Registration Procedures

This page contains information for examinees taking MOR and MIRKAM, the assessment centers for medical schools. Please read it carefully. When paying for the test you will be asked to confirm that you have read the information below, including the privacy policy.

General Information

Examinees in the MOR or MIRKAM medical school assessment centers must hold an Israeli identity card or valid passport. Please make sure to bring with you to the test the document that you used when registering.

NITE reserves the right to pursue any course of action it deems appropriate in cases where it suspects that an examinee has registered for the test for a purpose other than that for which the test was designed and/or because of external motivations.

It is forbidden to register for the test in order to infringe on NITE's proprietary rights. This includes copying, disclosing, or conveying test items, whether to provide instruction and preparation for the test or for any other purpose.

Test Score Validity

According to medical school policy, the scores in MOR and MIRKAM are valid for admissions for a period of three years. For example, the scores of a candidate who sat the test in 2016 were valid for admissions in 2016, 2017, and 2018. If a candidate sat the test more than once within a three year period, the highest of their scores will be used in the admissions process. For more information, refer to the medical schools’ own handbooks and websites.

Test Languages

Since the admission requirements for medical school include the ability to understand and use Hebrew, the schools have determined that the MOR and MIRKAM assessment centers will be conducted in Hebrew only. However, it is worth noting that the centers do not include an assessment of linguistic ability, and so such ability will not be taken into account when evaluating candidates.

 

Registration for the Test

General

An examinee may take the test only once per year. Candidates who register for medical school at Tel Aviv University only, at the Technion only, or at the Hebrew University only, will be allocated to the assessment centers at the university where they registered. Candidates who register for more than one university will be assigned randomly to the assessment center of one of the institutions for which they have registered. Their score, in either the MOR or MIRKAM test, will be valid for admission to any of the medical schools that assess candidates using these centers (Tel Aviv University, the Technion, and the Hebrew University).

A candidate who is allocated by mistake to more than one center should inform the NITE Registration Center immediately. It is an examinee’s responsibility not to participate in more than one assessment center. An examinee who participates in more than one assessment center will not be entitled to a refund, and only the earlier score will be taken into account.

Note: examinees must attend on both of their assigned test dates. Examinees are requested to arrive punctually at the appointed time.

Allocation to Test Days

MOR and MIRKAM consist of two parts: personal/biographical questionnaire and assessment center. Although the two centers operate independently of one another, some parts of the questionnaire are used by both centers. Screening for medical school takes place once per year, and this includes two test dates: one for filling out the personal/biographical questionnaire and one for the assessment center. Detailed information on test dates appears on the NITE website.

Candidates allocated to the MOR center will be summoned to fill out the personal/biographical questionnaire at Tel Aviv University or the Technion. These candidates will be sent an email including a link to the center’s website, where they can choose to take the test at Tel Aviv University or the Technion. The number of examinees at each institution is limited. When all places at a test site are filled, the system will not allow it to be selected. After selection of a test site and payment of the fee, the site will display the exact location and time for the test.
Candidates allocated to the MIRKAM center will be summoned to fill out the personal/biographical questionnaire at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Medicine. These candidates will be sent an invitation by email with details of the location, the test hall, and the time when they should arrive to fill out the questionnaire.
Candidates allocated to MOR will receive a summons from NITE to the assessment center at the Israel Center for Medical Simulation (MSR) or the Technion.
Candidates allocated to MIRKAM will receive a summons from the Hebrew University to the assessment center at the Hebrew University Assessment of Jerusalem. The initial summons will be sent out about a month before the test date to the email address submitted to the medical schools during registration. Examinees are responsible for ensuring that the test dates do not clash with other commitments such as matriculation (Bagrut) tests, travel abroad, or army reserve duty.

Changing Your Test Date

If you are unable to attend on the assigned date, you should immediately notify the NITE Medical Schools Admissions Registration Center (for MOR) or the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine Admissions Center (for MIRKAM). You will not be required to set an alternative date. If you have been allocated a test date and decide not to take the test, you should also notify the appropriate center immediately so that your time slot can be allocated to another examinee.

