# PassthePSA

> PassthePSA (passthepsa.com) is a UK question bank and mock-exam site for the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA): 1,200+ practice questions across all 8 PSA sections, 11 full 60-item mock papers, free-text prescribing marked in components with partial credit. These pages are free, original revision notes.

The PSA is a 120-minute, 60-item, 200-mark online exam for UK final-year medical students and foundation doctors; the BNF is open throughout. Pass mark is set per paper by the provider.

## PSA revision notes (HTML, with a plain-text twin at the same path ending .txt)

- [How to revise for the PSA](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/how-to-revise/): BNF-first practice, retrieval, an error log and timed sets: a method built for an open-book exam.
- [PSA study plan for 2, 4 and 8 weeks](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/study-plan/): Week-by-week plans for 2, 4 and 8 weeks of revision, plus the last 48 hours.
- [PSA format and marking](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/format-and-marking/): 60 items, 8 sections, 200 marks, 120 minutes: how the PSA is built, timed and marked.
- [PSA revision FAQ](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/faq/): Short answers to the questions candidates ask most about revising for the PSA.
- [How to write a safe prescription](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/prescribing-safely/): Elements of a safe prescription: drug, dose, route, frequency, limits, duration and patient checks.
- [Common PSA mistakes that cost marks](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/common-mistakes/): The prescribing and technique errors that lose marks, and how to avoid each one.
- [PSA calculation skills: doses, rates and units](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/calculations/): Unit ladder, strengths, mg/kg, infusion rates and creatinine clearance, with examples.
- [PSA communicating information: counselling points](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/communicating-information/): Choose the most important counselling point, with high-yield advice by drug.
- [High-risk medicines for the PSA](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/high-risk-medicines/): Anticoagulants, insulin, opioids, methotrexate, potassium and more: the hazard and the safety rule.
- [Drug monitoring for the PSA](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/drug-monitoring/): What to monitor for each high-yield drug, and when to take the level.
- [Renal dosing for the PSA](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/renal-dosing/): eGFR or creatinine clearance, drugs to avoid or reduce, sick-day rules and the BNF renal sections.
- [Drug interactions for the PSA](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/drug-interactions/): Mechanisms, high-yield pairs and what to do: CYP450, QT, serotonin, hyperkalaemia and more.
- [Adverse drug reactions for the PSA](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/adverse-drug-reactions/): Type A and B, classic drug-reaction pairs, finding the culprit and Yellow Card reporting.
- [Antibiotic prescribing for the PSA](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/antibiotics/): Start Smart then Focus, allergy, interactions, monitoring and C. difficile risk.
- [Emergency prescribing for the PSA](https://passthepsa.com/psa-revision/emergency-prescribing/): Once-only emergency drugs, oxygen targets, sepsis first hour and fluids at principle level.

## Guides

- [PSA exam guide](https://passthepsa.com/psa/): the 8 sections, marks, timing and how each item style is marked
- [BNF speed guide](https://passthepsa.com/bnf-guide/): which BNF heading answers which question, with timed drills
- [PSA FAQ](https://passthepsa.com/faq/): short answers to common questions
- [About](https://passthepsa.com/about/): how the question bank is built

## Optional

- [All notes in one file](https://passthepsa.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Sitemap](https://passthepsa.com/sitemap.xml)