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The RCGP publishes feedback after every AKT sitting, and the same domains recur cohort after cohort: neurology, data interpretation, prescribing in older adults, ophthalmology, and...

Pass marks move between sittings, and that is a feature, not a flaw. The main methods used to set medical exam standards, Angoff, statistical equating, scaled scores, cohort normal...

International medical graduates pass UK postgraduate exams at lower rates than UK graduates. The data on the MRCGP attainment gap, what the research says about its structural cause...

For international medical graduates working in the NHS who are looking at Australia, the AMC CAT is the Standard Pathway exam. The pathway steps, the exam format, the specific trap...

No, the MRCGP AKT is a linear, fixed-form exam, not computer-adaptive, even though it is now IRT-scored. The AKT format, how Item Response Theory and Angoff set the standard, and h...

No, the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test is a linear, fixed-form exam, not computer-adaptive. What the AKT format actually is, how its pass mark is set with per-item standards across b...

The AKT changed twice recently: a visible move to 160 questions in 160 minutes from October 2025, and an invisible switch to Item Response Theory as the primary statistical analysi...

Computer-adaptive testing selects each question based on your running ability estimate, measuring you precisely with fewer items. How a CAT actually works, why UK royal colleges ke...

After the Prioritisation Act, whether PLAB is still worth it depends entirely on your profile. A decision framework by situation, the real end-to-end economics, what GMC registrati...

The MRCGP has three moving parts: the AKT, the SCA, and the portfolio, and most trainees stitch together separate tools for each. What each layer needs, the real cost of fragmentat...

Most SCA preparation drills consultation skills and neglects the clinical management knowledge the exam also tests. Why simulation alone is not enough, the management-accuracy prob...

The SCA is marked across three domains: data gathering, clinical management, and relating to others. What each domain rewards with concrete positive and negative indicators, the mo...