Category: GP Exam Preparation
How are your motivational interviewing skills?
How are your skills in motivational interviewing? Brush up on this important skill for the RACGP CCE. Have you ever had a patient struggle to make lifestyle changes to improve their chronic condition or health in general? GPs must not only apply multiple clinical guidelines to patients with complex, chronic multimorbidity, but also provide information […]
When can teenagers make their own treatment decisions?
When can teenagers make their own treatment decisions? When practising cases for the Clinical Competency Exam (CCE), candidates are often required to reflect on what they would do in various clinical scenarios. Many find scenarios involving medico-legal issues to be the most difficult. Recently, our Medical Educators were asked the question: “What should I do […]
Failure Rate of Doctors Sitting the GP Fellowship Exams and How to Beat the Statistics
You don’t have to be ‘just a statistic’ Everyone wants to succeed. No one starts something with the goal of failing, but sometimes it happens. At times it can be hard to understand why we failed when we feel we’ve done what was needed to pass. This is especially true if we have never failed […]
Dealing with GP Fellowship post-exam blues
You’ve done it! You’ve spent months preparing for your GP Fellowship exams and it’s finally over. Now what? You’re likely feeling relieved that the prolonged KFP, MCQ/AKT or CCE study period has finished and hopefully quietly confident that you’ve passed so you can tick this achievement off your to-do list. You’re looking forward to moving on to other bigger and […]
Is it worth sitting AKT/MCQ and KFP mock exams? All you need to know
The importance of AKT/MCQ and KFP practice exams with feedback for effective exam preparation Exams can be stressful at the best of times, the RACGP or ACRRM written exams, like the AKT, KFP or MCQ, are no different. You may know people who have failed, you will be aware of the published pass rates, you […]
Pass your MCQ, AKT or KFP – Optimise your GP Exam Preparation with this checklist
A particular pattern of behaviours tends to represent successful MCQ, AKT and KFP exam preparation The more of these behaviours that you do and can ‘tick’ on this list, the more likely you are following an optimal GP exam preparation pattern to enable exam success. Though these behaviours don’t guarantee that you will pass your […]
7 mistakes made in the KFP Fellowship examinations according to the RACGP
Following each of its fellowship exams after results are released, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) releases a report outlining the exam psychometrics (e.g., mean and standard deviation of the candidate cohort) as well as providing feedback to candidates regarding common errors made. But what has this got to do with your exam preparation, I hear […]
GPs – The Quick Guide on How to Take Care of Your Physical and Mental Health
Working as a GP can be draining and exhausting, yet very rewarding, work. You know that you’re supposed to be looking after yourself to enable you to do your job well. You want to approach your life and work with energy, empathy, and care but sometimes it feels like you are scraping the bottom of […]
Why you need a Performance Coach when preparing for your KFP, AKT/MCQ, CCE Fellowship Exams
Dr Sonya Vandergoot, GPEx’s Performance Coach explains why speaking to GPs about the challenges they face in preparing for their fellowship exams can help them do things differently or more effectively in order to achieve exam success. Becoming a GP can be both a very challenging and rewarding experience. The road to success can be […]
Top 5 causes of failure in AKT/MCQ and KFP Fellowship examinations
You’ve failed one or more of your GP fellowship exams, and maybe not for the first time. A sense of shock, confusion, and dread may be just some of the emotions you are feeling right now as you start to prepare to sit the exams – again! How did you get here? What can you […]
