title: Guide to postgraduate exams: Royal College exams.
abstract: Postgraduate exams are important milestones (or barriers) in specialist careers. However, there are several peculiar features in the Royal Colleges' exams, and considerable differences between them. This is the first of three articles aimed at helping candidates make appropriate preparations.
authors.affiliation: Medical Colleges, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Holsgrove
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008511:Medicine; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013038:Specialization