Core Revision
The UKMLA Core 10
Ten focused minutes of questions a day — the daily anchor that keeps topics fresh, holds back the forgetting curve, and helps you avoid re-learning the same topic from scratch. On your busiest day, this is the one thing worth doing.
Aligned to the MLA content map · ten single-best-answer questions a day.
Small, smart, and it remembers
Weighted to your week
If your Core Calendar is set up, today’s questions lean towards the topic you’re studying this week — 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
Areas where your answers score lowest (once you have answered five or more), and anything you’ve rated Shaky or Getting there on the content map or the 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 UKMLA Core Tools.
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.