Table 1.

Comparison of admission tests in different countries

	Italian admission test	HPAT	UKCAT	UMAT	MCAT
Country	Italy	Ireland	England	Australia	USA
Type of test	MCQ	MCQ	MCQ	MCQ	MCQ
Subsection of test	General culture Logic Biology Chemistry Mathematics and physics	Logical reasoning and problem solving Interpersonal understanding Non-verbal reasoning	Verbal reasoning Quantitative reasoning Abstract reasoning Decision analysis	Logical reasoning and problem solving Understanding people Non-verbal reasoning	Logical reasoning and problem solving
Duration	1 hour 40 min	2 hour 30 min	2 hours	2 hours 45 min	4 hours 30 min
Reference	Decreto Ministeriale n. 9867	Kelly et al 2	Sartania et al 3	Kelly et al 2	Prideaux et al 4

HPAT, health professions admission test; MCAT, medical college admission test; MCQ, multiple choice question; UKCAT, UK clinical application test; UMAT, undergraduate medicine and health science admission test.