Primary FRCA & FCARCSI MCQ Course

Primary FRCA & FCARCSI MCQ Course

No Limit to Places

Due to construction work at Aintree Hospitals, this course will be held at:

The Devonshire House Hotel,

Edge Lane,

Liverpool L7.9LD

Telephone 0151 264 6600

The hotel will either provide accommodation or, if no vacancies, will recommend convenient alternative accommodation.

Application Form

Accommodation

Director’s Notes

The Course is only available to candidates who are on the threshold of the Primary Examination.

It is pointless and wasteful of time, effort & money to come to this course unless intending to sit the examination imminently and thus considering oneself adequately prepared.

Intensive Course of MCQ Analysis of over 900 MCQs = > 5,500 Branches

Long Days – At least 12 hours a day. Evening Close > 20.00

Hard Work – Casual Dress – Great Spirit

It is NOT a course of MCQ practice. It is important that trainees understand that the course has no didactic input and thus they should come to the course expecting to learn but not to be taught.

The Primary Prep Course (MCQ) was established 11 years ago and regularly lead to a Pass Rate in the ensuing Primary FRCA MCQ paper in excess of 70% with the exception of the Paper September 07 (68%), the best result to date being 87%

The effect of the abandonment of Negative Marking on the Pass Rate remains to be seen.

Course Menu

Physics

Measurement

Equipment

Physiology

Pharmacology

Statistics

Comments on prevous courses

" Excellent arrangement. Learnt a lot"
"Good technique for revising and learning"
Will you be recommending this course? "Oh yes!"
"Very useful course."
"It was indeed a good decision to come to the course"
"I have never thought I could do so many MCQ in such a short period of time"
"I feel that my level of understanding & knowledge has increased significantly"
"Highly recommendable"
"It has been a good and a useful course for me"
"Helped me in identifying my deficiencies in my knowledge"
"Thank you for the course. It was well worth."
"Learnt a lot during the course"
"Excellent course"
"Has helped me in understanding certain concepts better"
"This week has made me more focused."
"I could not have achieved this work rate through working alone for this period."
"Has definitely taught me"
"I do feel much more confident than at the beginning of the week."
"Excellent preparation for the MCQ exam"
"Hard work but now feel prepared for the exam"
"Good mixture of questions in subject areas not well covered in textbooks"
|"Food and drink is excellent. Content is great."
"Very tiring – worthwhile."
"I feel much more confident doing the MCQs now"
"Knowledge greatly increased"
"Course was very useful in the way to approach towards an MCQ"
"The concept is excellent."
"Excellent preparation for MCQ exam"
"I think this course identified the area of weakness"
"Well conducted!!!"
"Questions excellent."
"I think the course was good because it kept you working – good motivation"
"Covered an enormous amount of questions"
"Excellent."
"Course was excellently organised. Definitely recommend it."
Will you be recommending this course? "Strongly to colleagues."
"This is by far the best course I have ever been to"
"Time was a problem, I could do another week"
"This course is great!"
"My technique has improved, feel more confident, more knowledgeable."
"Good course – learnt quite a lot within the span of 6 days."
" Well worthwhile despite the grind!"
" More helpful than I was expecting."
"Superb having failed MCQ twice. I feel much more prepared. Thank you."
"Good selection MCQs. Done more work this week than would’ve at home."
"Good pre-exam exercise."
"Very helpful. I wouldn’t have been able to do this many MCQs at home."
"A very productive week"
"Develops knowledge, improved confidence, Shows MCQ technique."
“Course organisation – excellent”
“Like the exposure to MCQs”
“Like the fact that we have solved so many MCQs”
“Good qualities”
“We all love the nice man with the snacks; can we take him home with us?”
“Very wide variety of MCQs at exam level”
“I think I learned a lot from discussion and would recommend this course to my colleagues.”
“Very good course. Useful to bounce ideas off each other”
“The value was learning from each other…..extremely worth while.”
“Excellent course, thank you!”
“Catering and friendliness of staff was extra-ordinarily good”
“Overall course very good for increasing knowledge and excellent exposure to a wide variety of questions.”
“A good range of snacks to keep us going through the long days”
“Found the course useful..”
“It was an eye opening course”
“All three of us found that the objectives were adequately met.”
“Appreciative of your efforts to accommodate our needs and amend your normal practice”
“Good”
“Very useful, good selection and sheer volume of questions, hopefully this will stand us in good stead”
“Thank you”
“Excellent organisation and food!”
“Good plan to do lots of physics – weakest area for most of us. Now planning to do physics first in the exam!”
“Thank you for teaching us to read the questions”
“It was well worth coming and the only criticism is being charged a fairly large amount of money for what appears to be a course with minimal overheads.”
(At the time of this comment, the Course Fee was £400. It has since been reduced to £300)
“It is an excellent opportunity and the courses reputation speaks for itself!”
“Overall the course is excellent”
“It is basically a good course with loads of physics problem questions to be tackled though we feel that by the time we start physiology and pharmacology you are totally exhausted”
“Very well organised”
“Thank you for all the effort put in by the team in co-ordinating such a huge crowd and bundles of papers”
“The course is superbly organised and has left us feeling much more confident about the approaching exam.”
“Absolutely great environment to sit and do MCQs”
“We would not have done this many MCQs if not for the course – especially not ones that have been asked in the exams”
“Thank you all for everything”
“Great experience, a good course with a lot of hard work”
“Never realised I could sit and do work for 12 hours solid (minus lunch and toilet breaks)”
“Hard work but very useful”
“Biscuits/tea/coffee etc very good”
“Overall a worthwhile practical way to improve our chances of passing the MCQ exam”
“Good course – maximum revision in limited time”
“Fabulous learning opportunity”
“Great course, definitely highlighted areas of strengths & weaknesses”
“Refreshments in general – Great! Canteen – Great! Parking - Great!
We have all completed this course with a very positive frame of mind. Thank you”
”Coverage of Physiology excellent, we all did much more work than if we had been at home. Very well run & organised”
“Statistics paper v.v.v.useful!”
“Very well organised, very stimulating”
“Well organised. We have been well looked after, well fed”
“… very useful for covering topics, reinforcing knowledge, discussing/clarifying difficult”
“Organisation & care excellent”
“Immaculately organised, good selection and extremely supportive staff”
“I could not have done so much work in one week on my own!”
“Thoughtful staff -> You Rule”
“The format was excellent ….thoroughly enjoyed by all”
“Excellent way of revising for the MCQ”
“Hard work but well worth it … Thank you so much for everything”
“Definitely feel more confident with Physics& Statistics”
“Well worth coming, esp good Physics/Measurement/Equipment”