The Final FRCA Structured Oral Examination: A Complete Guide (MasterPass)

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The rationale for, and content of, the programme of assessment. This strategy should be read in conjunction with the main curriculum document. Training programme updates

currently registered with the College; a former trainee (more than five years) or a non-UK anaesthetic trainee who has been employed in a UK NHS post as an anaesthetist for 12 months. Appraisal required, AND The CRQ examination assesses the mandatory areas of the UK training curriculum. These areas may appear as stand-alone questions or as part of a question, for example pain management within a perioperative case.

The CRQ paper assesses the mandatory areas of training. These areas may appear as stand-alone questions or as part of a question, for example pain management within a perioperative case. In addition to specific knowledge-based competences, examination material may be developed from guidance or recommendations published by healthcare organisations. The public expects doctors to keep up-to-date with important developments and such material may be examined under the collective umbrella of ‘professionalism’. Around 14 daysafter the publication of the pass/fail list, the chair of the CRQ exam will release a comprehensive reportsummarising question performance and areas of the exam not answered well by candidates. CRQquestions are designed to assess a candidate's ability to think critically and prioritise information. This is assessed in the way the questions are answered and marked.

Details of the learning outcomes, capabilities and examples of evidence for each stage and domain oflearning. A candidate who has failed any of the following examination components more than oncemay request a guidance interview. Guidance is limited to one interviewper examination component:SOE 1 contains parts A and B, which are taken consecutively. Each part comprises two clinical short cases, each with a linked clinical science question. The clinical science question may come before or after the clinical short case. Reasonable adjustments: Any applicant who has a physical or mental disability, specific learning difficulty (SpLD) or on-going or fluctuating medical condition may be entitled to reasonable adjustments. To apply for reasonable adjustments, please complete the relevant section on the online examination application form.Applicants requiring reasonable adjustments should book as early as possible to ensure that there is sufficient time to put in place any specific requirements. For more information on reasonable adjustments, please refer to the Examination Regulations. We are keen to work with all societies to facilitate signposting to any appropriate learning resources that you may be able to offer. If you would like your content to be included, we will need to review it to make sure it aligns with the learning outcomes of the 2021 curriculum and would request the following:

All questions used in FRCA examinations are mapped to the relevant competencies within their respective curriculum. The relevant curriculum competencyidentifiers are mapped to each questions so that when examiner core groupsselectquestions for examination papers, the examiners are able to ensure a broad sampling of the curriculum and that all questions form part of the relevant syllabus. All 12 questions must be attempted.Each question is marked out of 20 with the pass mark for each question being determined by the examiners collectively before the examination using a modified Angoff standard setting method. SOE 1 contains two parts, part A and B, which are taken consecutively. Each part is 26 minutes long and comprises two clinical short cases, each with a linked clinical science question. The clinical science question may come before or after the clinical short case. Candidates have 13 minutes to complete each short case and linked question. it is followed by the SOE 2. To be eligible to sit the Final FRCA, candidates no longer need to be in receipt of the UK Core Level Training Certificate (CLTC) or Stage 1 certificate. Candidates must have passed the Primary FRCA examination, exempting qualification orNHS appraisal for non-UK trainee or sponsored under MTI. AND

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Candidates should read the question instructions carefully and only give the information that is asked. For example, where a CRQ question asks for a specific number of responses e.g. 'List 4 factors contributing to X', only the first distinct answer per line will be awarded marks. Any additional answers on that same line will not be considered.