How I ranked top 10% in MRCP Part 1: My Study Strategy
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In this video, I go through my revision strategy that helped me rank top 10% in MRCP Part 1 on my first attempt including the planning, study process, and my top tips for the most effective materials and methods. I discuss my favourite resources and platforms including Anki, mindmaps and questionbanks to give you an idea of the study process. I took this exam in the first available sitting as a UK foundation year 2 doctor and although it was a tough and encompassed lots of content, if you go in with a plan and can be consistent with your revision, it's definitely doable 🤓
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
0:00 Intro
0:38 Total revision time
1:14 1. Planning Your Revision
1:44 My research on the exam
3:52 My approach to learning
5:09 My central revision document + schedule
6:34 2. My Revision Process and resources used
11:16 My last weeks of revision
12:13 3. My top resources and tips
15:07 Summary of key points + Outro
A bit about myself:
Hey guys! I'm Matt, a junior doctor 👨⚕️ working in London in the UK. I've had so many incredible experiences as a doctor and my journey to getting where I am today and so I decided to try put them somewhere: this channel is it! I mostly post about my life as doctor but I put out educational content about things that I think I have something worth sharing, such as about studying, medical school or productivity.
Connect with me:
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If you found this useful, please like + subscribe to see more videos about medicine, mindset and productivity 👍 I'd also love to hear how you guys approach exam revision - what are your best study techniques and why?
Raj Bose
2 hours ago
Hello Matthew hope you are keeping well , thank you for creating such a helpful video with such useful content. I wish i could be as planned as you are, you have definitely inspired me.I want to request if it would it be possible for you to share your mnemonics with me please, it would be of great help (raj.bose17@gmail.com) Thank you.
Hello mathew, your video is helpful. Wanted to ask if 64% in passmedicine was your overall performance in the revision or your first time question solving score in passmedicine?
LOVED THIS VIDEO! Could you please link Questionbank in the description? Not able to find it.. Thank you in advance
Hi, I was wondering if there's a way you can share your notes or mneumonics ?
could you provide the excel sheet (schedule) which you made to use as a template that helps in making our own sheets?
What a brilliant, concise video Matthew! Helped me a lot to start planning my study schedule for MRCP. Thank you!
Damn top 10%, first decile gang! Smashed it bro and this was fun to watch, very authentic and genuine advice! Still some way for me but I’ll keep it in mind 🤟🏾
Thanks man, always trying to keep it real and put useful tips that I hope will help others out there 👍
Amazing organization skills and mindset! Congrats again on passing the MRCP :)
Thanks man, really appeciate the support! Was definitely an interesting experience and now that I've passed, hoping to help others in the same position 👍
Thank you! Looking forward for the mnemonics :D
Just been working on that today - video will be coming out in a weeks time for the mnemonics!
Hi Matthew! Thanks for your video. It is superhelpful. Looking fowards for your next videos re: part 2 MRCP preparation and strategies. God bless
Hi congratulations on your score! Quick Question: where did you find the respective years mocks .. in your study scheudle you have the mocks for each cohort jan 2020, sep 2019, may 2019 etc. Where did you find these? Thanks enjoyed the video and very helpful !
Hi matthew! How did you know your percentile ranking? Does the report of test results also come with ranking? Im just very curious. Thank you and keep it up!
Thank you very much Matthew! It’s been very helpful. Could you please make a video about the magic for optimizing Anki? 😊🙏
Hi Matt. You mentioned you used Passmedicien/Pastest/BMJ to do your mock exams and practice papers. Did you have to subscribe to each question bank and pay the whole value to all of them or are these tests elsewhere too?
Really liked the idea of using a spreadsheet and central revision document to track your progress and keep you accountable - will be adding this to my exam revision technique in the future! Thanks for sharing with us :)
It proved really useful! Notion is great for tracking your revision progress and resources as well :) it also has the added benefit of being able to set reminders
Thank you so much for such a useful video! The spreadsheet you used to organise your revision looks amazing. Is there any way you can share the file on your channel description/ website?
The first 6 seconds is/was/will be my reaction to all the years of med school and beyond ahah. Great video 👊🏽 if this is how you present in OSCES- no wonder you smash your exams man! A much awaited video since your prev. Exam videos. Slick and to the point. Love it!
