🧭 MRCGP · Applied Knowledge Test · AKT Compass

Teaching notes across 20 chapters

What the guidance actually says, the numbers worth knowing, where candidates commonly slip, a citation you can check and when it was last reviewed. Plus brief one-page sheets for the night before the exam.

Open the Quick Notes → See the plans

Part of AKT Compass: a 3,500+ question bank, three mock exams and teaching notes across 20 chapters, with statistics and admin as chapters of their own (statistics, admin).

How the AKT is built

The Applied Knowledge Test is 160 questions in 2 hours 40 minutes, under the RCGP blueprint of 80% clinical medicine, 10% evidence and data interpretation and 10% organisation and admin. Always confirm the current format and content of the paper on rcgp.org.uk.

Everything in AKT Compass is written and reviewed by practising UK GPs. Sample content is open to everyone in the Free Sample Bundle.