The Primary FRCA Structured Oral Exam Guide 2 (MasterPass)

Really useful as a tool closer to the viva to try and firm up the knowledge you have developed from other sources in a way that can be used in the test.

Fantastic book - I used it to revise for my viva and passed with excellent marks.In retrospect I should've also used it for my MCQ.Layout excellent, font size good, overall very easy to read.Contents were extremely comprehensive - together with its companion book it covers nearly everything you need to know for the viva, and provides a good base/structure for the MCQ.The drugs section were particularly good with each individual drug drawn as spider diagrams which make them easy to read and digest.

Very good for the anestgetic begginers

I've bought so many books but this one and it's partner have formed the back bone of my revision.I am supplementing it with the core books.Hope I pass...

A helpful book when preparing for the Primary FRCA but there are a number of errors throughout the book which means I can't trust it 100%.For example, structure of enflurane drawn without a Cl atom (page 26), dose-response curves with x-axis labelled time instead of dose (page 32 and 33), treatment for asthma written as alpha-2 agonist instead of beta-2 (page 177).It's still useful but the errors are a real shame when trying to prepare for such a tough exam. It needs a good proof read before the next edition.

Great summary

Must must have

It's a decent study aid, good at explanations.However a surprising number of really basic errors - it clearly hasn't been proof-read well, or by an anaesthetist anyway. Dose-response curves with time as the x-axis, volatile anaesthetic agent diagrams just plain wrong e.g. enflurane has no Cl when it is an isomer of isoflurane.