Journal

Advice and Guidance can save an unnecessary referral and get you fast specialist input, or it can waste a request and a week. The difference is how you ask. The routes available, w...

Skin problems are among the most common and most image-dependent presentations in general practice. The dermatology resources that actually earn a place in UK primary care: PCDS, N...

Vague rash descriptions get vague advice. Describing skin precisely is a learnable framework that gets you a useful answer from teledermatology or Advice and Guidance, and sharpens...

AMC exam communities help IMGs with the Australian pathway, resource choices and morale, but they also spread outdated information about an adaptive exam that many candidates misun...

WhatsApp is everywhere in UK medicine, but the rules around it are widely misunderstood. What the GMC actually requires, the difference between operational coordination and patient...

A practical, honest map of where UK doctors actually go online: doctor-only networks, public discussion, peer support, education, locum work, clinical reference and specialist advi...

The MSRA is a strong predictor of MRCGP exam performance, which makes your MSRA result a useful early-warning signal, not a verdict. What prediction does and does not mean, why a l...

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...

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 Prescribing Safety Assessment is a linear, fixed-form exam, not computer-adaptive. The PSA format of 60 items in two hours, how its pass or fail standard is set, and how to...

A four-way comparison of the major licensing routes for international medical graduates in 2026: eligibility, exam format, cost, timeline, training access, and the honest pros and ...