This workflow is for RACP Adult Internal Medicine candidates using FRACP Vault as their primary bank for the Divisional Written Examination. It covers how to inventory the blueprint, run topic blocks then mixed blocks, review errors with a code rather than a transcript, and exit on measurable criteria. FRACP Vault's principal limitation is that it is a written-paper bank with no adaptive engine, so it does not prepare you for the Divisional Clinical Examination and does not, on its own, provide a perpetually unseen measurement once its finite mocks are spent.
FRACP Vault for RACP Adult Medicine right now
The figures below are vendor-reported from fracpvault.com.au, last checked 20 July 2026. Confirm each on the product page before you rely on it.
| Item | Vendor-reported detail (fracpvault.com.au, 20 July 2026) |
|---|---|
| Exam covered | RACP Divisional Written Examination (Adult Medicine): Clinical Applications and Medical Science |
| Question volume | 2,200+ consultant-designed questions across the RACP-examined specialties; verify the current count |
| Mocks / timed mode | Three full-length timed mock exams (Paper 1: 100 questions in 3 hours; Paper 2: 70 questions in 2 hours), with percentile ranking |
| Adaptive / AI | None advertised |
| Media and analytics | Explanations with teaching points; ECG and X-ray images; progress syncing; bookmarking |
| Access and pricing | Not stated on the homepage; 50 free sample questions offered — verify price and access period on the pricing page |
| Components covered | Written papers only — no clinical, long-case or short-case component |
The standout strength is the three full-length timed mocks, which mirror the real two-paper structure closely and give a percentile against other candidates — genuinely useful for pacing and for a reality check. The honest gaps are the lack of any adaptive selection and, as with every written bank, the clinical examination.
What the RACP written papers actually test
The DWE is two papers of predominantly single-best-answer MCQs, about 170 questions in total: Clinical Applications (around 100 questions) and Medical Sciences (around 70), computer-based via Pearson VUE, with a small number of extended-matching items. Verify current counts, item types and durations on racp.edu.au. The written stage rewards broad coverage and disciplined single-best-answer choice under time pressure; the separate Divisional Clinical Examination — long case and short cases — is assessed differently and is not something FRACP Vault claims to cover. Keep the College's blueprint and the vendor's feature list distinct when you plan.
Build a blueprint inventory and ring-fence an unseen pool
Before your first block, build a simple inventory: list every blueprint domain and mark your confidence in each. This tells you where topic blocks are worth the topic-cueing cost. At the same time, ring-fence assessment material: the three timed mocks are finite and are your closest analogue to exam day, so do not open them early. Reserve them, plus a pool of unseen items from a separate source, for genuine measurement in the final weeks.
First pass: topic blocks only where foundations are weak
Use topic-filtered blocks only where your inventory shows weak foundations, because a topic filter tells you the subject in advance and cues the answer type — useful for learning, misleading for assessment. Everywhere your foundations are adequate, start mixed from the outset, so you practise the harder skill of recognising the domain from the stem. In other words: topic blocks to build, mixed blocks to test. A candidate who runs only topic blocks will feel strong and then be surprised on exam day, when nothing announces its subject.
Review each miss with an error code and one action
Do not transcribe the whole explanation into your notes; that is passive and slow. Instead, tag each miss with a short error code — knowledge gap, misread stem, wrong discrimination between two plausible options, or pacing — and write exactly one corrective action. The code turns your review into data you can act on: if "wrong discrimination" dominates one domain, you have a specific, fixable problem, not a vague sense of weakness. FRACP Vault's teaching-point explanations are well suited to this because they name the principle rather than only the answer.
Transfer practice before repetition
When you miss an item, resist immediately re-answering the same question — you will remember the answer, not the principle. Instead, answer a fresh item that tests the same principle first, and only later return to the original. This transfer step is where real learning shows up, because a principle you have genuinely understood survives a change of surface detail. A separate source of unseen items, such as an iatroX block, is what makes transfer practice possible without contaminating your FRACP Vault mocks.
Switch to mixed timed blocks when domain floors are met
The trigger to move from topic blocks to mixed timed blocks is meeting your domain floors — a minimum acceptable unseen accuracy in each area — not finishing the bank. It is entirely normal to convert to mixed timed practice with a chunk of the bank still unopened; breadth of exposure and pacing rehearsal matter more in the closing weeks than squeezing out the last unseen questions in your strong domains. Completeness is a comfort metric, not an outcome.
Exit criteria
Exit FRACP Vault volume when five conditions hold: adequate blueprint coverage; stable unseen timed performance; correct pacing against the real per-question budget; retention across a spacing interval; and calibration against the official RACP sample papers so you know the bank's difficulty tracks the real thing. One hundred per cent completion is not a criterion — a bank finished but not retained is worse than a bank three-quarters done and consolidated.
