This workflow is for a higher specialty trainee revising for the SCE in Endocrinology and Diabetes who is using, or considering, Licence Medical. Licence Medical does publish an Endocrinology and Diabetes SCE bank; used as one defined job — learning and gap-finding — with iatroX reserved for unseen measurement, it fits neatly into a first-pass-to-exit plan. The principal limitation to name upfront: no MCQ bank reproduces the dynamic-function-test interpretation the exam leans on, so that stays clinician-checked.
Current-state box (last checked 21 July 2026)
| Attribute | Finding |
|---|---|
| Licence Medical SCE Endocrinology and Diabetes bank | Listed on the Licence Medical catalogue (question-bank-details, Endocrinology and Diabetes) |
| Live question count | Vendor-reported — not independently verifiable at the last check; verify on the product page |
| Access period / price | Vendor-reported — verify current options on the product page before paying |
| AI / adaptive features | None independently confirmed; iatroX supplies unseen-MCQ measurement and spaced retrieval — no proprietary-algorithm claim is made |
| Alternatives that also cover this SCE | StudyPRN (888 questions, vendor-reported) and BMJ OnExamination (publishes an Endocrinology and Diabetes SCE product) |
| Component addressed | Written best-of-five knowledge only; no bank reproduces clinician-supervised dynamic-test interpretation |
Do not invent the count or price — treat any headline you see with the scepticism you would apply to a poorly referenced stem, and confirm it on the page.
Exam anchor
The SCE in Endocrinology and Diabetes is two papers of 100 best-of-five questions each — 200 in total — three hours per paper, one day, computer-based, one mark per correct answer, no negative marking. Only the blueprint changes between specialties; this paper is built on the JRCPTB Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus curriculum and the mrcpuk.org blueprint, spanning diabetes and its technology, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, calcium and metabolic bone, reproductive endocrinology, neuroendocrine tumours, and lipid and metabolic disease. No vendor sets the blueprint; separate official requirements from marketing claims.
Build a blueprint inventory and reserve an unseen pool
List the blueprint domains as rows and ring-fence a protected pool — perhaps a fifth of the bank plus a fresh iatroX block — that you will not touch until the final fortnight. That reserved, unseen, timed set is your honest measurement instrument; everything else is for learning.
First pass
Use topic-filtered blocks only where foundations are weak — dynamic testing, or calcium and bone, are common soft spots — because topic filtering cues the domain and flatters the score. Where foundations are sound, start mixed so retrieval happens without the domain being handed to you. The first pass is for coverage and gap-finding, not a high percentage.
Review each miss with an error code
Do not transcribe the explanation. Tag each miss with one error code — knowledge gap, misread dynamic test, misread panel, outdated therapeutics, or careless — and write one corrective action. A misread-dynamic-test error sends you to result-set drills; an outdated-therapeutics error sends you to current NICE and SmPC/eMC sources, not the bank's paragraph. One code, one action, next question.
Transfer practice before repeating
When you miss an item, answer a new one testing the same principle before you re-read the original — a different dynamic-test pattern, a different agent in the same class — so you confirm transfer rather than memorise the stem. iatroX supplies those fresh, unseen items on the same concept; it is ordinary spaced retrieval, not a proprietary algorithm.
Switch to mixed timed blocks when floors are met
Once each domain clears a coverage floor and an accuracy floor on unseen items, switch to mixed, timed blocks even if the first pass is incomplete. Rehearsing exam conditions across the blueprint beats completing the last unseen fraction of a domain you already master.
Exit criteria
Exit on evidence, not completion. You are ready when coverage spans every domain, unseen timed performance sits at target, pacing fits a shade under two minutes per item, retention holds on spaced re-tests, and your judgement calibrates against official material and clinician review. Completion percentage is not on the list.
Worked example: a seven-day plan around clinical work
Take an endocrinology registrar six weeks out, revising around a full clinical week. The defined job for Licence Medical this week is blueprint-coverage triage; iatroX supplies unseen transfer practice. No proprietary-algorithm claims are made.
- Day 1 — Map Licence Medical's Endocrinology and Diabetes domains to the blueprint; reserve the unseen pool.
- Day 2 — Two mixed blocks; error-code every miss; one corrective action each.
- Day 3 — Topic blocks only on the two weakest domains the map exposed (often dynamic testing and adrenal).
- Day 4 — Sit a fresh, timed iatroX block on the same domains; the delta between your Licence Medical score and your unseen score is your recognition-versus-recall signal.
- Day 5 — Re-test only the misses; convert each into a one-line rule from primary guidance.
- Day 6 — Clinician-checked dynamic-test interpretation — the component no bank reproduces.
- Day 7 — Rest, then a short mixed unseen block to confirm the week held.
