Final FRCA teaching rotates between OUH and DGHs across the region. The sessions will be held roughly monthly rather than the 3rd Wednesday as in previous years. We hope that this will improve curriculum coverage as well as attendance but are open to feedback!
Dates for academic year 2026/2027 (confirmed dates in bold):
Wed 19th Aug 2026 - Oxford
Sep 2026 - Bucks - date TBC
Wed 21st Oct 2026 - Oxford
Tues 17th Nov 2026 - Milton Keynes
Wed 16th Dec 2027 - Oxford
Fri 22nd Jan 2027 - Wexham Park
Wed 17th Feb 2027 - Oxford
Tues 16th Mar 2027 - Reading
Wed 21st Apr 2027 - Oxford
Wed 12th May 2027 - Bucks
Wed 16th Jun 2027 - Oxford
Thurs 15th Jul 2027 - Milton Keynes
The timetable for the remainder of the upcoming year (2025/2026) is linked below.
Please email frcateaching@oxdat.com with any feedback or queries.
There are many courses available across the country for the Final FRCA Written and Structured Oral Examination. A Final FRCA SOE Course is held in Oxford, run by consultants Dr Annie Smith, Dr Amisha Burumdayal, Dr Anika Sud and Dr Maria Rivero-Bosch.
The next course dates are 12/13th May 2026.
Please see the website for further details: www.oxfordfinalfrcacourse.co.uk
Writers' club is for anyone working in the Thames Valley region planning to take the Final FRCA written exam in March 2026.
When:
- 8 Dec 2025 to 15 Feb 2026.
Cost:
- Free
Format:
- Topics will be sent out on a bi-weekly basis for candidates to create a CRQ based on a recent BJA topic
- You will send back the CRQ to us, and we will collate all the questions into a document and send it to the group
Effort required:
- Create a CRQ with answers every 2 weeks, based on your allocated BJA article, on the provided template
- You will complete the CRQs for your revision in your own time at home
- You don't need to send any completed questions back
If you are interested, please fill in the form below before Friday 5 Dec: