Preparing for the Prescribing Safety Assessment takes time, and tracking down good quality material shouldn’t be part of the workload. To save you the search, we’ve pulled together some free PSA resources available across the web including some of our free materials. Here’s a quick introduction to each one, followed by a link to find them.
Where these resources come from
UK Foundation Programme
The UK Foundation Programme is the organisation responsible for Foundation Years training. It hosts an official preparation page that brings together trusted materials, and it runs the mock paper each year, giving candidates a low stakes opportunity to assess their readiness ahead of the real exam.
Queen Mary University of London & Barts
Queen Mary University of London and Barts have produced a comprehensive free collection of PSA content available, all accessible via guest access.
BPS Assessment
BPS Assessment are the leading PSA practice material provider and have a range of eLearning, prep and assessment materials available. Written by prescribers and based on UK guidelines, these resources can be used as an effective revision tool.
The resources
1. QMUL & Barts PSA teaching materials
One of the most comprehensive free PSA collections online, bringing together official guidance on how the exam is structured and marked, worked practice questions across every question type, and handy prescribing reference materials to support your revision.
2. Managing your time in the PSA
A short video covering when to move on from a difficult question and how to make effective use of flagged review time. Worth ten minutes for anyone who finds time pressure their biggest challenge in practice papers.
🔗 Via the UK Foundation Programme prep page
3. PSA revision sessions
Recorded revision sessions from a series of live PSA prep sessions, aimed at foundation doctors preparing to sit the PSA.
🔗 Via the UK Foundation Programme prep page
4. Safe prescribing webinar
A recorded webinar from the UK Foundation Programme on safe prescribing, aimed at F1 doctors. It’s a useful, official refresher on prescribing practice alongside your PSA revision, and free to watch any time.
🔗 Via the UK Foundation Programme PSA page
5. BPS Assessment PSA Prep sessions
Nine free eLearning sessions covering all eight question types alongside a general introduction to the exam. Available on the BPS Assessment learner portal alongside other free resources and modules to support prescribing practice.