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Introduction

What is GAMSAT?

The Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) has been developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) in conjunction with the Consortium of Graduate Medical Schools to assist in the selection of students to participate in the graduate-entry programs. GAMSAT is designed to assess the capacity to undertake high level intellectual studies in a demanding course.

GAMSAT 2010 was held on Saturday 20 March 2010. Registrations for GAMSAT 2011 will open in mid October 2010, via this website.

GAMSAT is available to any student who has already completed a Bachelor degree, or who will be enrolled in their penultimate (second-last) or final year of study for a Bachelor degree, at the time of sitting the test.

The Graduate Medical, Dental, Pharmacy and Optometry Programs

Ten medical schools - at the Australian National University, Deakin University, Flinders University, Griffith University, the University Of Melbourne, Monash University, Notre Dame University (Fremantle and Sydney), the University of Queensland, the University of Sydney and University of Wollongong - admit graduates into a four-year medical degree program. The University of Melbourne will accept graduates into their new four-year postgraduate MD commencing in 2011.

The University of Western Australia accept graduates into a four years seven month program.

Structure and Content

The purpose of GAMSAT is to assess your ability to understand and analyse material, to think critically about issues and, in the case of the Written Communication section, to organise and express your thoughts in a logical and effective way. GAMSAT questions are based on material drawn from a variety of sources. They typically require candidates to read and think about a passage of writing, to interpret graphical displays of information, to use mathematical relationships and to apply reasoning skills to tables of data. Problem solving is a major focus of the test.