blog

Both are self-directed question banks. OnTrack has a longer track record and broader content. Pharm Educate has more concise, exam-focused content with strong answer rationale.

PharmRev gives you 1,200+ ready-made, pharmacist-verified flashcards. Anki gives you complete flexibility to build cards from your own weak areas. PharmRev is faster to start; Anki...

Passmedicine brings analytics from the medical exam world. Pre-Reg Shortcuts brings pharmacy-specific teaching and community. Data-driven self-study vs guided community preparation...

Pre-Reg Shortcuts is comprehensive (courses + Q-bank + live sessions + mocks). Pharm Educate is lean and focused (concise Q-bank with strong rationale). Full-service vs affordable ...

Pre-Reg Shortcuts is course-led with live teaching and community. OnTrack is a self-directed question bank. Pre-Reg Shortcuts suits trainees needing structure; OnTrack suits self-d...

RPS membership provides clinical guidelines, prescribing frameworks, the Pharmaceutical Journal, CPD support, and the advanced credentialing pathway. Most foundation trainees join ...

CPPE provides free, NHSE-funded CPD for pharmacists — e-learning, assessments, workshops. Directly relevant to foundation training and post-registration development. Also hosts the...

The BNF is tested directly in the CRA — drug interactions, dosing, contraindications, and monitoring in Part 2, plus calculation data in Part 1. Unlike medical trainees who can app...

The GPhC provides official example questions on their website — free, authoritative, and the single most important resource because they show exactly what the exam looks like. Most...

The Pharmaceutical Journal (RPS) published a three-part series on CRA preparation — framework-guided revision, question technique, and exam strategy. The closest thing to 'official...

Coditioning published one of the most detailed free GPhC exam guides available — covering format, marking, eligibility, topic weighting, and preparation strategy. Genuinely useful ...

Focus Pre-Reg offers a GPhC question bank plus expert-led BNF chapter recordings and live events. The combination of Q-bank and BNF teaching is distinctive — most platforms offer o...