Most GPhC CRA revision plans fail because they do not account for the reality of foundation training. You are working full clinical days. You are completing portfolio competencies. You are tired. A plan that assumes 4-hour evening study sessions will collapse by week 2.
This plan assumes 45-60 minutes per day, 6 days per week. It frontloads Part 1 calculations (the most predictable failure point), then builds Part 2 clinical and law knowledge systematically, and finishes with mixed-mode practice under exam conditions. Every week includes iatroX adaptive sessions that target your specific gaps.
Week 1 — Baseline and Framework
Goal: Establish your starting proficiency across all CRA content areas.
Actions:
- Download the CRA framework document from the GPhC website. Read it once. Highlight the indicative assessment topics and therapeutic area weightings.
- Complete GPhC official example questions on the Surpass platform — familiarise yourself with the interface and question style.
- Complete an iatroX baseline diagnostic: 50 mixed questions across all CRA areas. Let the performance dashboard show your starting proficiency map.
- Identify your 3 weakest therapeutic areas and your 2 weakest calculation types from the dashboard.
Daily time: 30-45 minutes.
Week 2 — Part 1 Calculations Intensive (Phase 1)
Goal: Drill your weakest calculation types.
Actions:
- Days 1-2: Dose and dose regimen calculations (20 timed questions per day on iatroX).
- Days 3-4: Unit conversions and concentration expressions.
- Days 5-6: IV infusion rates and displacement values.
- Every session timed. 3 minutes per question maximum. Use your actual exam calculator.
Daily time: 45 minutes. All timed.
Week 3 — Part 1 Calculations Intensive (Phase 2)
Goal: Cover remaining calculation types and consolidate weak areas.
Actions:
- Days 1-2: Creatinine clearance and renal dose adjustments.
- Days 3-4: Paediatric weight-based dosing and quantities to supply.
- Days 5-6: Mixed calculation type sets (40 questions, 120 minutes — simulate Part 1 conditions).
- Review iatroX dashboard: which calculation types are still red?
Daily time: 45-60 minutes.
Week 4 — Part 2 High-Weighted Therapeutics
Goal: Systematic coverage of the highest-weighted clinical areas.
Actions:
- Days 1-2: Cardiovascular (hypertension, heart failure, AF, ACS — NICE NG136, NG185, NG196).
- Days 3-4: Nervous system (depression, epilepsy, Parkinson's, pain management — NICE NG222, CG137).
- Days 5-6: Endocrine (diabetes types 1 and 2, thyroid — NICE NG28, NG17). Know insulin types.
- 30 iatroX adaptive questions daily targeting these three areas.
Daily time: 60 minutes.
Week 5 — Part 2 Medium-Weighted Therapeutics
Goal: Cover medium-weighted areas and begin law revision.
Actions:
- Days 1-2: Infection (antibiotic selection, resistance, antimicrobial stewardship).
- Days 3-4: GI and respiratory.
- Days 5-6: Begin pharmacy law — CD schedules, prescription requirements, emergency supply.
- 20 iatroX adaptive questions daily (mixed therapeutics and law).
Daily time: 60 minutes.
Week 6 — Pharmacy Law and Governance Intensive
Goal: Cover the law topics that candidates consistently underperform on.
Actions:
- Days 1-2: Misuse of Drugs Act — schedules 2-5, CD prescription requirements, CD register.
- Days 3-4: Human Medicines Regulations — prescription validity, responsible pharmacist.
- Days 5-6: GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals — all 9 standards. Emergency supply provisions.
- 20 iatroX law questions daily in adaptive mode.
Daily time: 60 minutes.
Week 7 — Mixed-Mode Practice
Goal: Shift from topic-based to mixed-topic practice simulating exam conditions.
Actions:
- Days 1-2: Mixed Part 2 sessions — 30 questions in 40 minutes, all topics randomised.
- Days 3-4: Mixed Part 1 calculations — 40 questions in 120 minutes (full Part 1 mock).
- Days 5-6: Review Board of Assessors feedback from the most recent two sittings. Target remaining weak areas identified on iatroX dashboard.
- IatroX performance dashboard checkpoint: which topics are still red? Concentrate final week here.
Daily time: 60 minutes.
Week 8 — Final Preparation
Goal: Consolidation, mock conditions, no new content.
Actions:
- Day 1: Full Part 1 mock (40 questions, 120 minutes, timed, using exam calculator).
- Day 2: Full Part 2 mock (120 questions, 150 minutes, timed).
- Day 3: Review mock results. Target the 3 weakest areas from the mock using iatroX adaptive sessions.
- Day 4: Pharmacy law consolidation — CD schedules and paediatric dosing (the two most common failure topics).
- Day 5: Light review. Familiarise with Surpass platform. Confirm test centre and calculator.
- Day 6: Rest. No revision.
Daily time: 60 minutes (Days 1-4), 30 minutes (Day 5), 0 minutes (Day 6).
The Dashboard Checkpoints
End of Week 1: Baseline proficiency established. Weakest areas identified.
End of Week 3: Part 1 calculation types should be at least amber (from red). If any are still red, extend calculations drilling into Week 4.
End of Week 5: High-weighted therapeutics should be amber or green. Law revision begun.
End of Week 7: All CRA areas should be amber or green on the iatroX dashboard. Any remaining red areas are your priority for Week 8.
The plan embeds iatroX at every phase — not as an add-on, but as the adaptive engine that guides which topics receive the most attention each week. The performance dashboard replaces guesswork with data.
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