Big congratulations bro 🎉knocked it out the park!
How much do you think your day-to-day job prepared you?
Haha the first 6 second is medicine summed up isn't it 😂 thank you for the kind words man really appreciate it and means a lot! Medicine can be overwhelming at times and I find breaking it down to be really helpful
I would say that my day to day job definitely helped me with feeling more confident in the management of common conditions and first line management e.g. Chest pain, SOB etc. I although the questions are rarely straightforward and usually test further knowledge. I'd actually say 50% of the exam knowledge was from my med school finals and the other 50% I learned fresh, so overall not a HUGE step up but enough to need to put in some work 😅
@@mattbklee one hurdle down 💪🏾
10000 more steps in medicine to go, the grind never stops 😴
Hi dr Lee. Firstly this was an excellent video. Extremely well thought out and executed. I am strongly considering doing the part 1 exam and am overwhelmed to say the least. Your timetable and flash cards would be so interesting to see! Please , if possible
Thank you for your kind words! I've been figuring out how to share these with people, hopefully I can get them out somehow :) I hope my mnemonics video will help a little at least!
@@mattbklee Hi dr Lee. Firstly, much thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, the mnemonics video was quite helpful, thank you for sharing !! Just trying to make this study timetable is quite daunting. That honestly is my biggest issue right now. Time allocation. Knowing which topics I should spend more time on. And how much studying vs questions. Any advice ? Would be so very much appreciated !!!
I appreciate you imparting the knowledge and enthusiasm Matt. I’ve few couples of subspecialties to revise before the exam and I was thinking about doing another Qbank(pastest), but at this point, I think it’s better to review what I’ve learnt. Love your video, great editing and tips and I’m looking forward to see more videos from you!
Hi Andrew, thank you so much! Sounds like you're making good progress in your revision. Once you've finished one questionbank, what the most effective thing to do next is depends on how confident you are with content. What might be worth doing is focusing on your weaker aspects and things like flashcards for repetitive review are really helpful! You can also consider doing mock papers as these will give you an idea of what to expect + give you pointers on your weak aspects (I was still discovering new content even up to exam day - you can't revise it all!). Ultimately, there are so many resources out there that it's really impossible to do it all, so it's about tailoring your revision to suit your needs. Hope this was helpful, and thank you so much for your support again 😊 Hope to stay in touch and all the best for your exam revision!
True to that, I encountered many new questions even after reading so much and this scared me a lil bit at times. Thanks for your advice Matt. I’ll be moving to UK soon to work in the NHS and I hope you post more videos about the life of junior doctors, building CV, making networks. As a fellow asian doctor, I can relate very much with your content and I am inspired by your passion and work. Keep it up mate!
Hi ! This is a very useful video! Do you by any chance have the schedule on google sheets, for various subjects/specialities? I’m working in A&E also ! And I’m a bit anxious so I was just hoping for a kind of reference to create the same
Amazing video! These study skills will be very helpful for my final year exam preparation!!! Will be pleased to see how u do Anki cards. Currently I’m using Notion app mainly for revision but I feel like Anki can be really helpful during last minute prep just to remember some of the difficult bits...Just a suggestion for your future videos : transition from med student to junior doctor in terms of lifestyle, studies and many more, things to know for new FY doctors! All the best! 😁🤩
Notion is amazing! I use it for general life organisation, not used it from a studying capacity but I'm sure its great 😊 love the suggestion for videos! I'll definitely do one for things to know for new doctors as well as some lifestyle stuff outside medicine ☺️ anki as well since its so relevant in our revision. Thanks again Priya!
Much awaited video, well done 👏🏻 Please share the mnemonics, will be really helpful.
Thank you 😇
Hi Shreya, thanks for your kind words. I'd quite like to share it as well - just trying to figure out if it would be better in a video or as a word post. Let me give it some thought and get back to you 😊
Amazing video and congrats! Subscribed! I was wondering if you could do a video on how you used Anki for your revision. I always find that I don't link concepts as well with Anki esp for clinical medicine (pre-clinical was probably alright as it didn't require as much linking of concepts together)
Hey Charlene thank you 😊 you read my mind! I've actually been planning an Anki video for a while and will try get it out in the next few weeks! Merry Christmas :)
Wow congratulations!
