Safa Al-Musawi
Co-founder
Sat the UK exams she now writes for, and scored in the top deciles. Safa built the MSRA and SJT banks and still reads the explanations before they publish.
- Sat MSRA · top decile
- GMC registered
- Owns MSRA + SJT banks
Blog
Notes from the people writing the questions.
Specification changes read line by line, short clinical explainers, and honest writing about revising while working. Published when there is something to say, not weekly.
Archive
Everything we've published.
Who writes the blog
Named clinicians, not a content desk.
Every piece is bylined by one of these people, and checked by another one before it goes out.
Ahmed Zainy
Co-founder
Junior doctor and the other half of the editorial line. Ahmed runs the revision notes and flashcard decks, and teaches the live crash courses.
- Sat UKMLA AKT
- GMC registered
- Owns notes + flashcards
Dr Hannah Reyes
Clinical lead, MSRA and UKMLA
GP registrar turned full-time editor. Wrote the first 600 MSRA stems and still reviews every Professional Dilemmas item before it publishes.
- MRCP
Mr Tom Whitcombe
Clinical lead, MRCS Part A
Consultant general surgeon and former MRCS examiner. Owns the anatomy and pathology banks and the Part A mock papers.
- FRCS
Dr Priya Nair
Content editor, UCAT and UKMLA
Runs the second-reviewer process. Every explanation on MediWord is read by a clinician who did not write it, that is her rule.
- MBBS, MRCGP
Dr Amara Okafor
Lead, ST1 interviews
Emergency medicine consultant who sits on national recruitment panels. Builds the interview bank from real domain descriptors.
- MRCEM
The same doctors write the blog and the bank.
If a piece here changes how we mark a topic, the questions and notes change with it in the same week.
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