The MRCP(UK) Part 1 exam is one of other exams that needs to be taken to obtain Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom. It is designed to assess a candidate’s knowledge and understanding of the clinical sciences relevant to medical practice and of common or important disorders to a level appropriate for entry to specialist training. Knowledge is an essential base for the practice of clinical reasoning and vital as a basis for learning during postgraduate training to develop understanding of disease and their treatment. The examination, which can be taken online or in an exam centre, has a two-paper format. Each paper is 3 hours in duration and contains 100 multiple choice questions in ‘best of five’ format.
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The covered topics with hours are as follows:
- Cardiology (14 questions)
- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (15 questions)
- Clinical sciences (25 questions)
- Dermatology (8 questions)
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic medicine (14 questions)
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology (14 questions)
- Geriatric medicine (8 questions)
- Haematology (10 questions)
- Infectious diseases (14 questions)
- Neurology (14 questions)
- Oncology (5 questions)
- Medical ophthalmology (4 questions)
- Palliative medicine and end of life care (4 questions)
- Psychiatry (9 questions)
- Renal medicine (14 questions)
- Respiratory medicine (14 questions)
- Rheumatology (14 questions)
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