A seven-day plan for a busy trainee
This is a one-week loop for a trainee revising around clinical work, using FRACP Vault for one defined job — building and drilling weak domains — and iatroX for unseen transfer practice. No proprietary-algorithm claims are made; iatroX is simply a separate source of fresh, blueprint-mapped items.
- Day 1: FRACP Vault topic block in the weakest domain; code every error; one action per miss.
- Day 2: second topic block in the next weakest domain; explanations read once for the principle.
- Day 3: iatroX unseen block testing the same principles — transfer practice, not a repeat.
- Day 4: clinical work; 15-minute review of error codes and actions only.
- Day 5: mixed timed FRACP Vault block (self-built, not one of the three reserved mocks), pacing enforced.
- Day 6: second iatroX unseen block; compare first-attempt accuracy with Day 3 for retention.
- Day 7: rest, or an official sample-paper section for calibration.
Keep the three full-length FRACP Vault mocks out of this loop entirely; they are for the final fortnight, spaced, under strict exam conditions.
Three mistakes this plan is designed to stop
The first mistake is opening the three timed mocks early for reassurance. They are your closest analogue to exam day and there are only three, so a mock spent in week two is a measurement you cannot take again in week ten. The second is living in topic blocks because they feel comfortable: a filtered block announces its subject, so a strong topic-block score can mask a real weakness in recognising that subject from a cold stem. The third is transcribing explanations instead of coding errors — a page of copied teaching points is passive and hard to act on, whereas a tagged error type points to a specific, fixable problem. Underneath all three is the same confusion between doing questions and measuring readiness, which the reserved-mocks-and-error-codes structure is designed to prevent.
Decision checklist: continue, supplement, switch or stop
Continue if coverage is incomplete and unseen accuracy is still rising. Supplement with official papers or an unseen pool if your bank scores look strong but unseen accuracy lags, which signals memorisation. Switch the tool for a job — for example to a textbook for a stubborn knowledge gap — when honest error review is not moving that error type. Stop meeting new questions when fresh items stop revealing new gaps and your time is better spent on the reserved mocks and retention. Decide on measurable gaps, never on novelty or on sunk cost.
Frequently asked questions
Is FRACP Vault enough for RACP Adult Medicine on its own? For the written papers it is a strong single bank, because its breadth plus three full-length timed mocks cover both the learning and the exam-day-rehearsal jobs well. It is still not sufficient alone: you should calibrate its difficulty against the official RACP sample papers, and once its three mocks are spent you no longer have a fresh timed measurement, so a separate pool of unseen items is worth keeping. And, as with any written bank, it does nothing for the Divisional Clinical Examination.
Which RACP Adult Medicine component does FRACP Vault not reproduce well? The clinical component is entirely outside its scope. Within the written papers, its one structural limit is that its assessment realism is finite: the three timed mocks are its closest analogue to exam day, and after you have sat them they are no longer unseen. That is why the workflow ring-fences them for the final weeks and uses a separate unseen source for ongoing measurement.
How many FRACP Vault questions should I complete per day for RACP Adult Medicine? It depends on your runway and, above all, on review quality. A trainee revising around clinical work might sustain 30–50 questions per study day with disciplined error coding; someone on dedicated study leave might do more. Do not chase a daily number at the expense of review — a smaller block interrogated properly moves your unseen accuracy more than a large block skimmed, which is exactly the point the percentage article makes.
When should I stop using FRACP Vault and move to mixed mocks? Move to mixed, timed practice once your domain floors are met, even with part of the bank unopened. Reserve the three full-length mocks for the final two to three weeks and sit them spaced, under exam conditions, using the percentile and your pacing data to guide the last repairs. Continuing to grind topic blocks in your strong domains at that stage is low-yield.
How should I combine FRACP Vault with iatroX without duplicating practice? Assign distinct jobs. Use FRACP Vault for volume, topic building and its reserved timed mocks; use iatroX only for fresh, unseen transfer practice on the same principles, never re-answering items you have already seen. Keep the pools separate so iatroX remains a genuine measurement of transfer and so the Vault mocks stay unseen until you choose to spend them. That separation is the two-Q-bank rule working as intended.
Editorial notes and references
Written by Dr Kolawole Tytler, NHS GP and founder of iatroX. Last checked 20 July 2026. FRACP Vault figures — question counts, mock structure, features and any prices — are vendor-reported from fracpvault.com.au as at that date and can change; verify them on the product page, and confirm the current DWE format on racp.edu.au. Disclosure: iatroX operates a competing question bank; its role here is confined to unseen measurement and transfer practice, jobs FRACP Vault does not claim, and it does not reproduce the RACP Divisional Clinical Examination. Corrections are welcome via the feedback route on iatrox.com. References: RACP Divisional Written Examination (racp.edu.au); FRACP Vault (fracpvault.com.au); plus the iatroX resource decision tree, the comparison hub, "Your Q-Bank Percentage Is Not Your Exam Score" and the two-Q-bank rule.