The medical school faculties have determined that an examinee allocated to either of the assessment centers who declines to take the test at the allocated center may not take the test at the other center, but will be deemed to have withdrawn from the test at all centers in that year.

Payment for the Test

Candidates allocated to the MOR and MIRKAM centers will be sent an email with a link to the NITE website for payment by credit card, along with a username and password. The fee will be charged in one payment.

Summons to the MIRKAM center will be sent by the Hebrew University.

Candidate must pay for participation in the MOR or MIRKAM center within 72 hours after the summons is sent. A candidate who fails to pay the participation fee within this period will be deemed to have withdrawn from the test at both the MOR or MIRKAM center during that year.

When registering for online payment, make sure to enter correctly the ID number (Israeli ID card including check digit, or foreign passport number) with which you registered for the course.

Candidates who have participated in the assessment centers in the past are liable for the whole fee. There is no option to take a limited subsection of the test.

Registration Procedures

Information on the Test

Test Conditions

Filling out the personal/biographical questionnaire takes place in university test halls with standard seating facilities. As at any university, these halls vary in terms of size, seating facilities, etc. (for example, there may be either chairs with writing boards, or tables and chairs). Candidates are required to take the test in the lecture hall to which they are assigned.

During the test, use of the following is strictly prohibited: calculators (including those on wristwatches), clocks (including stopwatches) that make sounds, cellular telephones, other communication devices, laptops and electronic instruments of any kind, dictionaries, books, papers or any other study aids. There is a tight schedule at the assessment center, and examinees are required to transition rapidly between stations. The staff of the educational institutions, MSR, or NITE will be available to direct and assist examinees.

Air conditioning systems will be in operation throughout the assessment day – please dress accordingly.

Smoking is prohibited in all the examination halls.

Filming at the Assessment Station at MSR (the Israel Center for Medical Simulation)

Video cameras are installed at a number of the assessment stations at MSR to record the proceedings. At the beginning of the assessment day examinees assigned to MSR will be required to sign a consent form for filming. All film clips will remain confidential and will be used only for purposes of instruction and research. The clips will not be used as part of the process of accepting or rejecting candidates.

Registration Procedures

Special Accommodations for Filling out the Personal/Biographical Questionnaire

Special accommodations are only granted to examinees with impairments which have a significant effect on their functioning. This is in order to maintain the fairness of the test for all examinees.

Candidates with severe physical limitations or writing impairments that are liable to interfere with their performance in filling out the personal/biographical questionnaire, who believe that they are entitled to special accommodations, should send a request to NITE’s special test accommodations unit, BAMOT. The request should specify that they are requesting special test accommodations for filling out the personal/biographical questionnaire for the MOR or MIRKAM assessment center. The request should be sent before receiving the summons to MOR or MIRKAM, and should reach the BAMOT unit, with supporting documents, no later than the date listed each year on the websites of the educational institutions and NITE. The request should be accompanied by a signed declaration form, downloadable here. Detailed instructions for submitting a request and the supporting documents required may be found on the NITE website. Processing the request does not entail a guarantee of allocation to a test. The list of examinees for each test is determined by the universities alone.

The decision to grant the request or reject will be received within 25 days of the submission of the request. This decision may be appealed, as explained on the NITE website, but note that the appeal must also be submitted to NITE no later than the date listed on the websites of the educational institutions and NITE. Processing requests and appeals takes time, so we recommend submitting the request as early as possible, and not waiting until the last minute.

As requested by the educational institutions, NITE informs the medical schools of every detail concerning applicants relevant to their application to study medicine, including the supporting documents accompanying requests for special test accommodations.