Few months back I started using Anki for the first time in my life but still now I can't understand how it should be used for clinical subjects. Can you make a tutorial on making Anki decks and share those that you made? TIA 😊
Hi Monira, thank you so much! I definitely understand where you're coming from - flashcards are amazing for learning but only in specific situations, and definitely together with other resources. A video on using Anki was on my list of to-do list but I've just bumped it up to try get it out sooner 😊 I'll try get my flashcards out at some point too but I tailored them towards the knowledge points I was lacking, and as a result it doesn't form a comprehensive overview of a specialty. I'll see what I can do though!
Excellent!!! I m planning to take MRCP part 1 on coming August. Your video helps me a lot to study .
I am planning for mrcp in August too. Lets pair up for prep
@@hammadkazmi2382 Yeah, it's great. Let's do it together.
Smashed it bro this video was super useful!
Appreciate your kind words and I'm glad it was useful! Also putting out a few other resources soon if that will be helpful 👍
Congrats Dr Lee for your amazing results. I am waiting for my MRCP 1 results to confirm that I failed. But I thought that the purpose of studying for MRCP was to do the best for my patients. And the exam made me believe in it.Amazing exam!
I completely agree! Unfortunately there are obstacles in medicine we need to overcome to progress, but the ultimate goal is to become a better doctor for our patients.
@@mattbklee I passed. Phew!
i got 940 which is good I guess. Reading the NICE guidelines and Passmedicine helped me
Hi Matthew ! Thank you for your video !! It was quite informative and precise . It would be very helpful if you could share your flash cards and mnemonics? I’m planning to take MRCP in May ‘21 . Is it possible to do well only with q banks or would you recommend studying from passtest. I’m asking because I have 3 months Tor the exam.
Hi shreya, glad you found this useful! You can find a video for the mnemonics here, I'll try and share my flashcards when I can 😊 czcams.com/video/7-JGVgb_uqg/video.html
Good evening sir.....
Sir just wanted to know what technical difficulties did you face,so that they can be avoided during exams?
Thank you.
Hey Matthew! I have a big problem which is how long i should spend reading the kalra book.. I just started and do 2 to 4 hours a day, and today is my 4th day of reading cardio!!!!
Should i just skim it and then focus on questions and make notes from passmed explanations? Thanks!!
Hi champ! Loved ur video, have followed each and every step u hv adviced buddy , hopefully I clear part 1!!
my exams in a weeks time, what’s ur last minute revision tips?
Hi Matt thanks for the video! Any chance you could please share your study plan template? All the subsections you created for the specialities are so helpful!!
Hi! How many correct responses do you need to crack mrcp 1?
And how many did you get correct to get into the top 10%?
Congratulations and thank you for the video.
Thanks bro for such a wonderful information and motivation 🙏🙏
Thank you DR Lee for sharing your hardwork secrets,indeed it has motivated me alot as exams are coming soon for me.I wish you all the very best in your part 2 exams keep it up the good work always,Indeed hardwork and sacrifices in our medical profession pays off heavenly.God bless you always Dr Lee
Just subscribed. You are awesome!
could you provide the excel sheet (schedule) which you made to use as a template that helps in making our own sheets?
Thank you so much for this video, so informative. Please also share your mnemonics.
Hey Your video is really useful, so already liked and subscribed but i wanted to know aren't there any theory sources for MRCP part 1?
cuz my plan is go with the Pass medicine book,pas test pdfs and pass medicine question bank so all of them contains practice, can you help me through this?
Hey matt…how many questions you used to solve everyday and how many time did you revise the question you solved from pass medicine in order to crack the part 1.. and let me know if you revised pastest as-well….thankyou very much
Please do a video about online application step by step for MRCP part 1. How can I send my PMQ??
Can you share the speciality wise segregation and planning excel sheet , please??
Please tell me from which website to buy these books and question Banks which u mentioned
Hi @drmattlee, thank you for this informative video and for taking the time to explain your process. Would you be able to share your study schedule sheet? It would be very helpful. Thanks
One more thing. How many days before the test date did you start the mock papers ? 😥
Don't mind brother, but just a query, how do i know my number is on the top 10% of worldwide?
