Trickcyclists.co.uk - Revision notes, OSCEs, MCQs, and Exam preparation for MRCPsych candidates

Trickcyclists.co.uk is a free resource for psychiatry trainees who are studying for their membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The site offers notes for the exams, advice on the Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) Exam, more OSCEs than any other web resource, MCQs, PMPs, and the most complete listing of MRCPsych courses on the web.

New OSCEs: 3/6/08: More example linked stations have been added.

Updated OSCEs: Over the next few months, OSCEs will be reviewed and updated, in order to reflect the changes in the new exam format. Linking stations will play a significant part in the exam and the OSCE stations here will begin to reflect that. In addition, many OSCEs will include 'cheat sheets' and additional information for the task.

Updates:

15/10/08: New 'Neuroanatomy for Psychiatry' course announced (24 January 2008).

14/10/08: Statistics & Research Methodology course announced by Cambridge Course (15&16 November 2008).

9/10/08: New Paper 3 Course announced by Cambridge Course (15&16 November 2008).

17/9/08: The Oxford MRCPsych Course now has FREE videos for the CASC. | New Course added - eMRCPsych course (Leicester).

24/8/08: New Course added - Newcastle Course.

Events:

16-17/10/08: Faculty of General & Community Psychiatry Annual Residential Meeting. Radisson Hotel, Manchester.

MRCPsych Examinations:

The College has changed the format of postgraduate exams. You can read details of the new exams here.

UPDATE: The College have published an updated candidate guide to the CASC. Within it, they have stated that all stations carry equal weight. Therefore, you cannot fail the CASC because you fail one single station.

Some details of the June 2008 CASC were released by the College. Essentially, the exam will consist of 12 x 10 minute stations, all of them linked (i.e. 6 x paired stations). The first station will be a "clinical task" whilst the second will be a related task. Each station will have 2 minutes of preparation time and there will be a 1-minute warning.

For details on how to apply for the exam, see the Royal College of Psychiatrists Examinations webpages. The examinations calendar is now provided by the College as a PDF document.

View the latest MRCPsych pass list.

Trickcyclists.co.uk: Start here for the MRCPsych Exam