Core Revision
The DipMSK Core 10
Ten focused minutes of questions a day — the daily anchor that keeps your neural pathways warm, holds back the forgetting curve, and brings topics back before they fade. On your busiest day, this is the one thing worth doing.
Ten questions a day from the 1,000-question DipMSK bank · single best answer, at exam pace.
Small, smart, and it remembers
Weighted to your week
If your Core Calendar is set up, today’s questions lean towards the subjects that week of your plan covers — so the Core 10 reinforces the plan instead of pulling against it.
It never forgets a miss
Get one wrong and it doesn’t disappear. It comes back later the same session, and again on future days, until you’ve answered it correctly twice. No topic slips through the cracks.
Targets your weak spots
Subjects where your answers score lowest (once you have answered five or more), and anything you’ve rated Shaky or Getting there in your Core Curriculum or Core Compass, get extra airtime, so your ten minutes always go where they matter most.
Consistency beats intensity
On the days when a full study block feels impossible, the Core 10 is your save point. Ten minutes keeps the door open — it’s far easier to keep a habit warm than to restart a cold one. Done is better than perfect, and a short session you actually finish beats a long one you keep putting off.
Liked this? It’s how every Core Tool works.
The same calm, pattern-first approach runs through the DipMSK Core Tools and the Revision Guide.
Explore Core ToolsWritten by practising UK GPs — Dr Victoria Hammond and Dr David Palethorpe. Education only — always confirm against current guidance. Core Revision is an independent revision resource.
The rest of the DipMSK toolkit
Every part of the DipMSK track, one click away. Work across them rather than through them — the guide explains it, the tools drill the decision, the bank tests it and the Compass tells you what is left.