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Primary FRCA MCQ examination – SBAs one year on20 Jul 2012Single Best Answer (SBA) questions were introduced into the Primary FRCA MCQ examination in September 2011. Anthony McCluskey, Chair of Primary MCQ, revisits the rationale for the inclusion of SBAs and reviews the candidate performance of the three cohorts who have taken the... |
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FRCA Examinership applications invited10 Jul 2012The College invites applications for vacancies to the Board of Examiners in the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, from the academic year 2013–2014. Examiners will be recruited to the Primary examination in the first instance. The number of Examiners required... |
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Examinations Regulations, August 201205 Jul 2012The previously announced changes to the FRCA examinations which come into force for all FRCA examination from September 2012 are now incorporated into the Primary and Final FRCA Examination Regulations, August 2012 and are also reflected in the relevant examination applications... |
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Examinations Review Report 201119 Apr 2012Recent changes and upheaval in Postgraduate Medical Education and Training (PMET), including transformations in recruitment, the impact of Working Time Regulations (WTR), the introduction of a new curriculum and the amalgamations of PMETB into the GMC, coupled with significant... |
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Opening of the Final FRCA examinations to all doctors30 Mar 2012Opening of the Final FRCA examinations to all doctors practising anaesthesia in the NHS from September 2012 With effect from September 2012 the Final FRCA examination components will be open to any doctor practising anaesthesia in the NHS (subject to certain eligibility criteria... |
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Primary Exam dates change from August 201302 Feb 2012Primary MCQ and Primary OSCE/SOE dates change from August 2013 To allow candidates who pass the Primary MCQ to apply for the following sitting of the OSCE/SOE the College will move the traditional dates of Primary exams. This will take place from the 2013‑2014 academic year. A... |
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Standard provisions given to dyslexic exam candidates01 Feb 2012The standard provisions for dyslexic candidates at written examinations have changed. See Apendix 3 of the current Examination Regulations |
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The Candidate Newsletter (Issue 3)12 Jan 2012The Candidate is a newsletter specifically designed to keep FRCA examination candidates informed of updates to exam processes, procedures, and regulations. Issue 3 is now available to download. |
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The CAI Examinations and the UK CCT17 Dec 2011The Royal College of Anaesthetists has been informed by the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland that, following discussions at its meeting of Council last week, it is no longer their intention to seek GMC recognition of the Examinations of the Irish College as an equivalent test... |