MLA Applied Knowledge Test · MEDI5015
The AKT
Two papers, 200 single-best-answer questions, sampling the whole MLA content map. Your 680 conditions across 17 systems, plus 202 concepts and 189 drug classes — taught, tracked and drilled.
Nobody arrives labelled “pulmonary embolism” — they arrive breathless. The corpus turned around: symptom → differential → discriminator → diagnosis.
Ethics & law, health psychology, immunology, genetics, statistics, lab interpretation and anatomy.
The AKT, in order
Side-by-side stages are interchangeable — take them in any order. Later stages are greyed as advice, never locked: if your placement needs something now, go and get it.
Emergencies first
you are hereHighest consequence and smallest volume. These are the presentations where minutes matter, and they recur in every other system you will study.
The front door
comes laterPatients arrive breathless, not labelled. Building the differential from the complaint first means every condition you meet afterwards lands in a structure instead of a heap.
2 in parallel — either order
Cardiovascular
comes laterThe two highest-yield systems in every UK finals paper, and the two most likely to appear in a station as well.
Respiratory
comes laterThe two highest-yield systems in every UK finals paper, and the two most likely to appear in a station as well.
3 in parallel — either order
Gastroenterology
comes laterThe next tier by frequency, and the source of most classic discriminator questions.
Renal & urology
comes laterThe next tier by frequency, and the source of most classic discriminator questions.
Neurology
comes laterThe next tier by frequency, and the source of most classic discriminator questions.
3 in parallel — either order
Endocrine
comes laterHeavily examined and heavily interlinked — endocrine emergencies, sepsis and anaemia all cross into everything else.
Infections
comes laterHeavily examined and heavily interlinked — endocrine emergencies, sepsis and anaemia all cross into everything else.
Haematology
comes laterHeavily examined and heavily interlinked — endocrine emergencies, sepsis and anaemia all cross into everything else.
4 in parallel — either order
Musculoskeletal
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
Dermatology
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
Ophthalmology
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
ENT
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
4 in parallel — either order
Child health
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Psychiatry
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Sexual health
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Read the findings
comes laterWhere the branches reconverge. Every system above told you which test to order; this is where you learn to read the answer.
2 in parallel — either order
Ethics, law and the sciences
comes laterSampled as heavily as disease and reliably neglected, which makes it the cheapest marks left by this point.
The drug atlas
comes laterMechanism, members, adverse effects and monitoring by class. Runs alongside the concepts because neither depends on the other.
The ECG, the film, the blood film, the urine dip, spirometry, CSF, autoantibodies — 414 findings, drilled both ways.
The AKT, in order
Side-by-side stages are interchangeable — take them in any order. Later stages are greyed as advice, never locked: if your placement needs something now, go and get it.
Emergencies first
you are hereHighest consequence and smallest volume. These are the presentations where minutes matter, and they recur in every other system you will study.
The front door
comes laterPatients arrive breathless, not labelled. Building the differential from the complaint first means every condition you meet afterwards lands in a structure instead of a heap.
2 in parallel — either order
Cardiovascular
comes laterThe two highest-yield systems in every UK finals paper, and the two most likely to appear in a station as well.
Respiratory
comes laterThe two highest-yield systems in every UK finals paper, and the two most likely to appear in a station as well.
3 in parallel — either order
Gastroenterology
comes laterThe next tier by frequency, and the source of most classic discriminator questions.
Renal & urology
comes laterThe next tier by frequency, and the source of most classic discriminator questions.
Neurology
comes laterThe next tier by frequency, and the source of most classic discriminator questions.
3 in parallel — either order
Endocrine
comes laterHeavily examined and heavily interlinked — endocrine emergencies, sepsis and anaemia all cross into everything else.
Infections
comes laterHeavily examined and heavily interlinked — endocrine emergencies, sepsis and anaemia all cross into everything else.
Haematology
comes laterHeavily examined and heavily interlinked — endocrine emergencies, sepsis and anaemia all cross into everything else.
4 in parallel — either order
Musculoskeletal
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
Dermatology
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
Ophthalmology
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
ENT
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
4 in parallel — either order
Child health
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Psychiatry
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Sexual health
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Read the findings
comes laterWhere the branches reconverge. Every system above told you which test to order; this is where you learn to read the answer.
2 in parallel — either order
Ethics, law and the sciences
comes laterSampled as heavily as disease and reliably neglected, which makes it the cheapest marks left by this point.
The drug atlas
comes laterMechanism, members, adverse effects and monitoring by class. Runs alongside the concepts because neither depends on the other.
Drug classes by mechanism, members, adverse effects, cautions, interactions and monitoring.
The AKT, in order
Side-by-side stages are interchangeable — take them in any order. Later stages are greyed as advice, never locked: if your placement needs something now, go and get it.
Emergencies first
you are hereHighest consequence and smallest volume. These are the presentations where minutes matter, and they recur in every other system you will study.
The front door
comes laterPatients arrive breathless, not labelled. Building the differential from the complaint first means every condition you meet afterwards lands in a structure instead of a heap.
2 in parallel — either order
Cardiovascular
comes laterThe two highest-yield systems in every UK finals paper, and the two most likely to appear in a station as well.
Respiratory
comes laterThe two highest-yield systems in every UK finals paper, and the two most likely to appear in a station as well.
3 in parallel — either order
Gastroenterology
comes laterThe next tier by frequency, and the source of most classic discriminator questions.
Renal & urology
comes laterThe next tier by frequency, and the source of most classic discriminator questions.
Neurology
comes laterThe next tier by frequency, and the source of most classic discriminator questions.
3 in parallel — either order
Endocrine
comes laterHeavily examined and heavily interlinked — endocrine emergencies, sepsis and anaemia all cross into everything else.
Infections
comes laterHeavily examined and heavily interlinked — endocrine emergencies, sepsis and anaemia all cross into everything else.
Haematology
comes laterHeavily examined and heavily interlinked — endocrine emergencies, sepsis and anaemia all cross into everything else.
4 in parallel — either order
Musculoskeletal
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
Dermatology
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
Ophthalmology
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
ENT
comes laterPattern-recognition systems. They reward image and description familiarity more than reasoning, so they are quick once started.
4 in parallel — either order
Child health
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Psychiatry
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Sexual health
comes laterWhole populations with their own rules. Left later only because they are self-contained, not because they matter less.
Read the findings
comes laterWhere the branches reconverge. Every system above told you which test to order; this is where you learn to read the answer.
2 in parallel — either order
Ethics, law and the sciences
comes laterSampled as heavily as disease and reliably neglected, which makes it the cheapest marks left by this point.
The drug atlas
comes laterMechanism, members, adverse effects and monitoring by class. Runs alongside the concepts because neither depends on the other.