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The organiser and the MRCPsych Exam: the College's instruction versus Murphy's law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Walid Abdul-Hamid ,
Colm Cooney  and
George Stein
Walid Abdul-Hamid*
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
Colm Cooney
Affiliation:
St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
George Stein
Affiliation:
Portnails Unit, Farnborough Hospital, Orpington, Kent BR6 8ND
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Murphy's law states that if something can go wrong it will go wrong. Our recent experience in organising the MRCPsych exam at two centres confirms the general validity of this aphorism. We wish to share our experiences with other senior registrars who may find themselves in a similar predicament.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 11 , November 1996 , pp. 681 - 682
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