The Toolkits
When we were revising for the Primary FRCA exam, we were frustrated by the fact that there wasn't a go-to resource that had all the basics that you needed to cover, laid out in an approachable, easy-to-use format for your exam preparation.
We found that a resource either only covered one subject in detail, like pharmacology or equipment, or if it did cover all of the information, it was ungainly and frankly terrifying to try and use, like some of the enormous textbooks and e-learning programmes available.
So we decided to make one
The toolkit is completely new - we haven't found anything else like it - and so we didn't really know what to call it.
It's not a book, and it's not an e-learning module or stand-alone website... So we called it a toolkit because it sounds cool.
Then we made another
The feedback from the Primary Toolkit was so positive and enthusiastic that we then built one for the Final too.
We hope you like them.
They took us 1300 hours each, and we're still working on them.
We also think it works pretty well. It achieves several things:
- It's got easily enough information to pass the exam comfortably
- It shows you the whole syllabus in front of you
- It's easy to use, and you always have it with you on whatever device you use
- It looks nice (we think)
It's not comprehensive. There will be niche bits of technically examinable information that is not covered by the toolkit.
And we're okay with that. We'd rather have a resource that focuses on the high-yield information that will definitely come up, giving us a comfortable pass and a nice piece of kit to use, rather than an ungainly and scary encyclopedia that we can't motivate ourselves to even open in the first place.