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 Joe Pritchard in A doctor's life on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 @ 15:23

With the majority of our blog posts focusing on medicine, I have decided to write a little something about the roles of computers and the internet in education and how I see these roles developing and expanding in the future. This is a topic that is incredibly important to us as a company and... 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 Jason Emmerson in Revision on Monday, May 11, 2009 @ 15:19

It is not recommended that you sit at your computer for hours at a time, and now researchers fear that heavy computer use could be linked to various health conditions including glaucoma, which is especially common among those who are short-sighted. Glaucoma is caused by increased fluid pressure... read more

By Rosemary Gow in Revision on Friday, May 8, 2009 @ 14:25

I’ve been bitten by the gardening bug.  It all started with a packet of seeds and the removal of a substantial swing from my back garden leaving a deep depression in the lawn.  The problem is that I’m not a patient person.  If I want rocket, I want it now and not in 30 days’... read more