Final FRCA VIVA Course Evaluation 11 th and 12 th June 2009

1= poor 5= excellent Mean score for each subject is presented as bar graphs Mean score for each subject is presented as bar graphs. Total no. candidates =23.

11 th June 2009, Day 1

12 th June 2009, Day 2

10 th June 2009, Day 2

Final FRCA VIVA Course evaluation

Comments  Overall good course  Overall excellent  Would benefit from providing hand outs of good answers  Very useful day  Very useful  Stuff you think you know, but very difficult to verbalise. Thanks for the tips  Brilliant  Thoroughly enjoyed  ECG lecture very good – very good organisation

Comments  The relevance of images and teaching style was excellent.  Very useful to receive so much direct viva practice  No “nasty” examiners – would definately recommend to others  Brilliant!  The king of courses!  Anatomy lecture should be in the morning rather than at the end of the day

Comments  Well organised and very helpful  Great experience – smaller groups would be better  Tighter time control  Excellent, non threatening environment  Lunch options poor  Thank you – well organised sessions  ECG lecture – excellent - Well delivered and useful

Comments  Very nice course, excellent practice. One to one viva is excellent. The best course I have been on. Catering good.  Mock vivas useful indication of real exam conditions. Encouraging examiners helped boost my confidence  Very good course, gave me good viva practice  Very useful course  Really good course  Excellent venue, faculty, food and practice

Post-exam comments  Firstly, I passed!. I would like to say thank you as I found both the written and viva courses at Coventry immensely useful and the viva book was a great revision aid.  Thank you for all the helpful s with past paper questions and the ECG lecture

Post-exam comments  Thank you again. the course was very useful and I think it was good to have it over 2 days especially for those of us who have to travel from far as it makes it more worthwhile.  Once again I would like to thank all those who involved in organising and conducting the course.

Post-exam comments  Thank you once again for your help, I gained a lot from the course.  Thank you very much for your help. l believe your course made a big difference to the way l presented my information and l managed to pass the exam.

Post-exam comments  I found the VIVA course really useful. It was great having so many consultants examining. It gave me confidence and an insight into what to expect.  I passed my exam and found your course and book very useful.

Post-exam comments  Thankfully I passed the exam on Friday, thank you for your well organised courses which definitely helped.  I am glad to inform you that I have passed my examination held last Monday.

Post-exam comments  First of all I would like to thank you for the immense help offered to me in the course. The course was very useful that I have already started telling others to attend before viva.  Thank you very very much, the course was very good and it helped me a lot, I PASSED.

Post-exam comments  Pleased to let you know that I have passed the final FRCA exam. I have attached the questions (word document) to this mail. I found the course to be very useful, confidence boosting and would strongly recommend it to my friends who are yet to sit the exam. The course - very focussed. ECG, X-ray classes were helpful. The book - purchased it 3 weeks before the exam. very good.

Post-exam comments  I have passed my exam. Course proved to be really useful in getting the confidence and specially the group I was in, watching other candidates style and sharing knowledge with them helped mostly.

Post-exam comments  Thank you so much for the Viva courses you ran recently. I passed the Viva this week, first go, and I am convinced that it was partly due to the course which gave such excellent practice and made me think of topics I had not thought about before. I also attended the primary viva course a couple of years ago and passed this first time as well - again, this was due to your OSCE and Viva course which helped my confidence massively.

Post-exam comments  I passed the exam. Thank you for all of the preparatory assistance at the Coventry courses (& the good luck e- mails!!)  I passed the Final FRCA. Thank you very much again for the excellent course which was very helpful.

Post-exam comments  Thank you for all the guidance. One of the best courses that I attended. This did help me to sail through the exam without difficulty. The viva book was really good.  I just want to let you know that I passed the Final FRCA. Thank you very much for the course  I am glad to inform you that I have passed Final FRCA. It wouldn't have been possible without your book.

Post-exam comments  Thank you for all your hard work - The course really did help get me through first time.  I passed the Final FRCA. I certainly did benefit from the course. I certainly benefited from your book. thanks very much.  Thank you for excellent course - superb preparation for the exam and bought your book!!

Post-exam comments  I passed the finals yesterday and can I just say a big ' thank you' to you and your team in Coventry for the viva course.  I am happy to inform you that I have passed the Final FRCA. Thanks for your course and tips.  Many thanks for the course, tips and good wishes. I am pleased to say that I passed my exam today.

Post-exam comments  Thanks for organising the Viva course - it was very helpful to me.  Thank you for finding me a place on the VIVA course it made a big difference and I passed  Thank you for your help - the course was definitely really good preparation  Thanks for helping me get through these exams.

Post-exam comments  I found the Coventry course very helpful indeed and I would say that it helped me take my preparation up to an exam passing level. I am very thankful that I attended the course. I hope that you continue to run this course

 First of all thank you for an excellent course, I am sure you will be pleased to hear I passed and certainly feel that the course was helpful.  Enjoyed your new book. Helped a lot. Thanks.