1. Primary MCQ Course Evaluation May 2012

2. Mean score represented as bar charts. 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:67 Mean score, maximum being 5

3. Day1 :28 th May 2012 Mean score, maximum being 5

4. Day 2 :29 th May 2012 Mean score, maximum being 5

5. Day 3: 30 th May 2012 Mean score, maximum being 5

6. Day 3: 30 th May 2012 Mean score, maximum being 5

7. y axis represents number of candidates Overall value of the course 1= waste of money/time, 5 being excellent

8. y axis represents number of candidates Primary FRCA MCQ Course evaluation 1: very poor 2: poor 3: Satisfactory 4: good 5: excellent

9. y axis represents number of candidates Primary FRCA MCQ Course evaluation 1: very poor 2: poor 3: Satisfactory 4: good 5: excellent

10. y axis represents number of candidates Value of pre-course MCQ Practice 1= very poor, 5 being excellent

11. Comments-general  Thanks a lot for giving us such a good environment of competition  very helpful in boosting up our morals for exam  Course was very well organised, highly appreciable

12. Comments-general  Well definitely useful the only thing is that it would be better a month before the exam which would give adequate time to improve knowledge as well as MCQ technique.  Difficult to fit so much content in 3 days - losing concentration by 7pm  Day 2 was very tiring - consider splitting the day somehow.  Very useful course - lots of question practice and interactive session to augment/clarify knowledge.  Change to 4 day course with shorter days.

13. Comments: general  Wish I knew sooner! My school didn't encourage courses for MCQ nor was I aware of the SBA tricks!  Well looked after and very good organisation, lots of questions and I really liked the mock exam.  Very good course but improvement regarding: 1) Time management → needs to be much quicker 2nd day was too long.

14. Comments: Pharmacology 1  Good speaker Slide font sizes are too small kindly use big and bold fonts with contrasting background  Good slides and pace Excellent session - focused on key points arising from MCQ's with good focus on learning points  Friendly, interactive and informative, well paced, well presented and clear and relevant Good pace, good explanations and up to date information as examples

15. Comments: Pharmacology 2  Decent speed and good content  Slide font sizes are too small kindly use big and bold fonts with contrasting background  Discrepancy with answer from the morning.  Have all the questions been vetted prior to the presentations?  Good pace and explanations  Good timing and good explanations of each question

16. Comments:Pharmacology 3  Good pace Excellent teacher  Excellent one for the end of the day - knew everything he was talking about, explained well  Good end to the day, totally woke up the audience at the end of the day  Very funny and makes the topic more interesting  Fantastic lecture and excellent presentations absolutely brilliant Very good explanations

17. Comments:Pharmacology 4  Really hard SBA's!  Useful tips and clear facts that are related even if not in the question.  Good questions well presented.  Good explanations of MCQ's but would prefer to have better explanations of SBA’s.  Fantastic teaching, engaging.  Good set of question, entertaining speaker.  Very good, problems with IT though!! Succinct delivery and key points, very useful information

18. SBA set 1  Good time keeping Very useful indeed  Slide font sizes are too small kindly use big and bold fonts with contrasting background  Interesting format  Quality presentation/explanations  Very useful and exam relevant  Good pace and explanations  Good questions Relaxed presentation style, clear explanations of reasons behind answers  Steady pace and good explanation

19. Physics 1  Good questions and presentation.  Very good set of questions for physics.  Good pace and good diagrams.  Very good presentation, good knowledge and explanation.  Clear explanations and exam relevant questions, useful knowledge gained.

20. Physics 2  Approachable and friendly  Difficult set of questions but clear and relevant slides  Questions perhaps slightly difficult.  Nice diagrams and slides  Too fast, some explanations of answers needed further clarification

21. Physics 3  Good slides - helpful to have and explanation below each answer.  Good explanation knew topics well.  Succinct and useful information in slides.  Excellent material, very useful and relevant topics.  Good discussion, responded well to questions.

22. Comments: SBAs set 3  Good questions and presentation.  Explanation slides would be useful especially for calculation questions.  Needed explanation for cylinder calculations.  Very good questions and answers, covered the topic very well.  Best one of them all - difficult topic to cover.  Reasonable pace slightly rushed towards the end.

23. Comments: Physiology day 1  Approachable and friendly  Good pace and answers were good on the slide  Diagrams on slides were too small to read  Difficult set of questions but clear and relevant slides.  Nice diagrams and slides  Too fast, some explanations of answers needed further clarification

24. Comments: Physiology day 2  Very clear good slides. Good questions and presentation.  Very good and clear answers to questions of a difficult subject - very useful and informative.  Good clear explanations, delivered well.  Useful diagrams to explain answers. Good pace, good answers, difficult topic.  Good presentation and good explanations.  Particularly impressed by the exploratory nature of accompanying slides which enhances clear explanation.

25. Comments:Physiology day 3  Good explanation of difficult respiratory concepts.  Willing to delve into explainable but this made the session drag a bit.  Best session in terms of clear explanation of concepts and moved quickly through areas that everyone was confident on.  Very useful session, exam relevant question that enforced key knowledge  very approachable and keen to interact/help. Very open to questions.

26. Comments: Test paper  As always well presented. Useful information, reinforced earlier topic.  Good presentation of answers and explanations.  Good slides, enthusiastic. Good set of questions, relevant and well explained, friendly and gave useful information. Encouraging and lively speaker, clear explanations. Good technique and presentation slides.  Very helpful questions, approachable attitude  Very nice and friendly, good explanations at reasonable speed. Good content. Well delivered, interactive session and key points made.  Hard SBAs but highlighted gaps in knowledge. Good mix of topics, some ambiguity in a few of the answers though.