Abstract
Courses to help medical students pass ‘Finals’ already exist but are typically expensive or can only be attended by a limited number of students. We describe the success of ‘The National Finals Revision Day' (NFRD) course, which we believe is sustainable and unique in terms of its combined scale and cost (£10 per person). The course was organised and taught by 12 junior doctors. In total, 300 students attended from 55% of UK medical schools. Attendees found the course both relevant (96.4%) and cost-effective (97%), whilst the 11 medical and surgical talks were of a high standard (90.1%). The organising committee felt confident to organise their own teaching course in the future with 100% having already run a course themselves since the NFRD course. The NFRD course was also used by 11/12 (91.7%) of the organising committee to achieve their Annual Review of Competency Progression (ARCP) and 12/12 (100%) of the organising committee to obtain jobs on training programmes in the UK. We provide guidance about how to organise similar large-scale events for those interested. Moving forward, the teaching course will be run at: (i) multiple times; (ii) multiple UK venues; (iii) run over two days to cover more medical and surgical topics; and (iv) include the option of attending via video link.
Highlights
Medical school ‘Finals’ test a wealth of knowledge gained throughout medical school, acting as the final hurdle before starting life as a newly qualified doctor
We describe the success of ‘The National Finals Revision Day' (NFRD) course, which we believe is sustainable and unique in terms of its combined scale and cost (£10 per person)
Leading on from this, the organising committee felt very confident to organise their own event in future scoring this 4.4/5, with all of the organising committee (100%) having already run a course themselves since the NFRD course
Summary
Medical school ‘Finals’ test a wealth of knowledge gained throughout medical school, acting as the final hurdle before starting life as a newly qualified doctor. This has been shown to be the most stressful period at medical school after investing so much time and money in the preceding years [1]. There is strong evidence that recently qualified junior doctors can provide high-quality teaching by offering a unique perspective for final year medical students, whilst empowering the trainer with crucial teaching skills [4,5]. Provide a cost-effective, large-scale ‘Finals’ revision day that was available to all, whilst providing opportunities to develop the teaching and management skills of the committee involved
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