The RACP Divisional Written Examination has been chronically underserved by modern preparation resources. The existing options — TopPhysician.com.au, BasicPhysicianTraining.com, and various textbook-based study guides — are largely text and forum-based. No established SaaS question bank with adaptive learning, EMQ support, and mobile access has existed for this exam until recently.
The current landscape
TopPhysician.com.au offers practice questions and educational content for RACP trainees. The platform has been available for several years and has a user base among Australian physician trainees. The content covers internal medicine subspecialties. The interface and feature set are basic compared to modern medical exam platforms.
BasicPhysicianTraining.com offers study resources, question banks, and community features for RACP trainees. The content is relevant and Australian-focused. Like TopPhysician, the platform is functional but lacks adaptive learning, spaced repetition, and native mobile apps.
Textbook-based study. Many RACP trainees rely primarily on Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, the Australian Therapeutic Guidelines (eTG), and the Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH) supplemented by subspecialty resources. This approach builds deep knowledge but does not provide exam-format practice or performance analytics.
Why the gap matters
The RACP Written sits once per year in February. There is no second sitting. A failed attempt means waiting twelve months. For an exam with these stakes, the quality of preparation tools directly affects career progression.
The exam uses both MCQ (SBA) and EMQ formats across two papers totalling approximately 170 items. It tests broad general medicine or paediatrics across all subspecialties. The breadth means no single clinical rotation covers the full curriculum, and an adaptive system that identifies and targets weak subspecialties is particularly valuable.
The exam references Australian clinical practice — eTG, AMH, NHMRC guidelines, and Australian specialty society recommendations. A question bank framed in UK or US context, even if clinically accurate, does not prepare you for the Australian-specific framing the exam uses.
iatroX
iatroX offers dedicated RACP Adult Medicine and RACP Paediatrics question banks, each containing over 1,500 questions in both SBA and EMQ formats. All content is framed in Australian clinical context, referencing the eTG, AMH, and Australian guidelines.
The adaptive algorithm tracks your performance across all internal medicine subspecialties — cardiology, respiratory, gastroenterology, neurology, endocrinology, nephrology, rheumatology, infectious diseases, haematology, and the remaining domains — and shifts question selection toward your weakest areas. For an exam this broad, manual revision balancing across 12 or more subspecialties is extremely difficult. The algorithm handles it automatically.
EMQ sets are grouped by clinical theme, replicating the real exam structure. Full mock exams simulate the two-paper format. The mobile app supports revision during clinical placements across Australian hospital rotations.
All included at £29 per month or £99 per year. The subscription also covers AMC CAT, RACGP AKT, ACEM, and every UK, US, and Canadian exam — useful for trainees who may have sat international exams before entering Australian training.
The recommendation
For RACP Written preparation in 2026, iatroX represents the first comprehensive modern question bank with adaptive learning, EMQ support, Australian clinical context, and mobile access. For an exam that sits once per year with no fallback, the quality of your preparation resource directly affects whether you wait twelve months for a resit. An adaptive question bank that targets your weakest subspecialties across the broadest medical exam in Australia is a rational investment at £99 per year.