FRCA Focus is a revision platform developed by Ben Whitby, an anaesthetic trainee based in West Yorkshire. Originally created as a personal tool to manage an overwhelming volume of notes during medical school and specialty training, it began as a way to organise key content from a vast syllabus. Over time, it evolved into a streamlined, user-friendly system optimised for the Primary FRCA.
The platform offers a structured, searchable format to help users track progress, revisit weak areas, and make the breadth of the FRCA curriculum more manageable. With such a wide syllabus — and so many scattered resources — FRCA Focus was designed to consolidate high-value content from multiple sources, prioritised by relevance and confidence. References to original source are included so if you don't understand a concept, you can quickly find the original textbook or website to explain it in full. Built-in algorithms help keep essential topics fresh while ensuring rarer details aren't forgotten.
The advanced search tool retrieves anything you've ever written — whether it's a gas law, defibrillator capacitor, breathing circuit, or obscure machine setting. It gives you immediate access to key material across your notes, wherever you are.
The Image Quiz feature automatically extracts images, graphs, and figures from your notes and presents them in OSCE-style stations. You're prompted to interpret the image: What does this show? Why is it important? This reverses the usual logic, helping you practise clinical inference and build the mindset needed for structured oral and practical stations.
This is an independent project with no institutional backing, intended as a supplementary study tool. It’s fully editable — users can add and revise content freely. Any changes are private and accessible across devices via your login.
The system has supported Ben through multiple exams — including Cambridge medical finals, the MSRA, and the Primary FRCA, where he was awarded the Nuffield Prize. It's shared here in the hope that others will find it equally helpful.