Frequently Asked Questions

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What Questions are Available?

The database currently contains over 2000 multiple choice format questions. Questions are available on the following topics:

  • General Medicine/ General Surgery

  • Orthopaedics

  • Rheumatology

  • Pharmacology

  • Infectious Diseases

  • Statistics and Genetics

  • Paediatrics

  • Psychiatry

  • Dermatology

  • ENT

  • Ophthalmology

Is the database updated?

Yes, the database is updated regularly by professional question designers and EMQ/SBA format content will be coming shortly.

I have heard of EMQs/SBAs, what are they?

EMQs or Extended Matching Questions require that you match a number of given scenarios to a number of given answers. The answers pertain to many scenarios and may be used once, more than once or not at all.

SBAs or Single Best Answer Questions require that you match the single most appropriate answer for the given scenario from an available list.

For more information on Question types refer to the national recruitment website www.gprecruitment.org.uk

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What is the best way to revise for the exam?

See our "How to Revise" section under the Guidance menu on the homepage.

What are the Competency Based Questions?

The Competency Based Questions or CBQs are short essay type questions of no more than 250 words that were included in the old format in a separate paper following on from the MCQ examination. These have now been replaced with the Professional Dilemma section which includes the SJTs, but we have kept this section on our website to help you prepare for interviews at the stage 3 selection. For example CBQs check out our CBQ section here; subscribers have free access to more advice on answering these questions in addition to some example answers.

What is a Situational Judgement Test?

The Situational Judgement Test (SJT) was introduced as a reasearch tool in September 2006, that is to say it was introduced to see if it could be used in further assessments to select suitable candidates. It did not, therefore, form part of the assessment and had no influence on marking or selecion. It is now anticipated that it will be used in the 2007 selection.

The SJT is a test of judgement and behaviours, in a way similar to the CBQ section as it matches your suitability to the National Person Specification. It is not, therefore, a test of knowledge and can't as such be 'revised for'. we do, however, provide some example questions in our Situation Judgement Test section here