Hi Matthew! Love your videos. Thank you for the detailed explanations. Is it possible for you to send the google sheet of your revision and time table please??
Hi Matthew, just wondering, you wrote the number of pages for each speciality from maternal medicine to psychiatry. Where those pages are from?
I'd love to just rewrite your spreadsheet lol. I'm literally just copy-pasting now
Very helpful information bro 🙏👍👍
it's very very veryyyyyy helpful. Thanks!
You're welcome!
I need help with the application for the May 11th test date. I have created the account. Next step seems to be uploading the PMQ ? Is that right ? If yes then my Uni hasn't issued the it yet. All in have is a provisional registration certificate. Is it enough ?
Hi Syed, to confirm your application to MRCP you’ll need to have your certificate from your medical degree - provisional is not normally accepted at this point for exam application (same in the UK, as we are not allowed to take until after provisional registration). Hope that helps!
Do we need to remember lab values and drug doses?? Plz reply :(
Really useful video . Thanks for sharing. Please share your mnemonics as well.
Thank you so much Annesha 😊 I am currently just fixing up the resource and finding a platform to share it so I hope to release it soon - stay tuned!
thanks dr, keep going
Which question bank would you recommend?
Well done, matthew! I think i love you! Hahah
Thank you 😂😎
Are passmed n bmj on e enough for part1?
Coz i hav no time for pas test
Hey. Can IMGS appear for UK online exam there in UK for part one? I am planning to travel for august diet and i need your help
Sir do we have to upload attested evidence of our work experience also when applying for MRCP 1?
hi Matt, could you please share your anki flashcards set?
Hey matthew very informative video! Can u please share mnemonics. Thanks 😊
How much maximum gap can one have between Mrcp part 1and 2
Hello doctor & congratulations!...I have a query....where do they mention the percentile? How did you know that you scored in the top 10 percentile?
Hey Doc Matthew can u please share your anki cards?
Hey Matthew, thank you for this video.
Can you share your Anki deck with us?
yes please
Yes we need your anki deck. If u can share
did he share them eventually?
Apart from the revision time (ie 3 months ). How long and what resources did you study before the 3 months ?
Hi Syed, most of my planning (as I go through in the video) was done before the 3 months of dedicated revision time but aside from that I didn't do much studying. I would read up on conditions while seeing them in the hospital but as a bulk of the knowledge is preclinical the most helpful thing is spending time studying, and I found questionbanks and flashcards most helpful for this purpose. Hope that was helpful and please let me know if you have any other questions!
@@mattbklee thank you for taking out the time.
Is MRCP UK available online out of the UK? It is so hard to apply for visas, alot of time wasted
How do u know the subspecialty subtopics
Which is better ?
Pastest or passmedicine ?
Where can I get your flash card? I am a mom of 2 toddlers. Any help I get is appreciated. ❤
Congratulations, how long does it take for the exam to come out? Can one take MRCP 1 and 2 in a 4 months interval??
Thank you! It look over a month if I remember correctly. You can take them one after another for sure! I’ll most likely be attempting Mrcp part 2 in early 2022.
Please make a video on how to make anki cards
Can you please share your notes flash card link?
Hey Dr Matt, I clear my part 1 MRCP recently... But the percentile rank wasn't mentioned in the result... How can we calculate that?
Congratulations Dr Mathew ! And thank you so much for your useful tips and strategies for studying for MRCP Part 1. No wonder you passed with such great marks.
I am also planning to give MRCP but I am a bit scared of the sheer volume of it, so I guess I need to work on the strong mindset bit. Another thing I am ashamed to admit that my basics are really weak as in the theoretical aspect of the subjects like for example mechanisms etc. So should i try to learn from the textbooks first to understand or can i also solve pass medicine question banks and through that my basics will clear up and i will be able to understand the questions and answers.
And also please share your mnemonics, schedules, flashcards etc. Your sarcoidosis mnemonic is really good.
Thanks.
Congratulations again. And looking forward to you passing mrcp part 2 and sharing tips for that.
Hi Redoy, thanks for your kind words and I'm glad the video gave you some insight. MRCP Part 1 is indeed an exam with a large required pool of information but with adequate preparation and time allocation you can succeed! I would say that if you think your medical theory isn't strong, it would indeed be helpful to brush up on key concepts in physiology and pharmacology etc. However I would still allocate a bulk of revision time to doing questionbanks as these also offer valuable explanations and is an effective way of learning.
