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Dr Marianne Broderick passed her MRCGP SCA with a score of 111 out of 126 - this was one of the highest scores in her cohort. She discusses how she prepared, resources she found useful, her exam day experience, and tips for those starting to prepare. https://youtu.be/qi9--KZr-OQ

The Emedica SCA course she attended is at https://www.emedica.co.uk/sca.html

The Emedica SCA cases she used are included for doctors that book the full day course, and are also available separately at https://www.emedica.co.uk/scacases.html

MRCGP SCA Preparation, Exam Day Experience + Tips to Pass: Interview with Dr Marianne Broderick Dr Marianne Broderick passed her MRCGP SCA with a score of 111 out of 126 - this was one of the highest scores in her cohort. She discusses how she prepared,...

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"Platform is very similar to the one used for the MSRA so I felt confident navigating my way through the exam." Dr A C - GP Offer – Clinical: 310, SJT: 293, Total MSRA score: 603

"I enjoyed how the questions were arranged for the online resources - splitting each topic into three meant that I spent an equal amount of time on each and prevented me from spending all my time on the topics I found more interesting." Dr J S – GP offer - Clinical: 298, SJT: 294 - Total MSRA score: 592

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Dr Mahfuza Islam shares her experience of passing the MRCGP AKT on her first attempt despite being convinced she had failed. In this article she discusses her top tips for anyone preparing for this challenging exam, and the resources she found most helpful.

How I passed my AKT despite thinking I had failed: tips and resources that helped me pass AKT! - GP Training Support Dr Mahfuza Islam shares her experience of passing the MRCGP AKT on her first attempt despite being convinced she had failed. In this article she shares her top tips for anyone preparing for this challenging exam, and the resources she …

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Topics covered include:

1. Atrial Fibrillation: Risk Factors

2. Coronary Heart Disease Risks

3. Diabetes Diagnosis criteria

4. Gestational Diabetes Screening

5. Assessing Blood Pressure

6. Hypertension: Management

7. Non-specific low back pain

8. Cauda equina syndrome

9. Notifiable diseases

10. Immunisations - live vaccines

11. Antibiotics in sore throat: FeverPAIN

12. Pre-eclampsia: risk factors

13. Stable Angina: Assessment

14. Stable Angina: Testing

15. Parkinson’s disease: key features

16. Parkinson’s disease: management

17. Mild acne: management

18. Oral antibiotics in acne

19. Acute migraine: management

20. Prostate cancer: referral

21. Vitamin D deficiency: who to test

22. Vitamin D deficiency treatment

23. Osteoporosis risk assessment

24. Drugs that increase risk of fractures

25. Neuropathic pain: management

26. Diagnosing IBS in Primary Care

27. Reactive arthritis

28. Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction

29. eGFR -creatinine

30. Bell’s Palsy

31. Whooping cough management

32. Impetigo

33. Lipid therapy - primary prevention

34. Lipid therapy - CVD prevention

35. CHA2DS2VASc score

36. ORBIT bleeding risk score

37. Chronic Plaque Psoriasis

38. Hirsutism: Referral guidelines

39. Genetic conditions - inheritance

40. Chromosomal genetic disorders

41. Asthma: diagnostic tests

42. Frozen shoulder

43. Infertility - early referral criteria

44. Infertility - Investigations (females)

45. Infertility - investigations (males)

46. Infertility - semen analysis

47. Influenza vaccination groups

48. Anaphylaxis management

49. Safeguarding: maltreatment

50. Obesity - increased risk

51. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms

52. Hypertension: risk factors

53. Generalised Seizures: Features

54. Seizures - Differential Diagnosis

55. Seizure management:

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"I would really like to thank you for your teachings and support in helping me to finally pass my AKT this time. I have scored 79 overall, with 82 (clinical) which was my weakest area. This is a 13 marks overall increase from my previous attempt. I'm grateful for having this achievement with your AKT course."

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✅Want to get a great score in the MSRA?
➡️Boost your scores in both the clinical and SJT papers with the Emedica online MSRA question bank. We often get feedback that our questions are realistic / the closest to the real exam:
"A very accurate reflection of the real exam. Thank you so much!" MSRA score: 627
"Extensive and the closest to the exam in all 3 question banks I solved." MSRA score: 551
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🚩Knowing key red flags and urgent referral criteria (2WW) for suspected cancers can help for the SRA, AKT and CSA. Here are the guidelines for Upper GI cancers: https://goo.gl/h9HzCR

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MRCGP Crammers: Upper GI 2WW referrals Having a good working knowledge of current guidelines will help you for both the MRCGP AKT and CSA. AKT online revision questions: http://courses.emedica.co....

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Preparing for the MSRA? Learn what to expect and how to prepare, including sample questions for the clinical and the SJT papers in this article:

The MSRA (Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment) – what to expect and how to prepare – Emedica Blog GP Training• MSRA• Situational Judgement Tests• Specialty Training The MSRA (Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment) – what to expect and how to prepare The MSRA plays an important part in the shortlisting and assessment process for entry in training in 12 different specialties for ST1 / CT1...

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