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8th Birmingham PACES course for MRCP (UK) Part 2

17th and 18th May 2014Outpatients Department, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham

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The course is designed to give candidates preparing for PACES a head start to revision, with focus on perfecting their examination technique as well as presentation and communication skills. The emphasis during this course was to equip the candidates with the correct method and strategy to pass the exam through observation of their technique and correction of faults.

Day 1 of the course focused on the clinical examination stations (cardiovascular, respiratory, abdominal, and neurological systems) as well as Station 5. After brief lectures covering Station 5 and general strategies to pass the exam, the candidates rotated through the clinical stations in small groups.

Day 2 of the course focused on History and Communication skills (Stations 2 and 4). Brief lectures were given to cover general aspects of history taking and communication scenarios, after which the candidates rotated through the different stations in small groups.

A total of 20 candidates attended the course. They enjoyed and benefited from the course, which is reflected in the feedback collated and summarised in the subsequent pages.



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Day 1: Saturday 17th May 2014

09:00 – 09:30 Registration and Coffee

09:30 – 09:40 Welcome and lecture – Strategies for passing PACES

09:45 – 10:30 Clinical station 1

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break



12:15 – 13:15 Lunch



14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break


15:45 – 16:15 Tutor Questioning Session

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Day 2: Sunday 18th May 2014

08:45 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee

09:00 – 09:30 History taking



10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break




12:20 – 13:05 Lunch

13:05 – 13:35 Communication



14:35 – 14:55 Coffee Break





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Well run course. Good mix of exam practice and chance to see a variety of signs. Faculty all knowledge-able with most having relatively recent experience of sitting PACES which I felt was of benefit.

Dr Fraser HendryForth Valley Royal Hospital

Useful course. Good teaching.Dr Anju Anand

Sree Krishna Hospital, Kerala, India

Was good to actually get hands on experience with examining/ taking history from patients.Dr Javeria Peracha

Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham

I am planning to do PACES in Sept'14 and would like to redo this course before my exam.Dr Ireen Hamid

Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge

Good.Dr Sameer Bahal

Good Hope District General Hospital, Sutton Coldfield

Excellent.Dr Jake Mann

St James's University Hospital, Leeds

Good course. Having an additional neurology station would help. Dr Furqan Amjad

Queen Elizabeth Birmingham Hospital

Good selection of cases. Very well organized. Ideally will be great to give more feedback after exams to assess more

Dr Umaira AzizNew Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton


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Very good.Dr Muhammad Abdul Rauf

DHQ Hospital

Extremely useful course with plenty of opportunity to practice and excellent range of patients for examination. Thank you.

Dr Katrina WardropeWestern General Hospital, Edinburgh

Examiners on cardiovascular, respiratory and Station5 were particularly helpful. Dr Kanchana De Abrew


Overall it’s a good course for the money spent. Dr Mohamed Zacky Mohamed Haniffa

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury

Good exposure to exam format.Dr Ahmad Halimi




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