Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery Selection Day

Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery (78 week shortened course for nurses)

Date: Wednesday 1st August 2012
Time: 9.30am - 16.00pm
Location: Main Reception, Northampton Square, City, University of London, EC1V 0HB

Activity	Time
Registration	09.30-10.00
Numeracy and Language Assessments Testing Numeracy	10.00-11.40
Numeracy and Language Assessments Applicants needing extra time/Support	10.00-11.50
Break	11.40-12.00
Postgraduate Diploma 78 Week Midwifery Presentation	12.00-13.00
Numeracy and Language Assessments Tests - Results	13.00-13.15
Lunch and Exhibition	13.15-13.40
Tour	13.40-14.00
Accepted Applicants - Afternoon Session
Apt Testing - Midwifery	14.00-15.00
Apt Testing Applicants needing extra time/support	13.45-15.00
Ice Breaker Question and Answer Session	15.00-16.00
Event Close

*Times and activities are subject to change

Qualifications and Residency Checks

You will be required to confirm your current academic qualifications and your eligibility to study in the UK. The Qualifications and Residency Check list details the documents you will need to bring on the selection day.

Language Assessment and Numeracy Test

You will be required to undertake a language assessment and numeracy test. In order to proceed forward to interview, you will be required to pass both of these assessments.

Please note:

Calculators can be used in the numeracy test, although these will not be provided.

Only conventional calculators can be used in the assessments, any other devises should not be used as a calculator, this includes mobile phones which must be switched off during the assessments.

If you require additional time for the assessments due to Dyslexia, please provide us with written evidence of this at registration.

You may find the following websites useful in preparing for the tests:

Sample numeracy questions

1: A patient's pulse rate is 60 beats in 30 seconds - what would it be in 1 minute?

2: From 9am to 1pm Mr Khan drank 750mls. From 1pm to midnight he drank 400ml. How much did he drink in total?

3: Mrs Donald needs to receive 900ml of fluid in total over 12 hours.
How many ml should she receive each hour?

4: What is 1.24 litres in ml?

5: Mr Peters has been prescribed an antibiotic - he is required to take 500mg twice a day for 7 days. How many grams of the antibiotic would he have taken at the end of the 7 days?

Answers

1: 120 beats per minute

2: 1150 ml

3: 75 ml/hour

4: 1240 ml

5: 7 grams

Sample language assessment questions (multiple choice)

1) University students sometimes ……… part time
a) studies
b) study
c) are studying

2) He …………. studying but that changed when he came to City!
a) enjoyed not
b) had not enjoyed
c) had not been enjoying

3) This time next year I ………. in a hospital
a) will work
b) will have worked
c) will be working

4) There aren't ……… students available who can work outside London.
a) much
b) many
c) lots

5) ……… has been done on this topic.
a) A useful research
b) Useful research
c) The useful research

6) City, University of London, has released some ……… data about obesity amongst school children in Tower Hamlets.
a) worry
b) worrying
c) worried

7) ……… women stay at home than 100 years ago.
a) Few
b) Less
c) Fewer

8) She got a very high mark in the exam so she ……… the exam very difficult.
a) didn't find
b) can't have found
c) mustn't have found

9) ……… these figures, more people are now living longer in the UK.
a) Supposedly
b) Apparently
c) According to

10) I allowed ……… my course book.
a) her to borrow
b) her borrowing
c) her borrow

11) If I had finished the essay last night, ………
a) I'd be able to go out with you now
b) I'm able to go out with you now
c) I'll be able to go out with you now

12) Do you have any experience ……… giving injections?
a) on
b) for
c) of

13) City, University of London ……… has over 23,000 students from 156 countries.
a) which was founded in 1894
b) , which was founded in 1894,
c) , that was founded in 1894,

14) The needs of the patient ……… in this essay
a) will be discussed
b) discuss
c) will be discuss

15) ……… there has been a rise in profits this year, the company is still losing money.
a) Because
b) Although
c) So

16) Following a bee sting, the normal ……… is burning pain, redness, irritation and itching.
a) react
b) reaction
c) reacting

Answers

1: b) study

2: b) had not enjoyed

3: c) will be working

4: b) many

5: b) Useful research

6: b) worrying

7: c) Fewer

8: b) can't have found

9: c) According to

10: a) her to borrow

11: a) I'd be able to go out with you now

12: c) of

13: b) , which was founded in 1894,

14: a) will be discussed

15: b) Although

16: b) reaction