By Hannah Brown in MRCS B OSCE on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 10:00

We launched OsceCases for the MRCS B exam earlier this year, and we're just starting to get feedback from successful candidates who used this brand new online resource for the MRCS exam, and passed.  Ms De Souza (MRCS) used OsceCases, passed, and wrote this very complimentary review:... read more

By Hannah Brown in PasTest on Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 09:00

The iPhone app is now live on the app store!  Compatible with any of the PasTest Online written exam subscriptions including dentistry, medical students, MRCPCH 1&2, MRCP 1&2 and MRCS A, the app is free to download to your iPhone. Each session allows you to download 60... read more

By Hannah Brown in MRCS B OSCE on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 15:50

It's all change for MRCS B this week.  The Royal College of Surgeons have finally announced the concrete changes to the MRCS Part B OSCE exam.  As suspected, they've dropped the dedicated history taking station, and this is now incorporated informally to most stations, and more... read more

By Hannah Brown in MRCS B OSCE on Thursday, December 10, 2009 @ 09:09

The MRCS B OSCE exam is changing again.  Despite being only a year old, the Royal College of Surgeons are introducing changes from the 2010(01) diet. The main changes to the MRCS B OSCE exam are that there will now be 18 OSCE stations (instead of 16), and these 18 stations will be across... 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

By Rosemary Gow in Revision on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 @ 10:21

It is safe to say revision for membership exams is not top of the list of anyone’s favourite activities but something no doctor manages to avoid.   Devising a system of rewards seems to work well in our house.  This began many years ago when a simple star chart on the fridge... read more