
727 words, about 4 min2Wegener, Mechanism and the Standards of Rejection
When Alfred Wegener proposed in 1912 that the continents had once been joined and had since drifted apart, he could point to a striking set of coincidences: the fit of the South American and African coastlines, identical fossil plants in rocks of the same age on either side of the Atlantic, and glacial deposits in what are now tropical latitudes. What he could not supply was a force capable of moving continents through the ocean floor.
736 words, about 4 min3Carrier Screening After a Negative Result
Elena and Marco are both unaffected and have a son, Luca, who has been diagnosed with a condition inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. Elena's brother is also affected, and her parents are unaffected.
693 words, about 3 min4Aspirin Synthesis: Yield, Purity and the Iron(III) Test
A student prepares aspirin by warming 2.00 g of salicylic acid (Mr = 138.1) with 5.0 mL of acetic anhydride (density 1.08 g/mL, Mr = 102.1) and a few drops of concentrated sulfuric acid as catalyst. After cooling, the product is filtered, washed with cold water and dried, giving 1.85 g of crude solid.
650 words, about 3 min5Two Students, One Pendulum, and a Value of g That Is Too Low
Two students measure g with a simple pendulum. They hang a 100 g brass bob from a clamp stand on thin string and measure the length from the point where the string leaves the clamp to the centre of the bob with a metre rule: L = 1.000 m.
815 words, about 4 min