For the GEM Year assessments, you will be tested on all the topics covered in the year (including behavioural and social sciences, biosciences and ethics & law). All of the topics that you have studied in PBL cases and other classes (e.g. anatomy, consultation skills and evidence-based medicine) will also appear in the examinations. ILOs for case week learning and other themes taught within the year can be viewed on 1medlearn. GEM Year ILOs – 1MedLearn (manchester.ac.uk)

In the GEM year, the assessments are:

• Knowledge Understanding and Reasoning (KUR) Test – this is an end of year assessment which uses single best answer (1 of 5) questions to assess your knowledge based on the content of the GEM year.
• The Progress Test, which uses single best answer (1 of 5) questions to assess how your core knowledge is increasing, based on content from across the programme.
• Clinical Competency Assessment (CCA) to assess your clinical skills and knowledge from the parts of the programme that you have completed so far.

It is your responsibility to make yourself aware of the dates, times and details of examinations. We recommend that you do not return home or book flights/expensive travel home until you know whether you have passed your assessments, as any resit examinations required take place over the summer period.

Examination details will be posted on 1Med  and will be sent to you by individual email to your University of Manchester student email account. No member of academic staff, the Programme office or the University Examinations Office will give any information about examinations over the telephone or by email, to anyone other than the student.

The School Assessment Team can be contacted via medical.exams@manchester.ac.uk for any assessment specific queries from students.

See also: Progress Test, GEM Year – Knowledge, Understanding and Reasoning Test, Gem Year Clinical Competency Assessment, Progression from GEM to Year 3 (GEM Year 2) | MB ChB Programme Handbook 2023/24 (manchester.ac.uk).