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Here are the publicly shared MSRA Clinical Problem Solving paper example questions by NHS HEE on their site (HEE MSRA sample questions). All I have done is formatted them into a Pearson VUE style and added a timer, so you can practise the questions in a more efficient setting.
My view is that acquiring, updating and retaining knowledge is not a problem for doctors - it was embedded into us through medical school. Rather, the real challenge is to prepare efficiently, balancing our busy work and personal lives. Dedicating a chunk of time to sit in exam conditions, span the breadth of our recall is hard to do but I think is the most essential aspect to preparing well for this exam.
At the end of the mock is a breakdown of your results by raw score, specialty and question type. Once we reach 1000 participants, I will release some further descriptive stats (individual centile, median and interquartile range, question difficulty (percentage correct per question)... and anything else interesting!)
All you need to share is an email to send results.
Disclaimer: this is not an official resource. This is simply the freely available example questions formatted into a useful tool for MSRA preparation.
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Who holds your data: Jubilent Amalendran, the person who runs this resource, is the data controller.
What is collected:
- Your answers, score, timing option and time taken. These are stored without your email if you don't give one, and are used only for the anonymised group statistics.
- Your email address, only if you enter it and tick the consent box.
- Your marketing preference, only if you tick the optional box, and whether you have seen these questions before.
Why, and the lawful basis: to send your results and centile stats (consent), to produce anonymised group statistics (legitimate interests), and to send news of further resources only if you opted in (consent, which you can withdraw at any time by unsubscribing).
What we don't do: your data is never sold, and no published statistic identifies you.
How long it's kept: your email is kept until the stats have been sent, or until you ask for it to be deleted, whichever is sooner. Anonymised scores may be kept to compare future cohorts.
Your rights: you can ask to access, correct or delete your data, or withdraw consent, at any time by emailing the resource owner. Withdrawing consent doesn't affect processing already done. You can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).
This is not an official resource. Formatted to exam style by Jubilent Amalendran, GMC registered resident doctor.