300 SBAs
Kariem
El-Boghdadly
MBBS BSc (Hons) FRCA
Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia,
South East School of Anaesthesia,
London,
UK
Imran
Ahmad
MBBS FRCA
Consultant Anaesthetist,
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust,
London,
UK
Honorary Senior Lecturer,
King’s College,
London,
UK
Training Programme Director
Anaesthesia South London (ASL),
London,
UK
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vPreface
Recent pass rates for the Final FRCA written examination have fallen by around 25%, a significant drop that suggests candidates require more practice ahead of the exam. There are few single best answer (SBA) revision books or past papers currently available for the Final FRCA. Recognising this problem and following on from our experience of writing Primary FRCA: 450 MTFs and SBAs, we decided to write this book of 300 practice SBAs.
The written element of the Final FRCA consists of a 3-hour short answer question (SAQ) section of 12 compulsory questions and a multiple choice question (MCQ) section. This comprises 90 MCQs to be completed in 3 hours; 60 multiple-true-false (MTF) questions and 30 SBA questions (the latter introduced in September 2010). The content of the exam is aligned to the intermediate training CCT curriculum, with variable weighting applied to different aspects of the curriculum. The 30 question SBA section generally includes 20 questions in clinical anaesthesia, 5 in intensive care medicine and 5 in pain management. The SBAs are often seen as the most challenging section of the MCQ paper, because they test the application of knowledge in the clinical setting, as opposed to the MTFs which test factual recall.
Each SBA question consists of a clinical scenario (the ‘stem’), and a direct ‘lead-in’ question, followed by five answer options. One of these is the ideal response, although all options are possible solutions. Four marks are awarded for each correct answer and no marks are lost for an incorrect answer, therefore a total of 120 marks is possible. Due to the heavy relative weighting of the SBAs, they are an important aspect of the written examination, and it is crucial that candidates practise as much possible in order to answer them correctly.
The 10 papers of 30 SBAs in this book cover every aspect of the Final FRCA syllabus. We have included 20 clinical anaesthesia, 5 intensive care medicine and 5 pain management questions in each paper to reflect the exam. Each question is up-to-date at the time of writing and reflects the standard and type of question that candidates will encounter.
Failing to pass the Final FRCA is both expensive and upsetting, so it is prudent to be well prepared. It requires candidates to have an in-depth knowledge spanning the syllabus, and to have practised their examination technique. We believe this book provides candidates with both the knowledge and the technique, and that it will help candidates succeed in the Final FRCA SBA exam.
Kariem El-Boghdadly
Imran Ahmad
January 2015
- Chapter 1 Mock Paper 1
- Questions
- Answers
- Chapter 2 Mock Paper 2
- Questions
- Answers
- Chapter 3 Mock Paper 3
- Questions
- Answers
- Chapter 4 Mock Paper 4
- Questions
- Answers
- Chapter 5 Mock Paper 5
- Questions
- Answers
- Chapter 6 Mock Paper 6
- Questions
- Answers
- Chapter 7 Mock Paper 7
- Questions
- Answers
- Chapter 8 Mock Paper 8
- Questions
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- Chapter 9 Mock Paper 9
- Questions
- Answers
- Chapter 10 Mock Paper 10
- Questions
- Answers
- Index
- Dr Jonathan Aron MBBS BSc MRCP FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Sheela Badiger MB/BChir MA FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Jonathan Ball MRCP EDIC FCCP FFICM MSc MD, Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in General and Neuro Intensive Care, St George’s Hospital and Medical School, London, UK
- Dr Toby Dixson BSc (Hons) AlBiol MBBS FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Dragos Dragnea MBBS FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Heng Gan MRCPCH FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Akhil Gupta MBBS BSc FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Martin John MBBS BSc(Hons) MRCP FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Mubeen Khan MBBS DA FCPS DNB FRCA, Consultant Anaesthetist, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Dr Desire N Onwochei MBBS BSc (Hons) FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr David Pang MBChB FRCA FFPMRCA, Consultant in Pain Medicine, St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
- Dr Shital Patel MBBS BSc MRCP FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Isabelle Reed MBChB FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Ramai Santhirapala MBBS BSc (Hons) FRCA FFICM, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Husham Al-shather MBChB ICO FRCA EDRA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Michael Shaw BSc (Hons) MBChB (Hons) FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, South East School of Anaesthesia, London, UK
- Dr Philippa Webb MBBS MSc FRCA, Locum Consultant Neuroanaesthetist, St George’s Hospital, London, UK