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FRCPath preparation

FRCPath preparation you can trust.

Question banks, video tutorials and progress tracking for Part 1 and Part 2 — built so you always know where the content came from and who checked it.

Reviewed by specialists

Questions, explanations and marking rubrics are reviewed by consultant clinical infection specialists — not pulled from a forum.

Sourced, not invented

Every answer links to the guidelines and references behind it, so you can check the reasoning for yourself.

AI assists, never the final word

AI speeds up drafting and gives instant marks on free-text answers. Marks it isn't confident about go to a specialist, and every question is labelled clinician-verified or not.

Built around the real exam

Part 1 and Part 2 in the formats you'll sit, with progress tracked domain by domain against the RCPath curriculum.

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Question bank

A question bank - but better.

Part 1 multiple choice and Part 2 free text, in the formats you'll sit.

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Study Buddy

Ask about the question in front of you.

Explanations drawn only from that question's vetted material and citations, by chat or live voice.

Flashcards

Flashcards, videos and more...

Organism and test procedure decks, with key information in one place.

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Daily puzzle

Bacteriadle: a new case every day.

Five tries, one organism — each guess unlocks the next lab result.

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Weekly focus

A weekly, personalised nudge, not just numbers.

Each week, the one area where practice will count most.

Progress tracking

Know exactly where you stand, domain by domain.

See which domains are exam-ready and which need another pass.

A question bank - but better.

  • 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
MCQQuestion 1 of 1
Verified

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...

Tap through organism decks — identification, clinical presentation, resistance phenotypes — and test procedure decks keyed to the UK SMIs, alongside curriculum-mapped video tutorials.

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 puzzle

Bacteriadle: a new case every day.

Results arrive in the order they actually come off 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.

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