ACRRM MCQ study plan
ACRRM MCQ · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
General Practice (Rural and Remote Medicine)
Map the General Practice blueprint into a one-page topic inventory and rank each topic by personal confidence gap
Draft a 30-item baseline self-test across core GP presentations and record your score by topic area
Build a spaced-repetition deck skeleton with tags matching each blueprint topic
Schedule three fixed weekly study blocks in your calendar and protect them
Your checkpoint
A dated baseline score sheet plus a tagged topic inventory listing every GP content area with a confidence rating from 1 to 5
General Practice (Rural and Remote Medicine)
Work through the ten highest-yield GP presentations, writing a two-line clinical reasoning summary for each
Convert every wrong baseline answer into a flashcard with the underlying principle, not just the fact
Practise 20 questions under a 90-second-per-item limit to build pacing discipline
Review all flashcards created so far and retire the ones you now answer cold
Your checkpoint
A 20-question timed set completed with a logged accuracy percentage and a written note on which presentations still feel weakest
General Practice (Rural and Remote Medicine) & Rural and Remote Context (procedural and community care)
Identify the procedural skills and community-care scenarios that the rural context domain expects and list them against your current scope of practice
Write out your own safe approach to five common rural procedures, including indications, consent points, and escalation triggers
Draft a retrieval grid linking chronic disease management to remoteness, workforce shortage, and access barriers
Complete 25 mixed questions spanning both domains and categorise each error as knowledge, reasoning, or reading error
Your checkpoint
A procedural scope self-audit table with five procedures documented and a mixed-set error-type tally
Rural and Remote Context (procedural and community care)
Explain the retrieval and referral pathway for a time-critical presentation in a setting without on-site imaging or specialist cover
Compare the risk profile of two common rural occupational or agricultural exposures and state the questions you would ask
Summarise the practical constraints of telehealth consultations, including consent, privacy, and examination limits
Teach one rural-context topic aloud in under five minutes without notes to test true recall
Your checkpoint
A one-page written retrieval-and-referral pathway for a time-critical case, plus a five-minute recorded or peer-checked verbal explanation
General Practice (Rural and Remote Medicine) & Rural and Remote Context (procedural and community care)
Revisit every topic rated 1 or 2 in week one and rebuild the notes for each from first principles
Practise 30 questions in two timed blocks and review every explanation, including items you answered correctly
Write three short case-based vignettes that combine a GP presentation with a rural access constraint and outline your management
Audit your flashcard deck for duplicates and retire cards that no longer test a live gap
Your checkpoint
A rewritten notes pack for all lowest-confidence topics and a full review log covering every question attempted in the two timed blocks
General Practice (Rural and Remote Medicine) & Rural and Remote Context (procedural and community care)
Simulate a full-length timed paper in one sitting under exam conditions with no interruptions
Analyse the simulation by domain, topic, and error type, and rank the top five residual gaps
Build a targeted remediation list of no more than five actions for the final fortnight
Rehearse the communication and safety aspects of two rural scenarios, focusing on documentation and handover
Your checkpoint
A simulation score report broken down by domain with a ranked list of the five remaining gaps and a remediation plan
General Practice (Rural and Remote Medicine) & Rural and Remote Context (procedural and community care)
Close the five ranked gaps by working through each one and re-testing it within 48 hours
Run a second timed paper and compare domain-level scores against week six
Condense all notes into a single high-yield summary sheet capped at four pages
Rehearse flagging and guessing strategy on 20 deliberately difficult items to practise decision discipline
Your checkpoint
A four-page condensed summary sheet and a week-six versus week-seven score comparison showing movement in each domain
General Practice (Rural and Remote Medicine) & Rural and Remote Context (procedural and community care)
Review only the condensed summary sheet and your error log, avoiding new material
Complete one final half-length timed set to confirm pacing and stamina
Write a personal exam-day checklist covering timing, flagging rules, and rest breaks
Confirm logistics including test format, identification, and a quiet environment, then taper study in the final two days
Your checkpoint
A signed-off exam-day checklist and a final half-length timed set score demonstrating stable or improved accuracy across both domains
Milestones
Week 2: Baseline score recorded and at least 60 per cent accuracy on the timed 20-question set, with every error converted into a reviewed flashcard
Week 4: Both domains covered at least once, procedural scope audit complete, and mixed-set accuracy at or above 65 per cent
Week 6: Full-length simulation completed under exam conditions with domain-level scores logged and no more than five residual gaps identified
Week 8: Final half-length set at or above 75 per cent accuracy with both domains represented and the exam-day checklist finalised