About The Gold Standard GAMSAT Prep
Gold Standard GAMSAT Prep is Not About Us
Incorporated in 1991, the Gold Standard (GS) was founded by Dr. Brett Ferdinand, M.D. - who scored in the 99th percentile in the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and who has published MCAT books and developed multimedia learning materials. Surprisingly, in the late 1990′s/2000′s some GS MCAT books, videos and practice tests found their way to Australia being used as a non-specific preparation for the GAMSAT. While on vacation in Australia in 2009, Dr. Ferdinand was invited to give his opinion on how to prepare for the GAMSAT before an undergraduate science student group at the University of Sydney. The warm reception served as a catalyst to assemble a team of university professors, arts/science and medical degree graduates to create the first textbook to be published for the GAMSAT: The Gold Standard GAMSAT.
As a team, we continuously study the GAMSAT and conduct research and surveys in order to create the most helpful and representative GAMSAT revision materials available. Through our videos and live courses, GAMSAT students have found that we can teach in a way as to make challenging concepts easier to understand. The purpose of our multimedia approach – textbook, video, mp3s, apps, online materials, etc. – is adaptability. We understand that students learn differently and have varied academic backgrounds. We make tools available so that you can choose to learn according to the way you learn best.
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The Gold Standard GAMSAT is the first GAMSAT textbook ever written. This meant that for the first time ever, students need not ′gamble′ on GAMSAT preparation. They could walk into their university bookshop and browse, read and decide. Suddenly, one hardbound book in colour covering all 3 GAMSAT sections replaced the 6-10 books that students were often using.
When the GAMSAT evolved into a digital exam in May 2020, we immediately reflected this change through our Gold Standard GAMSAT Masters Series with six paperback books also available in ebook editions. As well, our online full-length GAMSAT practice tests have long been available before ACER switched to the digital format, but we further enhanced our exam features to closely mimic the real test.
We are also the first to bring problem-based learning – the current method of teaching at most medical schools worldwide – to GAMSAT teaching at campuses in Australia, Ireland and the UK. Using GAMSAT-style practice questions and keeping everyone in the class involved – irrespective of academic background – optimises the learning experience for everyone.
We are the first and only company that has a complete playlist of the Section 3 worked solutions to all of ACER′s GAMSAT booklets, viewable for free on YouTube. In what is simply unprecedented, we produced more than 100 free educational GAMSAT videos with helpful step-by-step explanations, available to all.
The Gold Standard GAMSAT is the first to offer GAMSAT Flashcard Apps for Android and iPhone, science review videos (both online and DVDs), MP3s, interactive online practice tests with scaled scores, live free monthly webinars, free GAMSAT Question of the Day, and still, there will be more ′firsts′ to come.
Excellence Means Going the Extra Mile
After 4 years in publication, The Gold Standard GAMSAT textbook won its first International Book Award in Reference/Education. There was no question of resting there. Our most recent edition, The Gold Standard 2021-2022 GAMSAT Masters Series, is available as paperback books or eBooks with over 2300 pages in total with each of the 6 books containing 'Spoiler Alerts' to help you compare your learning to specific ACER practice questions, Chapter Checklists to make sure you have completed your understanding before moving on to the next chapter, access to over 3500 practice questions with helpful worked solutions, and many more all-new features. We never just reprint a book and claim that it′s "a new edition". Likewise we are also moving forward with new content for our GAMSAT videos, flashcards and apps.
It′s not just about study materials, it′s also about customer service. We have live online customer support as well as email support - learn@gamsat-prep.com. We also have regional phone contact centres to follow up purchases in Australia (612-8005-0922), Europe (44-845-458-9911), and North America (1-866-333-3138). If something went wrong with an item that you bought from us, we are available during business hours to answer your concern. We can also receive queries through our GAMSAT-prep Facebook page. Of course, if you have study questions, our GAMSAT Forum is a great venue to post so you are not left in the dark with any aspect of your review.
Watch our videos, try our practice questions with explanations, listen to the experiences of students who have attended our live courses or used our online materials, read student Gold Standard GAMSAT reviews/testimonials. This is how you can learn what we can do for you. Because of the quality, breadth and availability of our resources, both free and fee-based, sooner or later nearly all GAMSAT students will use something that we created to help improve their GAMSAT score. Make it sooner.