I'm currently working on my resources including revision schedule and mneumonics and will try to publish them ASAP! You can connect with me on instagram where I'll be posting updates as well as revision tips: instagram.com/mbklee_/
Hope that helps 😊
What i understand from your video your offline source was pass medicine book and online pass medicne, mocks bmj and royal college mock exams and you preferred categorical study ??
Yes that’s roughly correct. My online questionbank was the most helpful resource and I also spent a lot of time doing flashcards towards the end for spaced repetition. In terms of past papers I used BMJ on examination and pastest 👍
Hello , you video was very useful. Thank you for make it clear for me. Would it be possible for you to share your mnemonics please.
Hi Raj, sorry for the late reply and glad you found this useful! I did end up releasing them, feel free to work through this: czcams.com/video/7-JGVgb_uqg/video.html
Excellent matt, your videos are fantastic!
Thank you Alex!!
Bro, can you share your flash cards?
I am going to start preparing for mrcp appearing in May attempt
I want you to give me a advice and how to make a time table. Not doing a job currently. Just passed my country's specialization part-1
Hi Osaf, congratulations on passing your specialisation part 1. I try to cover all the main points in this video on how I revised, and in terms of a time table it really depends on your foundation of knowledge and how well you are doing in your question banks etc.
Can u pls share the pneumonics u studied
Would you please share your anki deck?
can you link the anki deck you used
Can Someone work as JR in UK if he pass after Part 1 of MRCP from his native country? Please reply 👌
Does readin the standard textbooks like robbins
Helps in scoring high?
It depends on how strong your basics like clinical sciences are. While textbooks provide you with good knowledge, reading might not be the most effective form of learning. It also wouldn't be exam specific knowledge - in that regard more focused resources like questionbanks would be helpful. Hope that helps 😊
@@mattbklee really grateful for the reply sir
Do you have any material advice for MRCS ?
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waiting for your another video!
Thank you Lara! What would you like to see next?
@@mattbklee how did you manage to study while working full time in ITU.?..well that surprised me and its really inspiring/motivating. Any educational/exam oriented video (mrcp 2 :P )would be great!!! :)
@@ashmitakc2251 Studying while on ITU was certainly tough both mentally and physically but at the end of the day I managed to prioritise and make time! Thanks for the kind words, I likely won't be taking part 2 until mid-2021 but am working on some videos to break down memorisation and study techniques... Hopefully you find them useful too! ☺️
@@mattbklee that would be great!!! Keep rocking🙂
and also if u could make a video for those who are appearing for mrcp part 1 this january (2021) it would be sooooo helpful!!!
thank you
amazing video! would you be kind enough to share the mnemonics please?
Hey, mnemonics video with some of my favourites coming out later this week 👍 keep an eye out for it!
Could u please share the pneumonics plz
Can you share your google sheet and anki flashcard
Do you still get a score? A lot of people said you just find out if you paa or fail? can someone let me know please if this is still applicable thanks
How can i get the past test book?
You can order it online! I got mine off Amazon 🙂
By QUESTION BANK did you mean passmedicine? please help
I did indeed!
Thanks. Please share mnemonics
Bro can I get ur notes n flashcards
fantastic
How I'm gonna remember that?😁
Mnemonics please
Hey Zafar, haha there really is a lot to remember! I'm just editing my mnemonics into a version to share with everyone, I'll release them soon :) stay tuned!
Would you kindly share your anki deck?
I'll see how I can get it out to you guys!
@@mattbklee Doc we're still waiting.
Is there MRCP part 1 whatsapp group I could join?
Hi Francis, unfortunately I'm not aware of any whatsapp groups at the moment.There are facebook groups that are helpful for MRCP revision though! I'm also working on some free resources for MRCP Part 1 such as mneumonics and sharing my study schedule which I will release shortly so you may find that helpful - I'll be posting more about that on my instagram and youtube soon!
excellent
Glad it was helpful!
I got more , 800+ in both part one and two 😁
wow your legend
ILOVE YOUR PLANS BUT CAN YOU DO MOER EXPLATION
What would you like to know?