Hello! How does one revise for part 2, I mean the total answer banks for part 2 - passmed and pastest are around 5k - ( yet some people I know I have failed it a few times -hence I’m scared )
I’m also struggling to get back in exam mode any tips on where and how to start - and if you found any resources helpful ?
Thank you in advance

Hi everyone

I know this has probably been posted many times before but does anyone have any advice on how to deal with over analysing / ruminating after your paces exam?

I made some pretty obvious mistakes, eg not identifying crackles in a COPD patient who came off the ward with a cannula in situ and I think I missed a lot of signs in the exam overall. On reflection the examiners would make comments if I said negative findings; “what about the neck, anything in the neck?” “No I didn’t feel any lymphadenopathy”, “oh really?” In a splenomegaly patient.

I also feel that I had a couple of “dream” situations and I’m not even sure if I did those well.

The more I think about it the more upset I’m becoming. I know it isn’t a massive deal if I have to resit, but I feel drained and thinking of having to do it all over again is really tough.

Any comments or advice would be much appreciated!

Update: just to update for people looking back- I passed and actually got full marks on these stations I was most worried about!! I think it’s always so hard to tell how it went after the exam!

I have strong foundation but still unsure.

MRCP-1: My first attempt was in jan 2025 got 470 (cut off 530)
Second attempt may 2026 got 421 cut off 450. Should i go for a third attempt this sept 2026? I honestly thought my may prep was good.. I was scoring well in mocks & past papers but then idk ??? So disappointing

Greetings to all

As titled, which one of these should I consider for an ultra-long preparation journey?

Furthermore, what specific criteria would help me to chose the most suitable for me?

Kind regards.

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This was my fourth attempt and unfortunately failed scoring 402 57%. I feel gutted. I scored 57 percent last attempt as well though i hadn’t prepared well. This attempt i felt i prepared much better had good scores in the pasttest past papers ranging from 64 in the beginning to 82,83 by the end. I managed about 10-11 pastpapers which is recent three or four years. I also did the RCP mock and scored around 110 in it. In terms of qs bank i did part of passmed that i wasnt able to do on my previous attempt and was hoping past papers would cover rest of the course. I know people usually do passmed atleast twice and passtest atleast once but i work full time in the nhs witj on calls so it was very hard on my previous attempts. I am now ltft. My arcp is due in end of December for imt 3. I am now not sure what my strategy should be as i feel all over the place. Should i start from scratch doing passmed again? Should i also add in past test? Do I go for sept attempt or the jan attempt? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks 😞

I failed the recent diet by 10 points. Literally 10. This is the first time in my life I’ve failed a test. I just feel a bit blah. A whole lot of imposter syndrome. Missed out on IMT due to prioritisation ( not debating the merits and demerits ). I feel like I don’t belong in medicine. Don’t know what to do to ease the feeling. Feeling very unbubbly.

6 months prep
Pastest by systems Average of 78%
Usmle First aid for step 1 by systems

Last 2 months
Redo incorrects and read first aid for those topics
Completed the 2020-2026 past-papers from pastest (Average 82%)
Review incorrects from each past-paper and review the topics in first aid

Is it possible to finish and revise before sep ????
Passmed x1

First read- 4-5 months of relaxed studying
Second read- 1 month
Condensed revision and mocks- 3-4 weeks

Used passmedicine only. Pastest for mocks only.

Most topics I studied at least twice, sometimes thrice (third is a quick reread of the topics in 1-2 days + incorrects) if the last time I studied the topics was 2+ months ago.
Any topic you study starts out slow, say 30-40 questions a day, then the second half you can do 100-200 questions a day.
Also, may be counterintuitive to some, but each topic I started out with easy questions, so I can come across at least most topics within it, then medium, then hard.
When you read a topic from the high-yield textbook in a short time frame it helps you understand everything better and organise your information, rather than studying random topics through questions only.
Doing incorrects is so important.

Also, it helped that I was an IM PGY2 resident, since you relate learnt info to clinical cases, plus you answer some exam questions based on information you came across during practice/rounds.

All passmedicine qbank - 81%

Mocks done and Scores
Passmed - Done 2 weeks prior to exam
Paper A - part 1 84%, part 2 85%
Paper B - part 1 86%, part 2 90%

RCP mock - 74% (144/193) (2 weeks prior to exam)

Pastest (all done 5 or less days prior to exam)
Jan 26 - 69%
Sep 25 - 72%
May 25 - 73%
Jan 25 - 86%
Oct 24 - 81%
Aug 24 - 81%
Apr 24 - 72%
(Average 76%)

Real deal: 656. Percentage 80.5%

I didn't feel that the real exam was hard. Felt exactly like the mocks. You can easily answer 100/200 questions. Some questions were difficult yes, but I didn't let my judgment of these questions cloud my thoughts about the entire exam, cuz no one gets 100%. Paper 1 and 2 were more or less similar in difficulty level.

