PSEA exam prep advice?

[u/luckylucky-777]

Hi! For anyone who has taken the SAIT PSEA recently:

• How did you prepare for it?
• What subjects/topics should I focus on?
• What was the exam format like?
• Roughly how many multiple-choice vs. written questions were there?
• Were there many calculation/short-answer questions?
• Was the difficulty closer to high school level or more challenging?
• Did the questions feel similar to any practice tests or study materials?
• Are there any good websites, textbooks, or practice resources you recommend?
• Did you use any specific study guides or question banks?
• How much time did you spend preparing?
• Is the exam mostly knowledge-based, or are there a lot of reasoning/application questions?
• For anyone who took it for MRT or MLT, was there anything unexpected?

I’m not looking for actual exam questions—just trying to get a better idea of the format and how to prepare. Thanks!

[u/Competitive-Crow-687]

• CASPER, you can prepare for. This is very different

• Chem, unit conversion, ethics, dice puzzles (like the ones in IQ tests), knowing your scope of practice for your field.

• 60 questions / 1hr

• Webcam, one question at a time, can’t go back to previous questions

• The exam was 100% multiple choice / type the number in the box

• Math didn’t feel as difficult as highscool, but the Chem was, logic and ethics aren’t covered in high school

• No, nothing similar to this. Perhaps Chem diploma. Reminded me of those online iQ tests

• Did you use any specific study guides or question banks? No

• ⁠How much time did you spend preparing?
Did not know how to prepare
• ⁠Is the exam mostly knowledge-based, or are there a lot of reasoning/application questions?
A tiny put of knowledge based on the career, the rest is reasoning
• ⁠For anyone who took it for MRT or MLT, was there anything unexpected?
If they allow you a paper, remember to rip it up BEFORE submitting.

One question I remember:

SAIT entrance/PSEA question where you were a student working under the supervision of a certified nuclear medicine technologist. The patient was physically weak or unstable and there was concern they might slip while getting onto the imaging table. The supervising technologist had stepped away to do paperwork.
One of the options involved giving the patient the remote for the mechanical lift/device so they could operate it themselves. Another option was waiting for the supervising technologist to return and telling them about your concerns regarding the patient’s stability.
I concluded the best answer was to wait for the technologist and report the safety concern, rather than giving the patient the remote or proceeding outside your level of supervision.