UMAT Exam – Types of Passages for Understanding People
All ears, wannabe doctors! Do you know what the prerequisite of a successful doctor is? Is it confined only to the learning of books? Is there any other precondition? Let’s find out the answers to these baffling questions.
UMAT exam is specifically designed to single out prospective doctors from the multitude. If you go through the Section 2 of UMAT exam you will get a clear picture of the skill set required to be a doctor. The questions in this section are based on a particular situation. These situations can be examples of some intense intimate moments. At times a situation can be funny or wacky. It can be said that this section of UMAT exam represents all the shades of life. You must be wondering as to what is the purpose of this kind of a section in the UMAT exam.
Its time to unravel the mystery! We will begin by examining some of the situations given in the UMAT Section 2.
- Experiences related by relatives of mentally challenged individuals.
- Counsellor counselling his patient.
- Acquaintance with “death” and “dying.”
- Mother’s conversation with her son or daughter.
- Experiences pertaining to inhuman, insensitive behaviour of medical professionals.
- Personal accounts of having a narrow escape from death.
- Different individuals experiences of illness.
- Husband- wife conversation
A common element of emotion, laced with agony, frustration and pain is present in them all. It is very important for a doctor to be able to empathise with his patient. A doctor should also be able to share his patient’s pain and suffering and not just cure him. Empathy is the building block of relationships. The relationship of a doctor and patient should also be empathetic. This section of UMAT exam will check your understanding of human psyche. Most of our ailments are psychological. They germinate in our mind. So if a doctor is unable to touch the innermost recess of our minds, his purpose will remain unfulfilled.
Taking this view point in account, ACER has designed the UMAT exam.