Preparation for MFDS Part 1

Personal Experience

(as an overseas candidate in Malaysia, for online examination)

First of all, I was being reluctant to take the MFDS Part 1 exam until I was invited by my junior to take the MFDS Part 1 exam in October 2021.

If you are determined and discipline enough, some take only 2-3 months for the preparation on their own. Anyways, as we planned to not rush this through, we took a slow and steady 1 year preparation.

We started in October 2020 by forming a study group hence discussing the subjects every 1 or 2 weeks on weekends, depending on how lengthy are the topics. It is very helpful to have a study group thus keeping each other motivated and consistent in studying until the day of examination.

Step by Step to Examination

👉 Check for the available dates of examination on website (you can choose among Edinburgh / Glasgow / England)

👉 Once your online application is done with the payment, you will receive 3 documents in email :

1. Checklist of required documentation (passport photographs, applicant declaration, basic dental degree)

↑↑ Please make sure if the specialist who can certify your certificate has a stamp in English 
2. Photograph form
3. Applicant declaration

👉 Complete the forms, scan them and email back to the examination department : mfds.exam@rcsed.ac.uk

(advised to not do this last minute as it takes about 1 month for your application to be accepted)

👉 You will get a reply in a few days ↓

Current Status : Documentation Received - Online Application

👉 You will get this after 1 month or so ↓

Current Status : Application Accepted

👉 Then just prepare for your examination.

👉 The month before your examination date, you may a get some emails as below :

1. Welcome letter and Timeline
2. Preparing for your MFDS Part 1 Examination
3. Candidate Code of Conduct
4. Pre-exam Checks (doing a speed test is very important https://www.speedtest.net/, especially the upload speed)
5. Notice to take Mandatory Trial Exam
6. Log in details and exam time (only few days before the examination date)

👉 Sit for your examination and good luck! 🍀

👉 Results will be released after 1 or 2 months https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/exams/exam-results

👉 Voila! ✌

Feedback

Some technical issues arose on the examination date due to my internet speed, so it is very (✖3) important to make sure your upload speed is sufficient, but luckily the proctors / invigilators were helpful and patient enough to try solving the problem, big thanks to them! At last I managed to take the examination despite after an hour of struggle :(

The questions were not as easy as I thought or straightforward like the sample questions I managed to collect from internet / friends / telegram study group. Most of them are at least 4 lines for you to read, required some interpretation and thinking. Omg. Hence, I would suggest you to read and understand the topics thoroughly during your preparation.