BMJ OnExamination carries the BMJ brand — one of the most trusted names in medical publishing. For GP trainees, the platform offers a paid MRCGP AKT Q-bank (from £89.99) and, separately, an MLA question bank that is free for BMA members. The MLA bank contains 2,000+ questions aligned to the MLA content map — and since BMA membership is free in your first UK year, this effectively provides free access to a substantial Q-bank from a trusted publisher.
What BMJ OnExamination Offers
The MRCGP AKT product provides exam-style questions with detailed explanations, High Impact Questions ranked by clinical tutors and peer performance, daily revision notifications, performance benchmarking against peers, and a mobile app with offline access. The content is peer-reviewed by clinicians from BMJ's editorial network.
The MLA question bank (free for BMA members) contains 2,000+ questions covering all six MLA exam domains. These questions are MLA-aligned — meaning they target the clinical knowledge domain of the AKT well, but are designed for medical student finals rather than MRCGP specifically.
BMJ OnExamination also covers MRCP Part 1, Final FRCA, PLAB, and other postgraduate exams — making it a multi-exam resource for trainees sitting multiple postgraduate assessments.
Strengths
The BMJ editorial brand provides confidence in question quality and clinical accuracy. The free MLA access for BMA members is genuinely generous — 2,000+ questions from a trusted publisher at zero cost is rare. The performance benchmarking and High Impact Questions features help prioritise revision. The daily revision notification is a simple but effective accountability mechanism.
Limitations
The MLA question bank is designed for medical student finals and the UKMLA — not for the MRCGP AKT. The critical difference: the AKT tests organisational/administrative topics (10%) and evidence-based practice (10%) alongside clinical medicine (80%). BMJ OnExamination's MLA bank covers the clinical domain well but underrepresents the organisational and EBP domains that catch many AKT candidates off guard.
There is no RCGP-specific curriculum mapping — the content follows the GMC MLA content map rather than the RCGP AKT blueprint. For AKT-specific preparation, a dedicated AKT Q-bank (Passmedicine, Pastest, or iatroX) provides better curriculum alignment.
The paid MRCGP AKT product (from £89.99) addresses some of these gaps but at a higher price point than Passmedicine (approximately £35 for 4 months). The MRCGP AKT product includes features like High Impact Questions (ranked by clinical tutors and peer difficulty data), daily leaderboard challenges, and social learning tools — making it more engaging than a simple static Q-bank. The gamification elements (leaderboards, daily challenges) provide motivation for trainees who respond to competitive revision formats.
Who Should Use BMJ OnExamination
BMA members who want free supplementary AKT questions should access the MLA bank immediately — it costs nothing and provides 2,000+ additional questions alongside your primary Q-bank. Trainees who value the BMJ editorial brand and want a polished, well-explained Q-bank experience will find the paid MRCGP AKT product worthwhile. Trainees who want the most comprehensive AKT-specific coverage should use a dedicated AKT Q-bank as their primary resource and BMJ OnExamination as a supplement.
Where iatroX Fits
BMJ OnExamination gives you free MLA-aligned clinical questions via BMA membership. iatroX adds free adaptive revision mapped to UK postgraduate curricula — including the RCGP AKT blueprint — with guideline-grounded explanations. Both are free. Both are supplementary. Together, they provide substantial clinical question exposure with adaptive targeting at zero cost. The combination gives you 2,000+ BMJ-edited questions plus iatroX's adaptive engine identifying and targeting your weakest clinical domains — a genuinely strong foundation before investing in any paid resource.