How I Passed MRCP Part 1 in 3 Months (Tips & Resources)

0:00 so here you are after making the right decision in choosing medicine over surgery but now you have to take your MCB part one now don't worry you're in the right place I'm Dr adad an internal medicine resident in the UK and lucky for you I've passed both my mrcv part one and part two this year and I will tell you everything about preparing for it the right way so let's get into it the MRCP is made up of two written exams and a practical one called paces and you need to pass all three to become a member of the Royal College of Physicians it's a requirement for Internal Medicine uh traines in the UK and elsewhere and is a quite reputable and um a pretty difficult exam but with

0:46 the right preparation and mindset it's definitely doable the mrcb part one topics consist of different clinical Medical Specialties plus some basic science topics such as genetics phac ology Anatomy statistics and Etc um you can see a list of the topics on the screen the exam itself is made up of 200 best of five mcqs and is available worldwide four times a year it's a long proed online exam made uh split into two papers each with 100 questions over three hours with an hour break in between so in total it will be seven long hours so let's get into how you should prep prepare to make sure you'll only have to go through this once so

1:35 preparation time this all depends on you if you're working full-time and have limited time or not very good discipline then I would recommend four to 6 months if you're not working much or you're very disciplined and can set aside 2 to three hours a day then 3 months should be enough time to prepare I personally prepared in just over three months how many hours a day well I was working full-time as an internal medicine resident when preparing if you are in the same boat um then this is what I did I would set aside two to three hours a day for three months and then maybe five to six hours a day a few weeks before the exam now what I found uh more

2:20 important was to let this exam take over your life for a few months on the train for 20 minutes you could do 10 question queuing for your coffee you could do three questions before you doze off to sleep do 10 questions basically any chance you get take out your phone do a few questions now number two what resources to use I personally used past medicine um which have a question Bank of around five to um 6,000 questions um I aimed uh for 100 questions a day um and unless I was having an exceptionally crappy day or was on nights on call or something drastic I would push myself to get through 100 questions a day um they have

3:09 a good question bank and their online textbook is good I would recommend using p medic for question bank and for their online textbook you can make take your own notes on questions and topics which makes revising them for a second time easier um past test um I only use their past papers um I would recommend only using um it for p papers um a few weeks before your exam I personally think the style of questions and explanations um and the online textbook of past medicine is better than past test now this is my opinion um the main decisive factor for me um was that past medicine um split the information in their textbook into smaller more manageable bits of

3:56 information um compared to the more extensive chunk of text that past test includes in their explanations and online textbook um a third resource I would recommend as an additional studying tool is MRCP updates um they have a really good pass papers and what I personally used it for was for its online textbook um they have well put together high yield online textbook which is great for visual Learners um I've included a link in the description if you want to give them ourc update um ago uh join through the link and you will get 40% off I'm not sponsored by any of these people um this is only my personal experience and what I found uh

4:44 worked for me that I'm sharing with you um number three um how was my studying schedule 100 questions a day whatever happens try and reach that goal this means missing out on some outings nights out over the weekends but um prepare well for a few months and get it out of the way um I did pass medicine's question Bank twice the first time I went through it um I was aiming for 100 questions a day um and I did this by specialty all the while I was using Past medicine's online textbook and MRCP updates online textbook um to study um I find it essential to read the topics especially the ones you know you need some revising on and the online textbooks are quite con SI and only

5:30 include high yield information so it will not be like studying a textbook from Medical School it took me two months um to go through the question bank once by specialty um and read the online textbook uh once with it um this meant doing questions whatever chance I got throughout the day um and setting aside two to three hours a day to study the next month I went through the question bank again this time not by special and random I can't stress how important this is because the exam questions are randomly allocated and not knowing which system or topic the question belongs to is an added difficulty and you don't want to experience it first time on the exam so the second time you go through

6:16 the bank randomly allocate the questions I aimed for 200 questions on round two and managed to get through the bang for the second time in a month um the last one to two weeks is all about doing past papers I would recommend past tests and MRCP update past papers um I personally went through um around 15 past papers uh make sure you also do the official mock exam on the MRCP website now number four keep your chin up by the time you will take this exam you've gotten into medical school you have passed Medical School you've started working as a doctor you have crazy working hours with 12-hour shifts and night shifts where you're probably

7:02 work to the limits of your physical and mental capacity on top of that you're expected to study for and pass membership exams in your own time so if you're feeling overwhelmed it's okay you're not alone I personally sometimes felt like the people around us don't understand but I get it you work eight hours or 12 hours get home study another 2 to three hours go to bed and only to do the same all over again tomorrow tomorrow keep your chin up Brave through it for a few months and you will achieve this Milestone like all the others you have before do remember to like And subscribe to the channel if you enjoyed the content you can find on the screen two videos where I explain two common MRCP topics and include MRCP

7:48 style questions in the end um I'm also planning to do a few videos where we'd answer MRCP questions together to stress the importance of having the right thought process while answering questions but that's the topic for another video if you had any questions please leave a comment down below or message me on X um I would be more than happy to help thank you for watching and I will see you next time