What not to do for MRCP Part 1

It's always very important to know "what not to do"  and when we talk about MRCP(UK) it become utmost important . There are few important things you must avoid doing while preparing for Part 1 examination.

1. Don't try to read 'Big Books ' such as 'Kumar &clark','Harrison ', 'Cecil's ' .my statement here may seem not very appropriate by some 'Nerds' but you must know when you are studying for MRCP you only study MRCP not Medicine because there is a possibility that you may lost in the piles of information given in text books and it will eat up your precious time and when you are doing questions you are still struggling .

2. you must be aware that UK has it's own guidelines and doctors outside of UK rely heavily on USA based guidelines so please try to avoid that ,I personally feel USA guidelines are more evidence based and backed by major clinical trials but again for the purpose of MRCP exam you must stick with NICE/SIGN/RCP guidelines.

3.Don't use multiple resources for preparation I.e if you are using pastest or Passmedicine /onexamination online qbank then stick with one because key for passing the exam is Perseveration,

Repeat it as long as it become reflex action.

I.e when you see a patient with flank pain and severe headache ,you must know it is Adult polycystic kidney disease .

The one problem doctors face during preparation of exam is how to revise ! Because you have extended your study resources so much that it will be almost impossible to revise it in the end ,hence minimize your resources be as precise you can be and  believe me Reading Passmedicine and 'the only MRCP notes you ever need ' will be enough to sail through the exam.

4.don't get bogged down by seeing low score on online question banks,use it as revision tool not assessment tool! You are doing retrograde learning not anterograde so it doesn't matter your score is 45% or 65% as long you read the explanation very well and put it intact in your cortex.

5.Don't panic by the length of the questions,MRCP designs these questions in this manner because they want you to quickly scan through important datas and be able to find relevant findings ASAP .

( even in real life practice ,if you are working in acute medicine ,you do the same thing,ain't it?)