Physician Associate Registration Assessment preparation

The UK Physician Associate Question Bank

PA-specific single-best-answer practice designed around UK PA education and PARA preparation — with explanations that actually teach.

14 curriculum topics Explanation for every option Weak-spot analytics
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Sample SBA·Cardiologymedium

A 67-year-old woman presents to the ED with a 90-minute history of central chest pressure radiating to her jaw, now eased but recurring at rest. ECG shows no ST-segment elevation. High-sensitivity troponin is elevated and rising on the 3-hour sample. What is the most appropriate management?

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Why PAMind exists

Built specifically for PAs

Medical-student question banks are too broad. Existing PA resources are often too simplistic, repetitive or visually dated. PAMind occupies the gap: a serious professional platform testing clinical reasoning, investigation interpretation, management, pharmacology, professionalism and NHS-based practice — at exactly the level UK PA education demands.

Written for PAs, not adapted

Every question is written from a PA-student perspective — testing PA-level clinical reasoning, escalation and scope of practice, not recycled medical-school content.

True single-best-answer format

Best-of-five SBAs with clinically credible distractors. Every option — right or wrong — comes with its own explanation.

Three clinically meaningful difficulty levels

Easy, medium and hard questions mapped to reasoning demand, not confusing wording. Filter sessions by difficulty.

Quiz mode and test mode

Learn with instant feedback and full explanations, or simulate exam conditions and review everything at the end.

Progress that shows your weak spots

Per-topic progress bars break down correct, incorrect and unanswered questions so revision targets itself.

Clinically reviewed content

Questions pass through a draft → clinical review → approval workflow before publication, with UK references such as NICE and the BNF.

Curriculum coverage

14 topics. Zero filler.

Built around the UK PA curriculum — cross-specialty content like pharmacology, ethics, safeguarding and public health is woven into every subject.

Cardiology

Ischaemic heart disease, arrhythmias, heart failure, hypertension and valvular disease.

3 published questions

Respiratory

Asthma, COPD, pneumonia, PE, pleural disease and respiratory failure.

1 published question

Gastrointestinal

Upper and lower GI, liver, biliary disease and nutrition.

0 published questions

Renal & Urology

AKI, CKD, UTI, electrolytes, stones and urological presentations.

0 published questions

Infection

Sepsis, antimicrobial prescribing, meningitis and common infections.

0 published questions

ENT

Ear, nose and throat presentations, red flags and emergencies.

0 published questions

Ophthalmology

Red eye, visual loss and sight-threatening conditions.

0 published questions

Dermatology

Eczema, psoriasis, skin cancer and drug reactions.

0 published questions

Haematology

Anaemia, clotting disorders and haematological emergencies.

0 published questions

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Pregnancy care, early pregnancy problems and gynaecology.

0 published questions

Child & Adolescent Health

Paediatric presentations, fever, red flags and safeguarding.

0 published questions

Neuroscience

Stroke, headache, seizures, demyelination and neuromuscular disease.

3 published questions

Mental Health

Depression, anxiety, psychosis, risk assessment and psychopharmacology.

3 published questions

Musculoskeletal & Orthopaedics

Fractures, back pain, arthritis and rheumatological emergencies.

3 published questions

The bank is growing continuously through our clinical content pipeline — every question is reviewed before publication, and we never inflate counts with filler.

Difficulty system

Clinically meaningful difficulty

Easy

Foundational knowledge and straightforward clinical recognition — classic presentations, first-line treatments, basic interpretation.

Medium

Application of knowledge — choosing between plausible diagnoses, selecting investigations, weighing clinical details.

Hard

Deeper reasoning — competing diagnoses, complications, contraindications, multi-step decisions and nuanced professional scenarios.

Two ways to practise

Quiz mode vs test mode

Quiz mode — for learning

Submit an answer and immediately see whether you were right, why the correct answer is correct, and why every distractor is wrong.

Test mode — for exam conditions

Answer without feedback, then review your score, timing, difficulty breakdown and question-by-question performance at the end.

Progress you can read at a glance

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Pricing

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Disclaimer: PAMind is an independent educational resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Faculty of Physician Associates, Royal College of Physicians, General Medical Council or any UK university. Content is designed to support preparation for UK PA university assessments and the PARA; it does not reproduce confidential examination material and no question is guaranteed to appear in any assessment. Clinical content is educational and is not a substitute for current national guidance or clinical judgement.
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The UK Physician Associate question bank. PA-specific SBA practice designed around UK PA education and PARA preparation.

PAMind is an independent educational resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Faculty of Physician Associates, Royal College of Physicians, General Medical Council or any UK university. Content is designed to support preparation for UK PA university assessments and the PARA.

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