By Hannah Brown in MRCP PACES on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 @ 15:10

Wow!  With a month to go until the first one, all of the PACES courses in London and Manchester are fully booked, with waiting lists in operation! Can PACES candidates really be this concerned about station 5?  Normally our PACES courses sell out 2-3 weeks before, but to have them... read more

By Hannah Brown in MRCP PACES on Thursday, August 13, 2009 @ 09:10

Since we've been spending the last few months trawling the internet for information about the new station 5 in MRCP PACES I thought I'd share some of the pages I've found.  As I find any more information on the PACES changes i'll add them here, and feel free to add any more yourself in the... read more

By Hannah Brown in MRCP PACES on Monday, August 10, 2009 @ 11:56

Changes to PACES station 5 has caused all manner of problems in the run up to its full introduction for the October 2009 diet.  Exams in June were massively oversubscribed as candidates wanted a last go at the old exam, and the Royal College of Physicians have even added an extra exam in... read more

By Hannah Brown in A doctor's life on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 @ 11:53

Flipping heck, now I know how you guys feel when you're waiting for your Finals, MRCP, MRCS (or whatever) results.  I'm doing an MBA, and the biggest part of my course is a 60-credit 'Fundamentals of Senior Management' module.  Since the exam at the end of April I've been... read more

By Hannah Brown in Revision on Thursday, June 11, 2009 @ 10:19

Before You Start… Work backwards from the exam date and make sure you’ve got enough time to work through your personal revision strategy without rushing, then sit down and plan exactly what you’ll need to revise, and what areas will need more attention.  Flick through your diary at the... read more

By Hannah Brown in MRCP PACES on Thursday, May 21, 2009 @ 14:58

In December we launched the first PACES course online, ‘PacesCases’, with only 25 cases.  Five months on we’re coming to the end of the launch, and we now have 200 key exam cases.  Feedback has been excellent, and our favourite success stories have been candidates who didn’t attend... read more