MRCPsych Paper 3
Written Paper centres in the UK, Ireland and Hong Kong
The MRCPsych Paper 3 will be 3 hours
long, containing a maximum of 200 marks. The paper will include
both ‘best answer 1 of 5’ style MCQs and EMIs. The Clinical Topics
will be approximately two thirds of the paper. The Critical
Review component will make up approximately one third of the
paper.
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Breakdown of
questions, Paper 3 (Clinical Topics)
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- General Adult
Psychiatry
- Classification of disease, preventative strategies
- Presentation of illness and treatment
- Hospital liaison psychiatry
- Neuropsychiatry
- Medicine relevant to psychiatry & HIV
- Research
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32
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Old age psychiatry
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15
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Addictions
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11
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Child & adolescent
psychiatry
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15
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Forensic psychiatry
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9
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Learning Disability
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10
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Psychotherapy &
Psychopathology
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8
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This breakdown is intended as a general guide
to the Clinical Topics content of Paper 3 and is subject to
change