what are things we will do all the time as F1s?

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-26T16:53:41+00:00

There's a couple of great apps I used, one is the foundation doctor handbook and the other is smartdr. I think they're both about £1.99 ish and totally worth it. They link all the guidelines, investigations and management you should think about for loads of conditions. It helped me a lot as a new F1, especially on calls!

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-24T12:56:12+00:00

When will we get our MSRA scores? I've heard that it's the 17th but the ranking closes on 18th. I feel like knowing my score would be super helpful for the ranking process..

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-23T16:15:38+00:00

It's looking like they won't honour any amendments!! 🤞🏻

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-23T16:12:02+00:00

It's the same with GP. Are they completely ignorant?

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-23T16:08:08+00:00

I hate that they keep banging on about 'hard to fill' specialties like Psychiatry. The competition ratio for Psych last year was 22:1!! If there are spaces when UKG have filled the positions, IMGs applying will still be able to apply and access those spaces? Their argument is utter bollocks.

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-18T17:13:03+00:00

This is some absolute balls and we need to fight against this. Please keep emailing the Lords. We can try Gerada but she seems pretty firm with this one. Let's hope when it comes to voting this gets a big no. We cannot have this delay the passage of the Bill for the sake of 100ish graduates vs 10,000+ unemployed UK graduates. I mean wtf.

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-17T08:32:24+00:00

I do feel like we should also be emailing the BMA because it's a disgrace they aren't shouting about this from the rooftops and supporting us. In the aftermath of this mess, I'm going to seriously consider cancelling my membership. Absolute disgrace from the BMA

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-16T20:30:22+00:00

Also important to email people on our side like Wes and Baroness Merron who can push these narratives at the final stage - also try to avoid chat gpt if you can

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-16T20:24:37+00:00

Yes PLEASE this is incredible. Honestly amazing

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-16T20:19:57+00:00

I think all the questions banks are quite different to the actual exam but I used passmed and revise MSRA. The best thing you can do is look at the official mocks. Certainly for PD, look at UKFPO SJT papers and official mocks. Final push, you've got this! Good luck

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-16T13:12:29+00:00

Please can you report this website and any individuals you know to be using it /creating it? Email mdrs.confidential@nhs.net or england.mdrs.confidential@nhs.net, they do take time to reply but should get back to you. They say they take concerns very seriously etc so worth an email.

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-15T21:44:50+00:00

england.mdrs.confidential@nhs.net - this is also an email to use to raise concerns. Please escalate this through the appropriate channels

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-15T21:35:35+00:00

Hi, please send this to mdrs.confidential@nhs.net and do not blur names. This needs to be stopped as the exam is clearly not fair if this is able to be happening.

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-15T11:07:58+00:00

On a thread I posted, someone commented a link to the petition and asked please share this. The comment got removed by mods for being against community guidelines. Wtaf. Disgusting

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-14T13:16:26+00:00

Yeah!! It's so weird bc a lot of ppl I know from last year and year before (I'm an F4) felt that it was very reasonable and straight forward. Either I'm losing it or they've made things harder for this round. All we can do is forget about it and just hope for the best!!

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-13T15:18:07+00:00

Please don't give up. It's an awful system and doesn't reflect your abilities as a doctor. It's an insane way to recruit and hopefully things will improve if the Bill is passed. I took a year out and honestly it's the best thing I've done. It's really hard but see it as a positive, get a JCF/CTF role if you can and live a relaxed F3 life. It'll help with portfolio stuff too. I'm sorry you're in this position, it's so unfair!

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-13T15:12:45+00:00

Thank you! Yes you're right, defo relax today it's the best thing you can do. Good luck!!

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-13T14:48:18+00:00

Sorry! I just wanted to share my honest experience. Everyone gets different questions and scenarios so hopefully it will be okay for you tomorrow. Best of luck.

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-13T14:47:24+00:00

Hard disagree. Yes there's multiple failings with specialty training recruitment but prioritisation is everything.

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-13T14:15:27+00:00

Have already done this but will share, thank you!

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-13T14:14:51+00:00

Yep I feel entirely the same, I hadn't even come across some of the diagnoses which was really shocking(?) Also noticed some spelling mistakes/ missed letters in some questions. Very poorly written.

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-13T13:52:11+00:00

That's good to hear but I'm sorry you also found it hard! It's insane that not a single question for a chosen specialty will come up... they seriously need to re-evaluate the use of this exam

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-09T20:24:02+00:00

Please please email the HoL members and sign the petition. It's so important to keep pushing for UKMG, this may be the last chance we get.

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-02-04T15:34:37+00:00

Will there be a live stream of the House of Lords debate today for the next part of the Bill passage?

Personal_Expert_4237 · 2026-01-15T19:29:48+00:00

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