We can’t promise that these will come up – but know these conditions inside out and you’ll have taken the most rational approach possible to your preparation and placed the odds on your side. Station five There are a bunch of clinical conditions which are super-stable over time. They’re often quite uncommon or rare in clinical practice, but over-representated in the MRCP PACES exam. Then we’ll move onto rare conditions that are disproportionately likely to appear in the MRCP PACES exam. There is very significant selection bias inherent in the cases that show up on exam day. If you have insight into this selection bias you can use it to more effectively target your revision.

It might be a good idea to look at the hospital online and see if they have specialist clinics or are a centre of excellence for a certain condition. We have found over 3,000 different accounts of MRCP PACES exams, and what cases came up for various candidates. In fact, there’s a good chance none of these things will present on your wards at all between you applying for MRCP PACES and turning up for your exam.Prepare for the PACES exam with over 340 hi-res, ‘gold standard’ PACES examination videos showing best-practice from model exam candidates It’s also not very likely to come up. The patient’s clinical signs would be expected to have recovered in between being recruited and the exam day. What you could get is bronchiectasis as a complication of a previous severe pneumonia. Even though that is less common in day to day hospital medicine, it is more likely to come up in an exam. The number of conditions here is far more varied, as anything can come up (including with actors rather than patients). We still want you to have a great chance to clear your exam, though – so we’re proud to present a “Top Twenty” conditions to ensure you get adequate curriculum coverage. I’m sure that if you’ve got as far as entering PACES you’ll have seen patients with pneumonia come into hospital.

Our PACES subscription contains a variety of cases for each PACES station. The layout of the stations and the subject matter simulates the real exam allowing you to revise for a clinical exam online. As well as clinical videos our PACES preparation resource contains a variety of resources which help you to gain the theoretical knowledge needed to pass PACES. These include MRCP PACES tips for each station, role-play material which enables you to replicate the cases in each station, and MRCP PACES podcasts. Listen on the go to candidates presenting their examination findings, and case critiques provided by examiners We’ve listed the ten most common cases for all of respiratory, abdominal, neurology and cardiology. That was the advice I was given when I started out preparing for my MRCP PACES – by a very experienced examiner. Watch this sample case video which follows the new PACES 2023 exam format, due to be introduced in 2023/3.But we can tell you exactly which cases come up most commonly in MRCP PACES, based on the most comprehensive survey ever conducted of previous candidates. Our sources Another great example would be a young patient with asthma. They come in with a widespread wheeze throughout their chest. But come exam day their chest could easily be completely clear. The Pastest PACES videos are really fantastic, especially the Neurology & BCC ones. The pdf discussions also greatly helped during revision. Practising the stations gave me great confidence to complete in the specified time. I strongly recommend Pastest to anyone who wishes to clear MRCP PACES with a good score. All the people involved have done a great job. It’s super-common for candidates to find out their exam location and date, and immediately try to figure out what cases have come up at that hospital previously. Now in full colour, it features new case material, updated content on ethics and law, and revised brief clinical consultations that better reflect the current exam. Cases for PACES also includes hints and tips for preparing for the exam, and what to expect on the day.

Fluids, antibiotics, potentially inotropes – you know the drill. It’s the sort of thing all medical doctors will definitely encounter repeatedly before they even get close to taking their MRCP PACES. We committed to ensuring that our PACES resource was fully aligned with the new Stations and timings, and it is now available for candidates taking the exam from 2023/3 onwards. You’ll need to familiarise yourself with this kind of thing before exam day. That’s ultimately why MRCP PACES courses might have a role to play in your exam preparation – they provide you with access to the same sort of patients that you might not see on the wards. When researching your exam centre it is important to make sure that there is at least 3-4 hours after the official end of your exam before you travel away from the exam centre. If there are delays in the exam you do not want to be worrying about travelling afterwards and only want to be focusing on the exam. Improve your ability to recognise clinical signs with our large bank of images, with sections including Skin, Fundoscopy, Gait/Neurology and moreSeven core skills are assessed in PACES: Physical Examination, Identifying Physical Signs, Clinical Communication, Differential Diagnosis, Clinical Judgement, Managing Patients’ Concerns, and Maintaining Patients’ Concerns. Use a variety of resources and real life practice to strengthen all these skills. Common questions for MRCP PACES candidates are “does anyone have any experience of XX hospital?” and “what is likely to come up in my MRCP PACES exam?” You are better off spending your time practising your examination skills, practising history and communication scenarios and making sure that you have covered the entire curriculum. If you are not a UK native, then you should watch some videos online to familiarise yourself with the regional accents. A lot of non-UK born candidates struggle with the regional accents that are within the UK. Cover all these “Top Ten’s” in detail and you’ll have covered a disproportionately large chunk of the curriculum. There’s a decent chance that if you have a sound ability to diagnose these conditions then you’ll clear PACES entirely..