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The reviews displayed here are in answer to the question 'Kindly tell us your overall impression about the teaching, faculty and organisation of this course. Please state if this course helped to focus your revision for the exam'.

Well run course. Good mix of exam practice and chance to see a variety of signs. Faculty all knowledgeable with most having relatively recent experience of sitting PACES which I felt was of benefit.
Dr Fraser Hendry
Forth Valley Royal Hospital

Useful course. Good teaching.
Dr Anju Anand
Sree Krishna Hospital, Kerala, India

Was good to actually get hands on experience with examining/ taking history from patients.
Dr Javeria Peracha
Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham

I am planning to do PACES in Sept'14 and would like to redo this course before my exam.
Dr Ireen Hamid
Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge

Good.
Dr Sameer Bahal
Good Hope District General Hospital, Sutton Coldfield

Excellent.
Dr Jake Mann
St James's University Hospital, Leeds

Good course. Having an additional neurology station would help.
Dr Furqan Amjad
Queen Elizabeth Birmingham Hospital

Good selection of cases. Very well organized. Ideally will be great to give more feedback after exams to assess more.
Dr Umaira Aziz
New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton

Very good.
Dr Muhammad Abdul Rauf
DHQ Hospital

Extremely useful course with plenty of opportunity to practice and excellent range of patients for examination. Thank you.
Dr Katrina Wardrope
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

Examiners on cardiovascular, respiratory and Station 5 were particularly helpful. Neurology was not as good as the other stations.
Dr Kanchana De Abrew
Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham

Overall it’s a good course for the money spent.
Dr Mohamed Zacky Mohamed Haniffa
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury

Good exposure to exam format.
Dr Ahmad Halimi
Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham

Well run course. Good mix of exam practice & chance to see a variety of signs. Faculty all knowledgablewith most having relatively recent experience of sitting PACES which I felt was of benefit.
FH
Forth Valley Royal Hospital, UK

Useful course. Good teaching.
AA
Sree Krishna Hospital, Kerala, India

Good to actually get hands on experience with examining/ taking history from patients Sometimes felt likepeople at station not critiquing enough. Better to be critical here and learn than in the exam The group Iwas put in were people who had not booked the exam or started revising so I felt I couldn't learn muchfrom other members of the group and would prefer a group of all local trainees if possible.
JP
Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK

I am planning to do PACES in Sept'14 and would like to redo this course before my exam.
IH
Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, UK

Good.
SB
Good Hope District General Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, UK

Excellent.
JM
St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK

A second neurology station would help. Everyone worst station. Better feedback and teaching onneurology. Perhaps enlist the services of a neurologist.
FA
Queen Elizabeth Birmingham Hospital, UK

Good selection of cases and well organized, ideally will be great to give more feedback after exams toassess more.
UA
New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK

Very good.
MA
DHQ Hospital, Pakistan

Extremely useful course with plenty of chance to practice. Excellent range of patients for examination.Thank you.
KW
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

Examiners on cardiovascular, respiratory and Station5 were particularly helpful.
KD
Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK

Overall it is a good course for the money spent.
MZ
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury, UK

Good exposure to exam format.
AH
Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK

Very good!
ZN
Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham

Well organised, and good variety of clinical cases.
JP
Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

Highly organised, smoothly run, very helpful in preparing for the exam.
AE
City Hospital, Birmingham

Enjoyed the course. Very well organised.
AA
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool

I thought it was very good value for money with good selection of cases. I would have preferred more timeon clinical examination / station 5, (and less time on communication/history taking) as this is the hardestto practice outside of work.
HM
Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich

Very well organised given the fact that it is a 2 day course. Cases were good, especially respiratory andabdomen. Feedback was always given at the end of the station which was very useful.
AM
Solihull Hospital, Solihull

Good - for some stations there were 6 students and only 5 patients which meant I could not do aneurology exam and in others where there were two examiners I wonder if it would be better to split thegroup so that we can examine more patients, but overall very good and definitely good value for money.
DL
South Tyneside District Hospital, South Shields

Satisfactory.
AO
King's Mill Hospital, Sutton in Ashfield

Thank you very much for all your efforts. Your course has been very useful and helpful to me. I passed it on my first attempt. Sincere Thanks again!
Ms Cho Thae Phyu
Manchester Royal Infirmary