 

Special Cases

Candidates Unable to Take the Test for Medical Reason

If an examinee does not attend a test on the assigned date for medical reasons, or is forced to leave before the start of the test or during the test for medical reasons, and wishes to have the case considered by the exceptional circumstances committee at NITE, the examinee must be examined on the day of the test at an emergency medical center or hospital emergency department (not by a family physician). The examinee should send NITE an official document from the examining physician explaining why the examinee was unable to take the test on the assigned date, or why the examinee left during the test. This document should include a diagnosis of the medical condition as a result of which the examinee was unable to take the test or remain until the end of the test, specification of the recommended treatment, including number of sick days, and details of the examining physician. The document should be sent by email, with a covering letter from the examinee, to the registration center for medical school admissions at NITE within seven days from the test date. Please contact the registration center by phone to ensure that the documents have been received. The committee will only assess the examinee’s request in cases where it is clear that medical conditions prevented the examinee from taking the test.

Candidates Unable to Take the Test for Other Reasons

An examinee who fails to attend on the assigned date other than for medical reasons, such as the death of a first-degree relative or an emergency reserve duty call-up (“Tzav 8”), and wishes to have the case considered by the exceptional circumstances committee at NITE, should send a request explaining the exceptional circumstances which made attendance impossible to the registration center for medical school admissions at NITE within seven days from the test date, and attach any relevant document corroborating the circumstances preventing attendance. Please contact the registration center by phone to ensure that the documents have been received. The committee will only assess the examinee’s request in cases where it is clear that exceptional circumstances prevented the examinee from taking the test.

Registration Procedures

Cancelling Registration

Because of the special character of the MOR and MIRKAM centers, including the limited number of participants and the fact that last-minute cancellations deny other candidates the opportunity to sit the test, there are strict rules concerning cancelling registration.

Candidates who cancel after paying the fee will receive a refund as required by law, as detailed below:

Refund for the MOR admissions center: except as otherwise required by law, candidates who cancel more than one week before their first assigned test date (biographical questionnaire or assessment center) will receive a refund of 85% of the fee paid for the assessment center. Candidates who cancel registration less than one week but not less than 48 hours before their first assigned date, will receive a refund of 70% of the fee paid for the assessment center. Candidates who cancel registration less than 48 hours before their first assigned test date, and candidates who fail to attend on their first assigned test date, without cancelling registration, will receive a refund of 55% of the fee for the assessment center.

In order to receive a refund for the MOR center, send an email request to the registration center for medical school admissions at NITE. The request should include the candidate’s full name, ID number, exact address to send the refund cheque and telephone number.

Refund for the MIRKAM admissions center: candidates who paid the fee and cancelled registration should apply to the Hebrew University to receive a refund.

Refund for the personal/biographical questionnaire: candidates who paid the fee for the personal/biographical questionnaire and cancelled registration, or failed to attend to fill out the questionnaire will receive a full refund, after deduction of a ₪60 processing charge.

In order to receive the refund, send a request by email to the registration center. The address is premed_admin@nite.org.il for MOR candidates, and AnneSophie@nite.org.il for MIRKAM candidates. The request should include the candidate’s full name, ID number, exact address to send the refund cheque and telephone number.

 

Reporting Test Scores

MOR and MIRKAM scores are assigned on the basis of an examinee’s answers to the questionnaire and performance in the assessment center. The final score is a combination of the score in the assessment center (55% weighting), the score in the Shalev questionnaire (15% weighting) and the score in the personal/biographical questionnaire (30% weighting). The score ranges from 150 to 250. The average score is 200, with a standard deviation of 20.

The scores of all examinees in MOR and MIRKAM are communicated to the educational institutions, which use the scores in the personal/biographical questionnaire and the assessment center as part of the admissions process to medical school.

The combined score and the scores in the individual sections (personal/biographical questionnaire and assessment center) are also sent to the examinee's email address, unless the examinee opted out of receiving scores by email.

Once the educational institutions have received the score, candidates will be able to view their combined score and the scores in the individual sections (personal/biographical questionnaire and assessment center) by logging on to the NITE website with their ID number and password.

