College exam dates confirmed as previously indicated here (Written components Apr 13 2018, Oral Apr 16th-20th)
Limited remaining places on Grayscale Vlahos Spring FRCR2b Courses

Website is about to be updated with new information and extensive excellent feedback from recent courses. In the interim here are some additional details with regards to courses for Mar-Apr 2018

Provisional UK FRCR exam dates Fri 13th 2018 and week after (unlikely to change)
 
Grayscale Course Dates 2 day classic course (Viva preparation):
Price: £550, includes light breakfast, excellent lunch, coffee/tea/cakes throughout day. Premier central London venue.

This course is an intensive long 2 day course with preparation for the viva. Although there is overlap with some long cases, it is not a specific preparation course for the long cases or the rapids (but see pre-post course materials).

It is not an assessment course in the sense that you will not undergo a complete exam with some minor comments or score after. It is a small group personalised teaching course. You will take multiple viva cases, and be instructed by me personally (not other variable instructors) on how you personally can improve and score higher on every case you see. You will see more cases than on any course, and you will see more FRCR cases that you have never seen before. All the candidates will see all the cases.

Before the course you will receive pre-course materials. These are cases that I send to you over several weeks by email and you send replies which I critique. I also send you three packs of rapid reporting packs to improve you. Following the course, I send you more teaching materials, including observation films, helpful handouts, and more cases.

Dates (10 max per date)
Mar 17-18 (Sat-Sun)
Mar 21-22 (Wed-Thu)
Mar 26-27 (Mon-Tue)
Apr 3-4 (Tue-Wed)
Apr 7-8 (Sat-Sun)
 
Written Course:

Saturday Mar 24th   (30 places only)

Price: £250, includes light breakfast, excellent lunch, coffee/tea throughout day. Premier central London venue.

This course prepares candidates for the written reports part of the exam. It is run on individual 21.5inch imacs as per the exam running Osirix. The course is designed to show you how to maximise scoring on a part of the exam where most candidates score 5.5-6 but where most candidates could improve by at least 0.5 marks by following my guidance for image review and answering. During the day strategies for rapid image review, identification of combination findings, classic cases, and written test completion to maximise scoring are highlighted.

The course includes a pre-course marked written exam, with personalised feedback, and a post course further written exam. Candidates have revealed that they scored highly as a result of this course.
 
Rapid Reporting Course:

Sunday Mar 25th  (30 places only)

Price: £250, includes light breakfast, excellent lunch, coffee/tea throughout day. Premier central London venue.

This course prepares candidates for the rapid reporting part of the exam. It is run on individual 21.5inch imacs as per the exam running Osirix. This course is running for the second time and arose as a request from candidates attending my other courses. They were trying to secure the passes that my trainees achieve and the very high scores (8s) achieved by many.The feedback from the first course was exceptional, particularly from candidates that had previously passed the entire exam except for the rapid exam.

This course is very different from other rapid reporting courses. You will have the opportunity to do a pre-course test and receive an analysis of your individual performance categorised by undercalling, overcalling or other deficiencies. On the day the course is designed to explain to you the marking of the exam, the strategy of the examiners, your strategy in response and frankly to correct the errors accumulated by poor training, course or online advice that has led to overcalling or packs that have been setting the wrong standard. If anything the course increases your confidence in calling normal normal, improving speed of interpretation and decision making, and how to deal with uncertainty. The course is again run by myself and candidates are encouraged to ask questions about concerns they have with individual cases or their exam strategy.

Approximately half the day is spent on targeted review of imaging areas, body part by body part, to acquaint candidates with approaches for every area. In the afternoon, the experience is consolidated with two full exams and then there is a further post course exam. Overall candidates will see 300-350 cases, however, the course is structured to ensure that there is a balance between establishing the exam standard, gaining confidence in normality, and being aware of pitfall abnormals without the latter causing overcalling.