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Two medical students, David and Ben, examine a patient's abdomen. Ben performs the examination incorrectly and doesn’t find any abnormalities. David performs the examination correctly and finds an abnormality. How appropriate is each response by David?

Tell the patient that Ben performed the check incorrectly and apologise for Ben's error - "A very inappropriate thing to do" Ask a senior doctor on the ward to conduct the examination to identify w...
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Answered by Adam K. • UCAT tutor
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DEFINITELY TRUE + DEFINITELY UNTRUE + INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION

Cardiovascular disease is so prevalent that all businesses are likely to have employees who suffer from, or may develop, this condition. Research shows that between 50-80% of all people who suffer a heart at...
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Answered by Anish P. • UCAT tutor
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How can I best prepare for the UKCAT?

This is a question that I asked myself multiple times before preparing for the UKCAT. There are many people that this is not a test that cannot be revised, which I do agree to some extent - it isn't an exam ...
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Answered by Fares T. • UCAT tutor
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Should you read the whole passage for the Verbal Reasoning section of the test?

You’re going to have to go through relatively large amounts of text very quickly in this section, so you’ll have an advantage if you’re a fast reader. I don’t teach you to read the passage in our strategy, b...
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Answered by Kunal D. • UCAT tutor
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What do I do if I can't answer a question in the UKCAT?

The best strategy for dealing with questions you can't answer, or questions that you think will take you a long time to solve, is to guess, flag and move on. This means picking a letter and answering all the...
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Answered by Susanna C. • UCAT tutor
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