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:
- www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
- www.testandcalc.com
- www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize
- www.allmath.com/multtable.php
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