Every other bank tests you once and moves on. ScrubbedIn schedules each question to come back the moment before you'd forget it — so it sticks for exam day and theatre. Revise less, retain more.
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384+
MRCS questions
10
surgical categories
SM-2
spaced-repetition engine
CST + ST3
career portfolio guides
How it works
You just answer your daily queue. The algorithm does the remembering for you.
You answer real MRCS questions from memory. Pulling an answer out is what actually builds it — far more than highlighting notes.
Rate how easily it came to you. Each question is booked back in at the exact interval that beats the forgetting curve.
Topics only turn green once you can recall them weeks later. You always know exactly what is exam-ready and what is not.
The evidence
Across the largest reviews of learning research, active recall and spaced repetition outperform every other study technique — and they work best combined. Everything here is built on them.
Retrieving from memory strengthens it; re-reading barely moves the needle. Every question is retrieval practice.
Reviews are spread at expanding intervals, timed to the edge of forgetting — the single most effective way to retain.
A topic counts as learned only when you can recall it weeks later — not the first time you get it right.
Everything in one place
The full MRCS question bank, delivered as a daily review that makes it stick.
CXR, AXR and CT cases with the classic findings and teaching points spelled out.
Step-by-step interactive walkthroughs of common general-surgery procedures.
Peel back the layers of the abdominal wall and inguinal canal, structure by structure.
Portfolio scoring, evidence tips and interview prep from a top-1% applicant.
Ward-round survival, emergency approaches and an instruments reference with exam notes.
Why trust it
“I built ScrubbedIn because I was tired of grinding thousands of questions and still forgetting them a week later. This is the system I used to rank in the top 1% nationally — the questions, the spacing, and the portfolio playbook, in one place.”
A UK General Surgery Trainee
Founder, ScrubbedIn · top 1% nationally in CST
Questions, answered
Yes — free forever, no card. You get a sample of questions across every category, the spaced-repetition review on them, imaging cases and two full operative guides. Upgrade only when you want the whole bank.
Most banks are large static libraries you grind once. ScrubbedIn is a learning system: it schedules questions back to you at the point of forgetting and tracks genuine topic mastery, so you retain it instead of cramming and losing it.
Questions are written and curated for the current MRCS syllabus with detailed explanations and a key learning point each. Imaging is clearly labelled as AI-generated illustration of classic findings — never real patient data.
Yes. Recurring plans cancel in one click from your account — no emails, no retention hoops. The 3-month pass simply ends on its own with no auto-renewal.
UK surgical trainees and medical students sitting MRCS, plus anyone building a CST or ST3 application. The career guides are written by a trainee who ranked in the top 1% nationally.
Free to start, no card required. Your first daily review takes five minutes.
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