Geeky Medics built its reputation on OSCE content and has expanded into a 3,000+ question AKT/MLA bank with flashcards, mock exams, and topic summaries. All questions are MLA-mapped and reviewed by practising doctors.
Passmedicine provides 4,500+ AKT questions mapped to the RCGP AKT curriculum with Knowledge Tutor spaced repetition and peer benchmarking. The postgraduate-focused design reflects AKT-specific content and expectations.
Why Mapping Matters
The MRCGP AKT is 80% clinical medicine, 10% evidence-based practice, and 10% organisational management. The GMC MLA content map and the RCGP AKT curriculum overlap heavily on clinical knowledge — but diverge on organisational management (QOF, NHS contracts, clinical governance, screening programmes) and evidence-based practice (research methodology, statistics).
Geeky Medics' MLA mapping covers the 80% clinical domain well. The 20% non-clinical content — which is specifically tested in the AKT and not in the MLA — is likely underrepresented. Passmedicine's RCGP mapping covers all three domains in the proportions the exam tests them.
Volume: Passmedicine 4,500+ vs Geeky Medics 3,000+.
Extras: Geeky Medics includes flashcards, topic summaries, and webinar recordings — useful supplementary materials. Passmedicine includes Knowledge Tutor and peer benchmarking — functional revision features.
Brand positioning: Geeky Medics is primarily an undergraduate brand. Passmedicine is a postgraduate brand. The AKT is a postgraduate exam.
Recommendation
Passmedicine as primary AKT Q-bank (RCGP-mapped, postgraduate-focused, Knowledge Tutor). Geeky Medics as supplementary if you already have access (additional clinical question exposure, flashcards). For trainees transitioning from medical school who already own a Geeky Medics subscription, continue using it for clinical knowledge alongside a dedicated AKT resource.
Where iatroX Fits
Geeky Medics covers MLA clinical knowledge. Passmedicine covers RCGP AKT. iatroX's adaptive quiz is mapped to UK postgraduate curricula and fills gaps in both — especially the organisational and EBP areas that neither platform prioritises. Free to add.