title: Guide to postgraduate exams: how to prepare.
abstract: Ways in which doctors might learn, revise and prepare for postgraduate exams are outlined in this article. Some educational principles are described to explain why understanding is far more useful and permanent than rote-learning. Suggestions are also made about exam technique.
authors.affiliation: Medical Colleges of St Bartholomew's.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Holsgrove
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D010934:Planning Techniques