Safa Al-Musawi
Co-founder
Safa is a radiology registrar in London. She scored over 600 in the MSRA and now leads MediWord’s MSRA and SJT question banks. She is passionate about teaching.
Recall-based question banks for UK medical exams.
MSRA, MRCS A & B, UKMLA and MRCP. MediWord is a specialist exam preparation platform built from past paper questions. Every question is written by a top-scoring UK doctor who sat the exam, with a detailed explanation linked to current guidance.
Written and taught by top-scoring UK doctors
MediWord is built by a large team of UK-based doctors who sat these exams and scored highly. Together we created a comprehensive platform to help you do the same.
Ahmed Zainy
Co-founder
Ahmed is an orthopaedics registrar in London. He passed MRCS Part A first time with a high score and now leads MediWord’s MRCS Part A and Part B question banks.
Safa, co-founder
“MediWord is more than a question bank. It is the only platform in the UK that delivers live teaching for every exam, through weekly live webinars and live weekend courses”
Content Leads, you will see us every week in the live sessions
The whole bank, in your pocket.
MediWord has a real iOS and Android app, not just a website squeezed onto a small screen. Questions, notes and flashcards download for offline use, so a night shift, a tube journey or a ward round with no signal is still revision time. Your progress syncs the moment you're back online.
Offline question bank and notes- Same account, same progress, any device
- Face ID lock and dark mode
- Flashcards timed to your sitting
- Same account, same progress, any device
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A 45-year-old woman with a midgut carcinoid tumour metastatic to the liver presents with episodic facial flushing, diarrhoea and wheezing. Which of the following substances produced by the tumour is primarily responsible for her symptoms?
Select one answer
Choose an option above
Correct
Carcinoid syndrome is driven by serotonin together with other vasoactive peptides released by neuroendocrine tumour cells.
Answer the question to reveal the explanation.
MediWord illustration · reviewed by Mr T. Okafor, general surgery registrar
Explanation of answer
Best answer and reason
Correct answer: Serotonin (5-HT)
Carcinoid syndrome is driven by serotonin together with other vasoactive peptides released by neuroendocrine tumour cells. The syndrome appears only once those products escape hepatic first-pass metabolism, which usually means liver metastases.
Why the other options are wrong
Gastrin, insulin, calcitonin and glucagon are produced by other neuroendocrine tumours and do not explain flushing, diarrhoea and wheeze together.
Exam takeaway
Flushing, diarrhoea and wheeze with liver metastases points to carcinoid syndrome, driven by serotonin.
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Revision notes, each dated
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Every UK milestone, mapped to its own curriculum.
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MSRA
6,450 Recall SBA Questions with Explanations- 1,000+ Professional Dilemmas/SJT Questions
- 1,500+ Revision notes linked to NICE guidelines
- 3,000+ Flashcards for high-yield learing
- Live Courses over the Weekend - CPS & SJT
- Fortnightly Webinars + Recordings
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MSRA Clinical Problem Solving: fixing your timing, not your knowledge · Thu 27 August 2026, 19:30 BST
UKMLA
7,500 recall questionsMRCS Part A
6,500 recall questionsUCAT
10,960 questionsST1 Interview
1,000 questions
How MediWord works.
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Sit questions written from real recall
Practise recall-based questions. Our questions are built around what the exam actually asks and written by doctors who scored in the top deciles.
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Read the note behind the answer
Learn from every explanation. Each answer has a detailed explanation linked to NICE and BNF guidance, with a revision note for further reading.
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Come back before you forget
Test yourself under exam conditions. Sit full timed mock papers, then review every answer with its explanation.
Every explanation traced back to the guideline.
1,900+ notes written against current NICE, SIGN and Royal College guidance, and re-checked whenever it changes. No recycled textbook prose and no anonymous crowd-sourced answers.
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Live teaching every week
Taught live by top-scoring, UK-based Doctors
Join a free live webinar every week for the MSRA, MRCS A & B and UKMLA exams. Each session works through exam-style questions and is recorded, so you can watch it later.
75 min · live
MSRA Clinical Problem Solving: fixing your timing, not your knowledge
Most candidates who miss their target score knew the medicine. They ran out of minutes. We work through 12 stems live and show where the seconds go.
Dr Hannah Reyes MRCP
GP trainee · MSRA 2026
Thu 27 August 2026, 19:30 BST
90 min · live
MRCS Part A: the anatomy that actually gets examined
Paper 1 rewards regional anatomy you can reason from. We cover the abdominal wall, inguinal canal and neuroanatomy the way examiners frame them.
Mr Tom Whitcombe
FRCS Consultant general surgeon
Tue 8 September 2026, 19:00 BST
60 min · live
UKMLA AKT in six weeks: a plan that survives a full rota
A realistic block plan for candidates working clinically, including what to cut when the week collapses.
Dr Priya Nair MBBS, MRCGP
UKMLA content editor
Wed 23 September 2026, 18:30 BST
Four teaching clinicians
MRCP, FRCS, MRCGP and MRCEM
Quietly, it works.
Real subscribers, filmed on their own phones, with the exam and sitting they can be checked against.
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“Most question banks barely touch PD, but MediWord takes it seriously - and it shows. The SMART framework completely changed how I approached these questions. My PD score ended up being my strongest section”
★★★★★
“MediWord was my only question bank, and I scored over 600. The PD section in particular is gold - structured explanations, SMART framework, and totally aligned with GMC principles”
★★★★★
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“I used to find PD questions vague and frustrating until I started using MediWord. The breakdowns are clear, logical, and grounded in GMC guidance. It’s the only resource I’ve seen that truly teaches you how to think like the exam wants”
★★★★★
“MediWord was the most reliable resource I used for MSRA. The questions felt almost identical to the real exam, and the explanations were spot on. I wouldn’t have scored over 600 without it”
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★★★★★
“I loved how structured everything was on MediWord. PD and CPS were treated equally, and I could track my weak areas and focus my revision efficiently. The platform made my prep so much more effective”
★★★★★
“I really like the content of the website it is very concise and based on past paper questions. I have found it extremely useful in getting a high score!”
★★★★★
“Mediword was extremely useful for me as the questions are very very similar to what came up in the real exam! It game me a very accurate representation for the questions so I was very prepared for the exam”
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“I can't tell you how much easier it has made my study! I highly recommend if you aren't already using it! Very similar to the real exam and past paper questions was extremely useful for my study!”
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Read the full FAQHow long do I get access for?
It depends on the exam: 6 months for MSRA and UKMLA, 12 months for MRCS Part A, 4 months for UCAT, and 3 months for the ST1 interview bank. The exact period is on each exam's page before you pay.
Can I use MediWord on my phone?
Yes. MediWord is a native iOS and Android app, and the same account works in the browser. Questions, notes and flashcards download for offline use.
Do you offer group or deanery licences?
Yes. Email us with the number of seats and the exam, and one of the two of us will reply with a quote, usually the same day.
Who writes the questions?
Named UK doctors who have sat the exam, each question is reviewed by a second clinician before it publishes.
What happens if I think a question is wrong?
Use the feedback box on the question. It goes straight to a named editor, who replies and, if the item is wrong, fixes it and records the change.
Are your questions recalled from real exams?
Stems are reconstructed from structured candidate recollections after a sitting, then rewritten and referenced by a doctor. Nothing is copied from the paper itself.
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