Good range of courses, good topics for discussion.
Ms. Patricia Cunningham
Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool

Excellent course. Very friendly; lots of time to examine and discuss patients. Very impressed. Keep it up!
Mr Faraz Imran
Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool

Very good station 5 teaching and good to have a whole day for station 2 and 4. Very good and good value for money overall. Thank you very much.
Mr Francis Sansbury
Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter

Great course. There was enough material and cases to be done over 2 weekends (but of course expect the fee to go up!)
Mr Loaie Mohamed EL Helw
Royal Derby Hospital, Derby

Overall a very good course. Excellent value for money.
Mr Ian Edwards
Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester

Very friendly and excellent variety of cases. Glad I came all the way down from Scotland!
Ms Tineke Huizinga
Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

Good course and great value for money. History and communication sessions with feedback and actual worksheet were very useful.
Mr Andrew Pearson
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

Very Good overall – did attend London courses in the past. This is better & more focused & value for money. Would definitely recommend.
Dr.Muhammad Imran Ahmad Qureshi
Heartlands Hospital

Organisation was very good. Staffs are very approachable – offered very good advice and are encouraging. Lots of opportunity to examine.
Mr Tobias Betteridge
Royal United Hospital, Bath

Excellent.
Mr Rahul Potluri
University Hospital of South Manchester

Good, well managed and friendly. Very good work. Well done.
Mr Hesham Kaawan
North Staffordshire Trust

I found this course quite useful and invaluable for my preparation. As compared to other courses that I did before, I found this course less expensive, cost-effective and well organized and all the examiners/tutors were extremely competent. I have recommended the course to many of my colleagues as well.
Mr Saad Hussain Shah
Ayub Teaching Hospital,Pakistan

I am pleased to say I passed the exam! With regards to feedback for the course it is quite difficult to criticise given I passed. I feel that the course did benefit me overall and would recommend it, especially as it is the cheapest course available.
Mr Brendan Mccann
Western Infirmary Glasgow

I have passed the exam and so grateful for the organisers and examiners in Heartlands course. Thanks for your help and effort.
Mr Yasser Falah
Northampton Hospital

I passed. Course was useful. I am interested to teach. Thank you.
Gurpreet Singh Jutley
Sandwell City Hospital

I passed my exam and am very grateful for the tips I learnt on the course. I found it very useful and at a good time allowing me to tailor my revision appropriately. I would love to have the opportunity to teach on future courses, please keep me informed.
Ms Simrat Gill
City Hospital

I passed the examination .from the first attempt and I got 139 score. I think the course that I did in your hospital it was beneficial to some extent, specially the communication skills; I really got benefit from that. Please send my best regard to all Doctors in Doctors Academy ,specially the one who originally from Libya and the girl who s from India they were together in station 5, they were really support me because I was bad in my language, anxious not confident; I think I was the worst student in the course, even some of them they laughed on me. I did not give up I tried hardly and I passed and I got full mark in communication skills the one that I was bad in it.
Mr Raikan Rasheed
Colchester General Hospital

I have indeed passed my PACES exam. Thank you for the course. I am more than happy to supply a short testimonial: The Birmingham PACES course covered many common topics and its best point is that all participants get a chance in examining all systems, take a history and test their communication skills. Everyone also has at least 2 goes at Station 5. All in all, excellent value for money and is as good a standard as the commercialised courses." I am not training in CMT now but anaesthetics. I am very interested in teaching but I don't suppose you will take a trainer that does not have a NTN in medicine? Do let me know as I would indeed like to partake in teaching.
Ms Rachel Hung
Newav Hospital

I passed the exam first time. I am so happy. Thanks, Birmingham course was great.
Mr Al-Deeb Walid
Wrexham Maelor

Yes, I was successful in my PACES exam. I found your course very useful, particularly at the start of my revision. The case mix was excellent and the examiners very good and friendly. I would be interested in being a teacher if needed in the future. I am applying to geriatrics in February.
Ms Emma Gendall
City Hospital Birmingham

Very good course.
Mr Kaung Htet
Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool

A very special thank you to every body at Doctors Academy. I am glad to let you know that I have passed the PACES exam. Your course helped me to prepare for the exam. What I liked the most & the reason I will recommend the course to others is the excellent feed back method & the opportunity to brush up our presenting skills and ironing out any flaws. The faculty was great and also the second day was very useful & everybody got the chance to do at least 2 history & 2 communication stations each.
Dr. Madhumita Dutta
Queens Hospital, Burton

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Well run course. Good mix of exam practice and chance to see a variety of signs. Faculty all knowledgeable with most having relatively recent experience of sitting PACES which I felt was of benefit.

