By Hannah Brown in MRCP PACES on Monday, May 18, 2009 @ 11:18

Causing all sorts of problems with the 2009(02) applications (it seems everyone wants to get PACES out of the way before its introduction) the new station 5 will be introduced for the 2009(03) diet.  Seen as a 'pilot' by many, courses are sure to be oversubscribed as candidates struggle to... read more

By Hannah Brown in MRCP on Friday, May 15, 2009 @ 00:00

According to the RCP's annual reports, revenue from exam candidates is down by not insignificant amounts.  PACES candidates alone are down from 4,500 to 3,600 per year - that's a lot of exam fees the RCP are missing out on.  So ladies and gentlemen... [drumroll], please welcome... read more

By Lisa Quinn in MRCP PACES on Thursday, May 14, 2009 @ 09:14

In preparation for the many clinical courses I help to organise, I give daily consideration to the amount of patients we will require on each of the courses, whether it is for MRCP PACES, MRCS OSCE or the MRCPCH Clinical We are continuously looking to recruit more volunteer patient... read more

By Hannah Brown in MRCP 1 on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 @ 00:00

For thousands of MRCP 1 and MRCPCH 1 candidates, it's exam day today.  For the last few weeks PasTest Online has been busier than it's ever been, and the Events Team have been running round like crazy ladies making sure all the revision courses run to plan.  Exam days are normally... read more

By Jenny Jowers in MRCP 1 on Thursday, April 23, 2009 @ 10:59

The team and I have just launched the Third Edition of the Essential Revision Notes for MRCP.  We are really proud of this edition which has been worked on by over 20 contributors who are all SpRs or Consultants in their chosen fields.  We could not have produced this book without the... read more

By Hannah Brown in A doctor's life on Friday, April 10, 2009 @ 19:50

The PasTest blog is going skiing.  After a busy week with last week's MRCP 2 exam, the medical student mock exam going live, I need a restorative break before MRCS, MRCP and MRCPCH in April/May. Good luck to anyone who's revising for them - I feel your pain.  I have an MBA... read more