PQA: Personal Qualities Assessment
The PQA: Personal Qualities Assessment is online test to measure Personal Qualities of candidates looking to join a programme in medicine. The test measure whether candidates would be able to complete and practice medicine as a career. Medical Schools trust PQA measurements. A candidate can take PQA Paper Based Test or Online.
Medicine is not only a degree but a complex challenge and commitment; its just not like another degree but profession with a difference "Nobel Profession". Only academic success or to pass and admission test may be not enough to take a career in medicine. The test helps both the medical aspirants and institutes to measure medical programme success.
PQA Format
A four-part test called the Personal Qualities Assessment (PQA) has been developed as a measure of some of these qualities: it consists of
- the Mental Agility Test (MAT), which measures cognitive skills
- the Mojac scale, which measures moral orientation
- the NACE scale, which measures Narcissism, Aloofness, Confidence and Empathy.
- the PCI (Personal Characteristics Inventory), which measures behaviour and thought process.
PQA Special Arrangements
For Special test arrangements, the candidate must take permission in writing and. These special sittings as a result of disability or other conditions are made available as long as sufficient notice is given and the candidate has provided the adequate evidence to support the request.