Gastroenterology KBA
This useful resource will help prepare candidates ahead of their Gastroentrology Knowledge Based Assessment (KBA). It provides trainees with a range of Gastroenterology revision questions covering the curriculum areas published by the Royal College of Physicians.
The questions have been developed for the specialist level of the exam and allow trainees to become reacquainted with the BoF format used in this specialty KBA. This focussed resource will help candidates find their weaker areas of knowledge ahead of the assessment.
- 200 practice questions
- Best of 5 question format
- Questions cover the published curriculum
- Detailed performance analysis and feedback
Revision course features
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The most topical questions
Not only do we provide a vast range of questions covering the entire syllabus, we will also keep you up to date with questions on topical themes and emerging therapies that our authors feel are likely to appear in the future examinations.
Feedback on your performance
At any time you can view your scores and check your performance in any subject category. The website can display detailed information on all questions answered by every user. Using this database the website can show you exactly how you compare with other candidates sitting the exam and how likely you are to pass. You can see where you are on the Normal (Gaussian) distribution curve!
Adaptive learning
Using its detailed analysis database the website selects the order in which questions are selected. The website adapts to your areas of strength and weakness and optimizes your revision.
Tutorial search engine
onexamination.com has now teamed up with SearchMedica to provide another source of research when you have answered a question and need some further information. Simply enter your search terms into the SearchMedica box and start revising.
Learning journal
The learning journal is somewhere to leave notes and comments on the various subjects you have learnt during your revision. This can help you to make links between these topics. By doing this you can recognise your strengths and weaknesses while also identifying your progress. It can also enhance your written and general communication skills within the field of medicine; a skill generally overlooked during your training.
Question of the day
Assess your Gastroenterology knowledge with our question of the day.
A 78-year-old diabetic female presented with a two day history
of melena and dizziness. She had taken an unknown analgesic four
days previously. On examination she was pale with a pulse of 90
beats per minute, a blood pressure of 100/65 mmHg and a lower
midline scar from an operation for intermittent claudication three
months previously. Investigations revealed:
| Haemoglobin |
8 g/dL (13.0-18.0) |
| Faecal occult blood |
strongly positive |
| Upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy |
Normal |
What is the most likely cause of her upper gastrointestinal
haemorrhage?
(Please select an option)