A comprehensive guide full of helpful resources, tips, theoretical and practical strategies to help you ace your anaesthesia exams with preparation and confidence!

Hot Debriefs - A bit of a buzz word, but what exactly is it? Here’s our easy approach following the 5W’s and 5 steps to Hot Debriefing!

We’re on our way to making things even more accessible to you, so you can revise on-the-go, whenever, wherever, and most importantly at a time that suits you. This weeks blog post will give you a sampler of our new Primary FRCA mock OSCE mark schemes which we’ll be launching on our website very soon! Our mark schemes can provide you with a break from the norm, keep you on your toes, and help you on your way to PASSING THE PRIMARY FRCA!

Part 2 of our resuscitation series looks at resuscitation in trauma and how our management approach differs in the ED, management and cardiac arrest setting.

With the return of face to face exams coming up imminently, I wonder what resuscitation scenario’s the college will get you all to act out. I’ve created a 2 part series focusing on special circumstances in resuscitation so you don’t find yourselves caught out!

This week’s blog post will go through Magnetic Resonance Imaging – another popular exam topic in both the Primary and Final FRCA!

With face-to-face exams being back, I’m predicting that the college would love to go back to certain stations which they were less able to convert to a virtual station!

So, here is your masterclass to what you need to know for the Primary FRCA. And remember – knowing this well now, will serve you well for the Final FRCA as well!

Anxious about regional anaesthesia? This article looks at the best ways to optimise your technique plus crucial details you need for the exam!

In this week’s blog post I’ve compiled some scoring systems that may be useful in your Primary OSCE’s. These can be utilised in stations such as clinical data, history, communication, resuscitation and simulation. I’ve broken these down into where and how they could come up – check it out!

This week’s blog post is on bone cement implantation syndrome. I’ve picked this as it is a topic less frequently discussed in OSCE textbooks and practice stations, however could quite easily come up as a critical incident in a simulation scenario, leading to a resuscitation scenario or even in a clinical VIVA.

Think you aren’t getting the most out of zoom/microsoft teams calls? Use these tips so you can get ahead of the learning curve!

In this week’s blog we’ll be talking about what’s new in the Resus 2021 Anaphylaxis guideline as this is the one probably with the most changes and topical with exams due to the recent guidance as well as the most recent NAP 6 project! 

Making a revision plan that suits YOU is crucial to succeeding in any exam. Don’t waste time thinking about how to plan - read this guid and start planning now so you can start preparing for success!

Candidate instructions should be ignored AT YOUR PERIL. Here are ways to ensure you get the most out of them!

In this week's blog post I thought I’d take some time to celebrate what an incredible year we’ve had …

#reflection #masteringtheoscetransformingoutcomes #moscetocommunity #moscetoblog #1yearanniversary

Ways to identify your weaknesses and make your revision effective.

This week we’ll be talking all about cell salvage! It’s becoming an increasingly popular topic in the FRCA OSCE examination and with its growing evidence base and popularity, I thought it would be helpful to learn about.

Take a break. Permission to rest and recharge for the new year. Happy holidays from the MOSCE-TO team.

I’m sure being medics we have all heard of these hormones, have probably learnt about them in medicine, but how many of us actually consciously think about their relation to US as individuals on a daily basis?

Do you get your daily DOSE?

Make sure you avoid making these mistakes so you can maximise your chance of success in your examinations!