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The new KFP 2025.2 Exam Format and a psychologist’s advice on dealing with change
You may or may not have heard, but the RACGP Key Feature Problem (KFP) exam is changing dramatically for the 2025.2 sitting. Amazing right?! RACGP have listened to your feedback about this exam and changed its format in response. So, what are the changes and what does this mean for me, I hear you ask. […]
Exercise boosts memory and concentration: ideal for Fellowship Exam Prep
Exercise benefits health in many ways. Exercise stimulates physiological changes in the body such as encouraging production of growth factors: chemicals that affect the growth of new blood vessels in the brain, and even the abundance, survival, and overall health of new brain cells. It preserves muscle strength, keeps our hearts strong, helps us to […]
Are you preparing for the ACRRM MCQ Fellowship exam? We can help.
The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) MCQ exam is a written online assessment which assesses recall, reasoning and applied clinical knowledge. ACRRM stresses that it focuses on assessing the candidate’s ability to manage medical care in a rural or remote environment, with the aim to cover all eight domains of rural and […]
Five Key Takeaways from the RACGP 2024.2 Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) Report
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) provides candidates with a public exam report after results are released, giving feedback on what the common errors were for the cohort and what to consider or learn from these. This provides valuable insights which can be applied to future exams or possible improvement to make if […]
Memory recall versus recognition – an important distinction for effective Fellowship exam preparation
Memory and Learning An important part of learning when studying for Fellowship exams is memory retrieval. When you are studying, you are attempting to transfer information from your short-term memory into your long-term memory. Retrieval is the cognitive act of retrieving or recalling this information from your long-term memory into your short-term memory. When you […]
Case Study: Online Courses for the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer
Leveraging Healthcare Professionals in the Fight against Cervical Cancer Since 2021, GPEx has developed and hosted various CPD-accredited online education courses for the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer. To date these courses have trained more than 3,500 healthcare professionals to encourage participation in the National Cervical Screening Program, identify under-screened populations and […]
Case Study: Blended Learning Solutions for the Jodi Lee Foundation
Educating Healthcare Professionals to Increase Bowel Cancer Screening in Regional and Remote Australia GPEx partnered with the Jodi Lee Foundation in 2022 and 2023 to ensure healthcare professionals have the skills and knowledge to encourage and support their patients to participate in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. More than 1,100 healthcare professionals engaged with […]
5 Key Takeaways from the RACGP 2024.1 Key Feature Exam Report
The time between sitting the RACGP Fellowship exams and receiving your results can be an anxious time to wait. Did you pass? How do your results compare to those of your peers? If you passed, congratulations! You can look forward to the next stage of your journey in General Practice. If you did not pass […]
Sleep as a strategy to improve Fellowship exam performance
Did you know that sleep is important for exam preparation? We all know how terrible we feel when we haven’t slept yet ironically, sleep is often a neglected component of exam preparation because people underestimate its importance. Human and animal studies show that both the quantity and quality of sleep have a profound impact on […]
Is preparation for Fellowship exams leaving you feeling disorganised?
Fellowship exams are notoriously difficult and there are many reasons why candidates struggle to pass them. For some, it may be a lack of exam preparation or failing to understand the particulars of the exam they are preparing for or often, having too many priorities so doing none well. However, for others, there may be […]