Useful course. Good teaching.

Was good to actually get hands on experience with examining/ taking history from patients.

I am planning to do PACES in Sept'14 and would like to redo this course before my exam.

Good.

Excellent.

Good course. Having an additional neurology station would help.

Good selection of cases. Very well organized. Ideally will be great to give more feedback after exams to assess more.

Very good.

Extremely useful course with plenty of opportunity to practice and excellent range of patients for examination. Thank you.

Examiners on cardiovascular, respiratory and Station 5 were particularly helpful. Neurology was not as good as the other stations.

Overall it’s a good course for the money spent.

Good exposure to exam format.

Well run course. Good mix of exam practice & chance to see a variety of signs. Faculty all knowledgablewith most having relatively recent experience of sitting PACES which I felt was of benefit.

Useful course. Good teaching.

I am planning to do PACES in Sept'14 and would like to redo this course before my exam.

Good.

Excellent.

A second neurology station would help. Everyone worst station. Better feedback and teaching onneurology. Perhaps enlist the services of a neurologist.

Good selection of cases and well organized, ideally will be great to give more feedback after exams toassess more.

Very good.

Extremely useful course with plenty of chance to practice. Excellent range of patients for examination.Thank you.

Examiners on cardiovascular, respiratory and Station5 were particularly helpful.

Overall it is a good course for the money spent.

Good exposure to exam format.

Very good!

Well organised, and good variety of clinical cases.

Highly organised, smoothly run, very helpful in preparing for the exam.

Enjoyed the course. Very well organised.

I thought it was very good value for money with good selection of cases. I would have preferred more timeon clinical examination / station 5, (and less time on communication/history taking) as this is the hardestto practice outside of work.

Very well organised given the fact that it is a 2 day course. Cases were good, especially respiratory andabdomen. Feedback was always given at the end of the station which was very useful.

Satisfactory.

Thank you very much for all your efforts. Your course has been very useful and helpful to me. I passed it on my first attempt. Sincere Thanks again!

Good range of courses, good topics for discussion.

Excellent course. Very friendly; lots of time to examine and discuss patients. Very impressed. Keep it up!

Very good station 5 teaching and good to have a whole day for station 2 and 4. Very good and good value for money overall. Thank you very much.

Great course. There was enough material and cases to be done over 2 weekends (but of course expect the fee to go up!)

Overall a very good course. Excellent value for money.

Very friendly and excellent variety of cases. Glad I came all the way down from Scotland!

Good course and great value for money. History and communication sessions with feedback and actual worksheet were very useful.

Very Good overall – did attend London courses in the past. This is better & more focused & value for money. Would definitely recommend.

Organisation was very good. Staffs are very approachable – offered very good advice and are encouraging. Lots of opportunity to examine.

Excellent.

Good, well managed and friendly. Very good work. Well done.

I am pleased to say I passed the exam! With regards to feedback for the course it is quite difficult to criticise given I passed. I feel that the course did benefit me overall and would recommend it, especially as it is the cheapest course available.

I have passed the exam and so grateful for the organisers and examiners in Heartlands course. Thanks for your help and effort.

I passed. Course was useful. I am interested to teach. Thank you.

I passed my exam and am very grateful for the tips I learnt on the course. I found it very useful and at a good time allowing me to tailor my revision appropriately. I would love to have the opportunity to teach on future courses, please keep me informed.

I passed the exam first time. I am so happy. Thanks, Birmingham course was great.

Yes, I was successful in my PACES exam. I found your course very useful, particularly at the start of my revision. The case mix was excellent and the examiners very good and friendly. I would be interested in being a teacher if needed in the future. I am applying to geriatrics in February.

Very good course.

Reviews PACES