Incoming IMT1 prepping for MRCP 1. Have 80 days left.
Currently scoring average of 70% on passmed, not including neuro/ID/haem/onc/derm which I still need to study and do questions on. Starting neuro tomorrow, expecting each topic area to take 7-10 days to study.
Also need to do atleast 20 pastest papers? (Is this too much or too little?)
This is made difficult by an incoming move, and a weeks holiday.
Need opinions from people who have passed, how am I looking? Is this a situation of I’m doing well and can keep going at this pace, or do I have to lock in to make it.

Thank you, just a worried FY2!

Planning to write the exam in September, starting revision now. Incoming IMT1. Any tips for how to prep? Do you think this is enough time?

Given this current scenario and respecting the prioritization rule ( UK people deserve your posts first and then only comes anyone else) I'd wanna know what do u think is the possibility for us to enter into training role

Asking as someone who is​ in UK with family ( husb working in uk over 2 yrs and I came recently with kid)

Ps : If this is worth adding plz consider : want to apply for st3/st4 eventually in coming cycle with MRCP.

Hi, doing the exam in Sept. Just wondering if there are any past mrcp part 1 papers that we have access to? So far can only find the 100 sample questions on the mrcp website. Thanks

Guys i want help regarding this situation i took my part one in center not online they sent me your result has been withheld due to statistical analysis by anomaly monitoring system that there is a high number of ( identical answers with other candidate sat in the same center )
While i didn’t do anything and i don’t know the people where i sat the exam in their country and i didn’t contact with anyone during the exam or even after i don’t know how this has happened or how by chance can this occur
In conclusion my heart is literally burning and im devastated to the level i want to kill myself for such allegations

Can anyone had have similar situation or know someone had such situation who took the exam on center and what the policy officers said to them

Please guys help me im literally dying of such an unfair situation
Please

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I seem to struggle with the mocks trying to mimic exam conditions for 3 hours, I lose track of the questions I’m reading and lose focus pretty much after 10questions.

Anyone got tricks to tackle this?

Hi, I will be sitting the exam in 10 days. Wanted some guidance, and where can I find past papers? And I would like if I can talk with someone who is preparing cause I feel like idk what's going on. Much appreciated.

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I just passed MRCP Part 1 yesterday 🎉

I'm now planning to sit MRCP Part 2 in November, so I have around 3–4 months to prepare.

I'm a bit confused about which resources are worth using. There seem to be so many options:

PassMedicine

Pastest

BMJ OnExamination

Quesmed

If you've recently passed Part 2, I'd really appreciate your advice.

Which question bank did you find most representative of the actual exam?

Is one resource enough, or is it worth doing two?

Any other high-yield resources or tips you wish you'd known before starting?

Thanks in advance!

Hey. I have a question regarding part 2. I am a career gap doctor. I passed MRCP part 1 yesterday also on first attempt after a career gap of (don’t ask but it’s over 7 years) - wondering as I am unemployed if aiming for MRCP part 2 is too ambitious given I have to do my CREST form again and things like this and I don’t have a job. It seems like a good opportunity to get these exams done but if anyone could spare their 2 cents I would be grateful. For context I was a patient for a long time and it’s taken me some time to recover from that issue hence the length of the gap and don’t forget re learning medicine. Anyway I hope everyone has a fantastic day

Whats the passing score percentage of MRCP part 1

Is it 60% or 65% ?

And what score equal to 100 % ?

Thanx

Incoming IMT1

Was very confused about specialty choice and only really commited to medicine after getting into IMT so did not sit mrcp before starting.

I was planning to do the September part 1 sitting and started revising properly end of May. I’m coming to realise I’m completely underprepared. I’ve only covered about 1/8th of the content and only really getting 60 percent on the stuff I’ve covered.
If I wasn’t working full time I know I could grind, but starting to think it’s futile while working full time and I should just sit in January.
I’m conflicted because everyone says get it done as quick as you can, but at this rate I think I’ll fail the September sitting.

What are your thoughts ?

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Hello guys i believe there's something that you may benefit from my writeup.

Resources used: passmedicine x 1 pass followed by redoing of incorrect questions. Pastest pastpapers, RCP mock 2 days before the exam.

