Start with breadth, then deepen your weaker areas
FRCR 2A covers broad general radiology. A sensible plan gives every curriculum area attention before concentrating time on weaker topics. Avoid spending weeks perfecting a comfortable subspecialty while leaving another almost untouched.
Begin by mapping the six curriculum areas, your available weeks and the resources you will genuinely use. A plan only works if it fits on-call, annual leave, teaching and ordinary life.
Use complementary resources
Question practice is valuable for retrieval, application and calibration. It should sit alongside clinical work, MDTs, R-ITI, textbooks, high-quality review articles and current guidance. Different resources do different jobs; no single bank replaces broad radiology learning.
A practical 12-week shape
Weeks 1–4
Cover every curriculum area. Build a sustainable daily question habit and identify major gaps.
Weeks 5–8
Return to weaker subtopics. Mix modules more often and start adding timed blocks.
Weeks 9–12
Use representative timed mocks, review recurring errors and protect sleep, clinical work and practical arrangements.
There is no magic daily question count. Consistency, thoughtful review and a realistic workload matter more than one unsustainable burst of activity.
Make question practice educational
After each session, look beyond the percentage. Record whether errors came from a knowledge gap, a missed discriminator, a misread task, slow decision-making or an overconfident guess. Then turn that pattern into the next revision task.
Mixed sessions later in preparation are particularly useful: the real examination does not announce which module is coming next.
Use mocks as a rehearsal, not a verdict
A mock score is one piece of information, not a promise of pass or fail. Use timed mocks to test concentration, pacing and broad recall. The most useful part is the review afterwards: identify repeated themes, weak curriculum areas and errors that recur under pressure.