%0 Journal Article %T Is the situational judgment test a fair way of assessing candidates applying to the United Kingdom Foundation Programme? %A Anmol Bipin Patel %A Joanna Ismail %J Archive of "Advances in Medical Education and Practice". %D 2019 %R 10.2147/AMEP.S186536 %X The situational judgment test (SJT) is an assessment used by the UK Foundation Programme (UKFP) in stratifying medical students applying for their first clinical jobs. It aims to measure domains including problem solving, working in a team, communication skills, working under pressure, commitment and professionalism.1,2 Question stems are based on situations observed in clinical practice, whereby examinees rank the appropriateness of various responses offered. Controversy in student and expert opinion makes the SJT a highly debated topic in medical education %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6589030/