As requested by the educational institutions, NITE informs the medical schools of every detail concerning applicants relevant to their application to study medicine.

Reevaluation of the questionnaire and Assessment Center

You have the right to request a reevaluation of the assessments made at the assessment center. In NITE’s experience, the probability of finding an error in the data processing is extremely small. A fee is charged for the reevaluation, but in the event that an error is discovered, this fee will be refunded in full. Requests for reevaluation should be submitted to the NITE Scoring Department within three months of the test date, or by logging on to the website.

Note: the score in the assessment center is based on independent predictions and assessments by a number of skilled analysts, which are equivalent to a long process of repeated examination.

Summons for Retesting

During the scoring process, NITE conducts routine checks to ensure that each examinee's scores accurately reflect his or her ability. Sometimes NITE has a problem assessing a test score because of technical problems or irregular or inconsistent results. In such cases the examinee will be summoned to retake the test at NITE's offices in Jerusalem, and the test scores will be withheld until the matter has been resolved. Only after the examinee is retested will NITE make a decision how to proceed. A written summons for retesting is generally sent to such examinees within six weeks of the test date; however, it may also be issued at a later date. In addition, in response to any attempt at cheating, copying, or receiving a score through illegal means, NITE has the authority to prohibit the examinee from taking any test it administers for a period of 12 months.

 

Compromising the Integrity of the Test and Cheating

NITE views very seriously any attempt to compromise the integrity of its tests, including any behavior that infringes on the confidentiality of the test or the use of its results. We also view very seriously any attempt to obtain a score by illegal means, such as copying during the test or impersonating someone else. Among other things, cheating may lead to situations in which unsuitable candidates are accepted, sometimes even at the expense of candidates who are better qualified for the study program in question. The National Institute for Testing and Evaluation has methods for detecting cheating and attempts to compromise test integrity, and reserves the right to react to such situations using all means at its disposal and at its discretion. These may include:

1. Invalidating the test
2. Prohibiting an examinee from taking any test administered by NITE for a period of 12 months
3. Filing a civil suit
4. Submitting a complaint to university or college disciplinary committees

Please note: Impersonating another person (such as sending someone to take the test in your place) is a criminal offense. If someone is suspected of committing such an offense, a complaint will be filed with the police and with university disciplinary committees.

 

Complaints and Objections to the Test Procedures

An examinees with objections relating to the MOR or MIRKAM assessment centers should apply in writing to the NITE Customer Relations Department within seven days from the test date. All such applications to NITE should include the examinee’s full name, ID number, the type of test and date and time. Complaints may be sent to the Customer Relations Department or using the complaint form on the NITE website.

 

Contact Us

National Institute for Testing and Evaluation

POB 39020 Jerusalem 9139001

Tel: 02-6759555

Fax: 02-6759543

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Topic	Relevant Department	Phone 02-6759555	Fax	Email/other
· Score reporting to institutions and examinees · Requests for reevaluation	Scoring Department	Ext. 2		score@nite.org.il
· Special test accommodations	Special Test Accommodations Unit	Ext. 3	02-6750640	NITE Special Test Accommodations Unit (MOR & MIRKAM) P.O. Box 39020 Jerusalem 9139001
· Inquiries about the test · Complaints	Customer Relations Bureau	Ext. 4
MOR Center · Registration · Assignment · Changes to assigned dates · Cancelling registration	Coordination Unit for MOR Medical School Admissions Test	02-6750612		premed_admin@nite.org.il
MIRKAM Center (Personal/biographical questionnaire only) · Cancelling registration for the questionnaire	Coordination Unit for MIRKAM Medical School Admissions Test	02-6750612		AnneSophie@nite.org.il
MIRKAM Center · Registration · Assignment · Changes to assigned dates · Cancelling registration	Yoav Tal, Registrar of the Medical Faculty, Hebrew University of Jerusalem	02-6758018		yoavta@savion.huji.ac.il