Preparation for MFDS Part 2

Personal Experience (Part 1)

(as an overseas candidate in Malaysia, this time physical examination!)

It was roughly a year ago since I’ve completed and passed my MFDS Part 1. Until recently i.e November 2022 that we’ve finally got the release of the long awaiting new dates for physical examination of MFDS Part 2 to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!

I came to realize that there were not much information talking about MFDS Part 2, hence I have decided to share some of my experience while my memories are still fresh at the moment. Hopefully this is helpful for you!

Step by Step to Examination

👉 Check for the available dates of examination on website (try to stick to the same college, because they would have the results of your Part 1 exam)

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

1. Checklist of required documentation (passport photographs, applicant declaration, MFDS Part 2 video consent form, training post form, basic dental degree, MFDS Part 1 pass letter - not required if you passed at your respective college)
2. Training post form
3. MFDS Part 2 consent form
4. Photograph form
5. Applicant declaration

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

(Do not do this last minute too, it still took almost a month for me to get a reply)

👉 You will get a reply like this in a month ↓

Current Status : Documentation Received - Online Application

👉 Then another few more days you will get a reply ↓

Current status : Application Accepted

👉 Then you can prepare for your examination again… haha

👉 Two months before examination date, you may receive some emails as blow :

1. MFDS Part 2 - Kuala Lumpur (Examination dates) - Update
- Clarify that the exam will consist of 10 stations and will take 2 hours to complete a circuit
- Drinks and snacks will be provided for you
- Only bottled water will be permitted in the exam room (trust me, you will not have time to drink)
- Pen and paper will be provided for you to take notes during the reading part of the exam
- Confirmation of the exam venue (mine was conducted in IMU)
2. Examination Notice
- Candidate number
- Registration date and time
- Examination time
- Some rules to be followed throughout the exam

👉 Sit for your examination and good luck! 🍀

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

👉 Voila! ✌️

Feedback

There will be 3 examination dates falling on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 2 sessions (either morning or evening) on each day as well. So I assumed there were 6 groups of candidates? The candidate number, date and time were given randomly, as some of my friends who registered later than me actually got an earlier date. There is no saying of which day is better, but you may rule out some questions if your exam falls on the 2nd or 3rd day 🤫 The questions were the same for morning and evening sessions on the same day.

It was conducted with all the stations gathered in a room 😅 presenting as 2 circles. Some chairs were numbered and located at the inner circle, serving as stops for you to read the questions / scenario. Each numbered station was separated by partition, yes just partition haha, located at the outer circle, where you will answer the given questions / scenario. 1-2 rest stations depend on the number of candidates for each group. 

We were advised to not run during the examination but you could not help it, because it was quite stressful to think that every seconds count.

You will start with sitting in the inner circle, 2 minutes were given (as the bell rings) to read the scenario (unless you are at the rest station). You can scribble some points with the pen, paper and clipboard given. Then you will proceed to the respective numbered station at the outer circle to perform in 8 minutes.

There was no clock / timer shown anywhere to know how long the time has lapsed. So you can bring along your watch, but I did not really have the time to look at it except at the rest station.

Some of the questions could be as lengthy as at least 3 pages (paragraphs + radiographs + photographs) for you to read, I am not JOKING. Please practice you reading speed. Haha.