Everything You Need to Know Before You Sit Your Exams
Preparing for high-stakes medical exams like the AMC, RACGP, ACRRM, RANZCOG, or PESCI can be daunting — especially when you're trying to piece together the structure, expectations, and best preparation strategies.
This page brings together everything you need to know about exam format, question types, core content areas, and how to prepare effectively. We also highlight the most common mistakes candidates make, so you can avoid them and focus your time where it matters most.
Whether you're sitting your first Fellowship exam or reattempting after a previous setback, this guide is your go-to reference to help you walk in confident, focused, and fully prepared.
Why Doctors Fail Medical Exams
Most candidates fail not from lack of effort, but from the wrong strategy. They might conquer the knowledge of Medicine, but many fail to master exam technique.
The exams demands high-level clinical reasoning, applied pharmacology, and fast, confident decision-making. That’s exactly what PassGP prepares you for:
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Cramming doesn’t work. Rote learning falls apart under real-time pressure.
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Low-quality questions mislead. Past hand-down questions offer poor imitations of real logic.
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Time pressure is intense, especially for IMGs. You get just over one minute per question, depending on what exam you are sitting.
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The syllabus is vast. Without structured coverage, key gaps emerge.
PassGP gives you more than just content. We teach you how to think like the Examiner.
Leveraging Cognitive Science
The exams are not just about content - they are about performance under pressure.
PassGP is grounded in cognitive science: We use high-yield recall questions that strengthen long-term retention and clinical transfer, not passive recognition.
This means you’ll learn while you test—mastering the reasoning you’ll need in the real exam.
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