The Professional Dilemmas (PD) section also known as Situational Judgement Test (SJT) is not designed to test medical knowledge or analytical problem-solving. Instead, it focuses on assessing core professional behaviours and values—such as ethical reasoning, communication, accountability, and teamwork—which are critical for success in medical training and practice. used.

The assessment focuses on three core domains:

1-Professional integrity

2-Effective management of pressure

3-Empathy and sensitivity in clinical practice.

Each domain is further broken down into specific subdomains, which are outlined at the end of each scenario for better understanding.

Marking is carefully modelled on established scoring criteria to reflect the original standards as closely as possible, with minor adaptations made for educational clarity. Please note that this is not an exact replica of the official marking scheme, but it remains one of the closest representations available