HKMLE Part III study plan

Map the HKMLE Part III syllabus into a personal checklist of clinical topics, weighting medicine, surgery, and emergency presentations most heavily

Build a spaced-repetition deck of 120 high-yield facts covering common Hong Kong inpatient presentations and their first-line management

Complete 40 single-best-answer questions under timed conditions and log every incorrect option with the reason it is wrong

Write a one-page summary of the Part III format, station types, and marking emphasis so practice sessions mirror the real assessment

Work through 60 questions on cardiology, respiratory, and gastroenterology, then re-derive the correct answer for each missed item without looking at notes

Draft 10 structured clinical reasoning chains linking presenting complaint to differential, investigation, and immediate management

Practise three 8-minute history-taking stations aloud with a peer or recorder and score yourself against a written checklist

Review the week-1 error log and retire any fact you can now recall correctly twice in a row

Drill 50 questions on endocrinology, renal medicine, and fluid/electrolyte problems, focusing on dose calculations and acute correction thresholds

Summarise 12 emergency protocols (for example anaphylaxis, acute coronary syndrome, diabetic ketoacidosis, sepsis) into action sequences with drug doses and time frames

Practise five examination stations on a volunteer, verbalising findings in the sequence a examiner expects

Rehearse two 10-minute counselling stations covering informed consent and discharge planning

Sit a 100-question mixed mock paper in one timed block and record the score by clinical category

Analyse the mock by tagging each error as knowledge gap, misread question, or reasoning slip, and rank the top three weaknesses

Complete 30 questions on surgery and orthopaedics, including trauma primary survey and wound assessment

Rewrite the study plan for weeks 5-8 so the weakest three categories receive the most time

Run two full mock station circuits of eight stations each, timing every station and scoring against written marking criteria

Review each recorded station and note one specific behaviour to change (for example opening question, summarising, safety-netting)

Complete 40 questions on paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and psychiatry, then correct every miss

Practise three breaking-bad-news stations using a written framework and self-score empathy and structure separately

Consolidate the top 30 recurring error themes from weeks 1-5 into a single revision sheet and test yourself on it twice

Complete 60 questions on the three weakest categories identified at week 4 and target at least 70% correct

Practise four prescribing and calculation stations, checking every dose against a formulary and recording discrepancies

Rehearse two handover or referral stations using a structured format such as SBAR

Sit a second 100-question timed mock and compare category scores with week 4 to confirm improvement

Run two more full station circuits under exam conditions and score every station against the same criteria used in week 5

Rehearse five difficult communication stations covering complaints, cultural sensitivity, and capacity assessment

Update the revision sheet with any new error themes and retire facts you now answer correctly consistently

Complete a final 100-question mixed mock and review only the errors, aiming for a stable category profile with no weak outlier

Run one final full station circuit and record a confidence rating for each station type

Reduce the revision sheet to a single page of the 20 facts and behaviours you most often get wrong

Rehearse the logistics: station timing, equipment handling, and a personal checklist for the exam day