FourteenFish AKT vs Passmedicine: Should You Buy a Separate Question Bank?

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Short answer: yes.

FourteenFish's AKT package provides 1,000+ questions with performance reports inside the platform you already use for your portfolio. It is convenient, well-integrated, and useful for periodic diagnostic mocks — taking a timed test to identify your weak areas before focused revision.

But 1,000 questions is not enough for primary AKT revision. The AKT curriculum is broad — clinical medicine across every primary care specialty, evidence-based practice, and organisational management. You need significantly more question exposure to build the pattern recognition that first-time pass requires.

Passmedicine provides 4,500+ questions mapped to the 2025 RCGP curriculum, Knowledge Tutor spaced repetition, peer benchmarking against candidates sitting the same diet, and full mock exams. It is purpose-built for AKT revision and has been the default choice for over a decade.

The Cost Equation

Passmedicine costs approximately £35 for 4 months. The AKT exam fee is £470. A resit costs £470 again — plus the stress, the delay to CCT, and the additional preparation time. £35 for a primary revision tool is trivial relative to the cost of failing.

FourteenFish's AKT package may be free if your deanery provides it — check before purchasing. If it is free, use it for diagnostic mocks alongside Passmedicine.

Where iatroX Fits

FourteenFish diagnoses weak areas. Passmedicine drills them. iatroX adds a free adaptive layer with guideline-grounded explanations — three tools, three functions, complete AKT coverage at a total cost of £35.

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