Next exam

• 18 - 21 November 2008

Number of stations

• 16 stations in total in two circuits
  • 1 circuit of 8 individual stations - 1 minute preparation time, 7 minutes for the task
  • 1 ciruit of 4 pairs of linked stations - 2 minutes preparation time, 10 minutes for each station
• One minute warning bell

The eligibility criteria are complex. Only the basic criteria are listed here. Candidates are advised to read the website of the Royal College of Psychiatrists for the latest information.

The requirements of entry to the CASC are:

• Between 30 and 48 months whole time equivalent in psychiatry by the date of sitting the CASC.
  • 30 months of approved training which should include a minimum of 12 months general adult psychiatry and a minimum of 12 months of 2 or 3 further psychiatric specialties
• Workplace based assessments
• Passes in Papers 1, 2 and 3

It is expected that the CASC will to taken after 30-48 months of training and to have been attained within 48 months.

Source: General Information & Regulations for the MRCPsych Examinations & Assessment
Programme 2008, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2 April 2008

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has published the following documents.

• Candidate's Guide
• MRCPsych CASC Blueprint
• Grade Descriptors

Discussions take place in the Superego Cafe MRCPsych Forum after each MRCPsych exam. Users post recalled stations. The collected stations will be presented here as Adobe PDF files for your convenience. For discussions about answers, please go to the MRCPsych Forum.

June 2008 - Results to be published soon

 

CASC

Not much has been published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists about this exam but it is expected to be a combination of the old MRCPsych Part 1 OSCE and Part 2 Patient Management Problems stations. The big difference is that the difficulty level and complexity of the OSCE stations will rise in order to accommodate the greater length of training by the time this exam is taken and in order not to duplicate what has already been assessed in the workplace.