Your bank percentage is a study metric, not a mark forecast — read Your Q-Bank Percentage Is Not Your Exam Score before you read anything reassuring into it.
Reading your results
Read three numbers together, not one, and do not let a comfortable completion percentage do your thinking for you. Your coverage — the number of blueprint domains with real entries in your log — tells you whether you have met the breadth of the exam. Your fresh, unseen, timed score tells you what actually transfers to items you have never worked. And the gap between that unseen score and your familiar Licence Medical percentage tells you precisely how much of your confidence is recognition of a pool you have already seen. When coverage is complete, the unseen score sits at your target, and the gap between the two is small, you are ready to book; when the gap is wide, the corrective is never simply more questions, but the specific deficit the unseen block has exposed. In Endocrinology and Diabetes that deficit is most often dynamic-function-test interpretation, adrenal or calcium disease, or a diabetes algorithm that has moved on since the item was written — the first of which is closed with a consultant and anonymised result sets, and the last with current NICE guidance and the SmPC/eMC, not with another block of MCQs. Track those three numbers weekly and let them, rather than the completion bar, decide your next action.
Decision checklist: continue, supplement, switch or stop
- Continue with Licence Medical while it keeps finding blueprint gaps and your unseen score is climbing.
- Supplement with iatroX unseen blocks the moment your Licence Medical score plateaus above your unseen score — that gap is memorised recognition.
- Switch or add a second bank (StudyPRN, BMJ OnExamination) if a domain stays uncovered or the therapeutics feel dated — measured against the blueprint, not novelty.
- Stop grinding and pivot to clinician-checked dynamic-test practice once your unseen blocks sit consistently at target.
Frequently asked questions
Is Licence Medical enough for SCE Endocrinology and Diabetes on its own? It can be a strong single learning bank, since Licence Medical does list an Endocrinology and Diabetes SCE bank, but one finite pool is rarely enough alone because it trains recognition of its own items and its diabetes therapeutics freeze at its last edit. Pair it with a separate unseen layer for measurement and with clinician-checked dynamic-test interpretation, and verify its live count and price on the product page rather than trusting a headline figure.
Which SCE Endocrinology and Diabetes component does Licence Medical not reproduce well? Dynamic-function-test interpretation — reading paired, timed results from a short Synacthen, dexamethasone suppression, an aldosterone-to-renin ratio or a water-deprivation test and deciding the next confirmatory step — is the component no MCQ bank rehearses well, because the exam and the ward both demand sequential judgement rather than a single-fact selection. Build that with anonymised result sets reviewed by a consultant.
How many Licence Medical questions should I complete per day for SCE Endocrinology and Diabetes? Aim for distinct-concept coverage rather than raw volume — roughly 40 to 60 new items a day is sustainable around clinical work, each logged against a blueprint domain. Because the live count is vendor-reported and not independently verified here, do not pace yourself to "finish the bank" as a goal; pace yourself to cover the blueprint and to move to unseen items once recognition of a fixed set outpaces unseen performance.
When should I stop using Licence Medical and move to mixed mocks? Move to mixed, timed mocks when every blueprint domain clears its coverage and accuracy floor on unseen items, even if the first pass is incomplete. If your Licence Medical score is high but your unseen-block score lags, that gap is recognition, not readiness, and it signals a switch to mixed practice — not another pass through the same pool.
How should I combine Licence Medical with iatroX without duplicating practice? Give each one job: Licence Medical to learn and surface gaps, iatroX purely as the unseen-measurement layer that confirms transfer, following the two-Q-bank rule. Never answer the same item in both; when a Licence Medical question teaches a concept, test that concept on a fresh iatroX item so you measure transfer rather than memory of a stem.
Editorial notes and references
Written by Dr Kolawole Tytler, NHS GP and founder of iatroX. Last checked 21 July 2026. Vendor-reported figures (question counts, prices, access periods) change without notice and are labelled as such throughout; Licence Medical's live Endocrinology and Diabetes count and price were not independently verifiable at the last check and should be confirmed on the product page. Disclosure: iatroX operates a competing question resource, confined here to cross-specialty UK/MRCP-level knowledge and unseen-MCQ measurement — the job Licence Medical's bank does not claim; iatroX is not a specialty-specific SCE Endocrinology and Diabetes bank and does not reproduce clinician-supervised test interpretation. Corrections are welcome via the feedback route on iatrox.com.
References: The Federation — SCE in Endocrinology and Diabetes; Licence Medical — SCE Endocrinology and Diabetes; StudyPRN Endocrinology and Diabetes SCE; iatroX comparison hub, the two-Q-bank rule, what MCQ banks cannot prepare you for in SCE Endocrinology and Diabetes and the SCE knowledge bank.
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