MRCEM MCQ/FRCEM Primary (Multiple Choice Question)

 

MRCEM – MCQ (FRCEM Primary)

 

See RCEM Website for exam details

Personal Experience:

I sat this exam as an intern whilst I was working on my final 3 month post in Portiuncula University Hospital on an Obs&Gynae Rotation. I decided to sit the exam at the last minute before the closing date if I recall correctly. It was less than two months from when I started studying until I sat the exam. So I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to prepare. I was also commuting an hour each way to work so I was limited in how many hours I was going to have to get ready. I used to slip away from theatre when there were breaks in between cases or on my lunch break and study for 20-40 minutes depending on the gap between cases or jobs needing done on the ward. In the evenings I would try to do 1-2 hours either in the hospital library or at home. On the weekends I reckon I spent about 3 hours a day max getting through the questions on the Pastest MCQ bank and reading over topics. I found that there was a lot of repetition in the bank which was helpful. The content is very much basic medical sciences such as anatomy, microbiology etc. I used the USMLE first aid textbook as a reference which I found very helpful and still use to this day. I also used my Gray’s anatomy when studying the anatomy MCQs. I didn’t feel there was any quick way around the anatomy side of things unfortunately. On the day of the exam I found the questions to be very similar to those from the MRCEM exam prep which was great.

Recommendations:

Time-frame: 2-3 months

Study Plan:

1.   1. Use the MRCEM Exam Prep MCQ bank from Day 1 – the MCQs are very similar on the day of the exam.

2.      2.  Use helpful resources to bulk up the answers you read on the MCQ bank. I recommend Gray’s Anatomy and USMLE first aid.

3.       3. Plan your study: I would recommend getting good study in 4 days of the week (I always take Friday off for example) and again on the weekends. Aim for 2 hours on weekdays and 3 hours a day minimum on weekends. See how long it takes you to complete ten MCQs and review the answers and this should guide how long your study will take over the weeks.

4.     4.   Aim to complete the bank twice at least.

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