Students face aptitude test to enter medical schools

LEAVING Certificate students with their hearts set on studying medicine will sit the state’s first aptitude test on February 14 next — St Valentine’s Day.

The Health Professions Admissions Test Ireland (HPAT-Ireland) will measure skills in logical reasoning, problem solving and non-verbal reasoning.

The two-and-a-half hour, paper-based test will also assess students’ ability to understand and think about people.