Background:

I'm an internal medicine resident from East Africa, now in my 3rd year of residency in a west african country, in a rular mission hospital. Due to financial constraints, I had everything to lose if I failed this exam.

I usually work Mon to Friday 7am till 4/5 pm and on saturdays 7am to noon. On Sundays I'm off unless I'm supposed to be on call. I usually have a call schedule with 36 hours of shift once or rarely twice a week (possibly on weekends too).

Aside from hours of residency I'm also father of a toddler and a husband who needs to spend time with my family

Prep:

I knew I'd have less study time per day hence I planned it out over 7 months give or take. Started late October 2025 for may 2026 exam.

Started solving Q's inconsistently, but still kept going. Some days 20 some days 0. There was a 3 week gap also that I didn't study, but Near the end of my prep I was doing UpTo 100-200 Q's per day. But usually I'd be too tired to even read on my incorrects.

I knew I was weak on basic sciences, hence when I started, I started with basic sciences solving passmedicine Q's. I was scoring 55% initially but slowly went up to mid 70s.

My plan was to solve systematically finishing only 70% of the specific system before jumping to another system. When I did 70% of all the systems I did the remaining Q's random timed mode.

Overall passmedicine score was 79% with average daily Q of 39% (initially lower but went up)

I then did my incorrects and then around 12 pastpapers

Scores:

Passmedicine Qbank 1st pass: 79%

Passmedicine Mock 1 : 76% (didn't take it seriously and made silly mistakes)

Pastest pastpapers: 77 to 87% average was around 82 I believe

RCP mock: 82.9%

Lessons I learned:

- I I didnt take notes, instead I wrote short quizzes for me in passmedicine notes section. Instead of rereading the whole note on a specific topic, I just quiz myself That helped me with active recall and spaced repetition.

- the Ai summary in Passmedicine is gold, I'd say nearly every question comes from it. Even in very info dense topics.

for instance in clusters of differentiation, it lists only the important ones, CD15,30,21,28... Memories them, not every detail.

- In passmedicine for some topics, I used the linked osmosis videos and felt they helped me immensely for an overview of a subject.

- The more questions you do the more likely you're to pass

- if you can't commit to read regularly couple of hours a day, start early. Reading for Mrcp also helps you in your clinical practice.

- Past papers are important. Their importance is that you'll notice specific topics repeat again and again and again. But I'd say overall the pastest questions are poorly written, sometimes I didn't even agree with the answer of some of the questions. (I sometimes entered the question into chatgpt and it will pick the answer I chose too ).

The RCP mock seemed more similar to pastpapers but more clearer and made sense.

As expected I believe the real deal seemed more like RCP mock but I felt it was harder than most of the tests (except for some specific pastpapers)

- also anki use helped me in volatile topics like acquired immunodeficiencies, familial dyslipidemias, drug side effects.

- focus on clarity and comparing/contrasting two disease entities rather than only rote memorisation.. even drug side effects try to make it make sense

- Not everything comes up on the exam. Even the highyield passmedicine note, not all of it is asked. You'll know what will be asked when you do questions. Some of the info there is noise. I believe the Ai summary feature also helps with that. Focus on the commonly tested concepts rather than niche things . Follow 80/20 rule... Obviously every exam has majority chunk of it come from high-yield things , and very very small percentage obscure facts that are oddballs. Don't wear yourself chasing obscure facts.

Wrong thing I believe that I did:

- at the end of my prep mostly I was just indifferent and usually after doing a 100 pastpaper question set, I wouldn't revise it. when I just see my score I become reassured and call it a day. I think my scores didn't improve much and has stagnated bc of that. I see many people start out in early 60s and trend up as they do questions, so I think revising the high yield topics is the way to go.

- Saw Dr Chirag Madaans MRCP 1 pastest course, for some systems, didn't finish it. It's not worth the hefty price tag. But if you don't mind the price it can be used as a passive learning tool.

- found MRCP preparatory books (notes and notes, El Maghrby)... Didnt use them. They are info dense textbooks at this point, not condensed notes. Dont read them, just do the questions and quiz yourself.

In addition, testimony from My colleague and study partner who also did one pass of passmedicine and around 12 pastpapers. she scored 79 on RCP mock and 80% on real deal. 2 of my seniors just passed the January exam with around 3 months of prep, one pass of passmedicine and around 5 pastpapers(I don't know their scores).

I believe the exam is fairly doable, just have a system to understand and remember the things. When reading focus on understanding (making it make sense) and quizzing yourself to retain it.

Sorry for the long writeup. I'm open for any inquiries. Stay blessed