For FRCPath Part 1 (CICE) & Part 2

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FRCPath preparation

FRCPath preparation, without the guesswork.

Question banks, curriculum-mapped tutorials and progress tracking for Part 1 and Part 2.

01 — Practise

Question banks

Practice Part 1 and Part 2 in the formats you'll actually encounter.

02 — Understand

Video tutorials

Build the knowledge behind the questions with curriculum-mapped teaching.

03 — Improve

Track your progress

See where you've performed well — and where to focus next.

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AIgar

AI that speeds things up and sharpens how you learn — never the final word.

We use AI responsibly to ensure that it always adds value to your learning: drafting content faster, turning your attempt history into sharper, personalised practice, and marking free-text answers the moment you submit them. It never decides what's correct — a clinician always checks before anything reaches you.

Faster, not shorter

AI drafts first-pass questions, rubrics and weekly insights so specialists spend their time reviewing, not typing from scratch — it never decides what's correct; a clinician always does.

Sharper practice, instant feedback

AI reasons over your attempt history to tell you exactly what to practise next, and marks Part 2 free-text answers the moment you submit them — always against a rubric a clinician wrote.

Checked at every step

Every AI-drafted question is verified by a specialist before publication, any AI mark it isn't confident about is flagged for reviewer sign-off, and every override is tracked — so we can see exactly where the AI needs to improve, not just trust it blindly.

Sample question

A question bank - but better.

Question banks that follow the FRCPath format and difficulty, and every rationale is checked by a consultant clinical infection specialist before it goes live — not pulled from a forum, not generated on the fly.

  • Explanations for every option — why it's right, why the others aren't
  • Detailed explanations where a topic needs more depth
  • Question-pace tracking against real exam timing
  • Links to the guidelines and resources behind every answer
Part 1 · MycologyVerified

A 34-year-old renal transplant recipient develops fever and a new pulmonary infiltrate. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid grows a mould on Sabouraud dextrose agar within 48 hours. Which feature would most support a diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis over mucormycosis?

Pick an option, then submit.
Flashcards

Flashcards, videos and more...

Organism and test procedure flashcards. Key information in one place.

Organism deck — tap a card behind to bring it forward

Gram-positive

Staphylococcus aureus

Gram-positive

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Gram-positive

Streptococcus pyogenes

Test procedure deck — tap a card behind to bring it forward

UK SMI TP 09

Catalase test

Source: Catalase test · v3 · 2024
UK SMI TP 07

Coagulase test

Source: Coagulase test · v4 · 2023
UK SMI TP 22

Oxidase test

Source: Oxidase test · v3 · 2023
Daily challenge

Bacteriadle: a new case every day.

Five tries, one organism. Each guess unlocks the next lab result — in the order results actually arrive on the bench — so working it out feels like running the case, not guessing a word.

Bacteriadle #47 · example

Identify the bacteria

5 tries left

Specimen & culture

Urine, blood or stool culture; pink lactose-fermenting colonies on MacConkey agar within 18-24h.

Your focus this week

Antimicrobial stewardship needs another pass

You're strong on Bacteriology, but Antimicrobial stewardship is both weaker and more heavily examined — that's where this week's practice will count most.

Antimicrobial stewardshipDomainExam weight 12% — currently 41% correct, your lowest-scoring heavily-weighted domain.
Beta-lactam resistance mechanismsTopic6/14 correct (43%) — worth another pass before it's tested again.
Worth (re)watching
ESBL & carbapenemase detectionNot yet watched, and directly relevant to your weakest topic this week.
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Insights

A weekly, personalised nudge, not just numbers.

Every week, we reason over your actual attempt history — weighted by real exam weighting for Part 1 — and tell you exactly what to practise and what to (re)watch next, rather than leaving you to read a grid of percentages and guess.

Progress tracking

Know exactly where you stand, domain by domain.

Every question and video updates your position against the real curriculum map — so you know which domains are exam-ready and which need another pass, for both parts of the exam.

Example progress view
68%Part 1
Bacteriology82%
Virology64%
Antimicrobial stewardship41%
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