RANZCR Phase II · Radiation Oncology

📅 Study Plan — Two Passes to the Exam

Cover everything once by the end of 2026, then a deeper second pass — written prep first, then viva drilling. Tick topics off as you go — your progress saves in this browser.

📚 Study Guides Hub 📘 RANZCR Handbook 📗 RANZCR Learning Outcomes

Timeline

Pass 1 — Foundation

Jul – Dec 2026

  • Cover every system once
  • Build/read guides, watch RadOncTalks, start Anki
  • ~1 major site per fortnight

Pass 2 — Written prep

Jan – Jun 2027

  • Applied path + management depth
  • Past papers by site & year
  • Timed short-answer practice

Pass 3 — Viva prep

Jul – early Sep 2027

  • Planning & clinical-case practice across all sites
  • Framework answers out loud (CB CHOP, etc.)
  • Mock vivas
✍️ Written — early July 2027
🎙️ Viva — early September 2027

Exam format

✍️ Written papers

Delivered electronically · short-answer / short-essay questions aligned to the RO Learning Outcomes.

Papers4
Per paper2 hours · 40 marks · mix of 5- & 10-mark SAQs
Total160 marks

🎙️ Viva voce (oral)

Planning6 questions × 6 min · clinical prompt images
Clinical cases10 cases × 6 min · photo / scan / prompt images

Planning: knowledge of planning equipment, evaluating planning information and justifying the best plan for the case. Clinical cases: semi-directed examination & eliciting signs, interpreting investigations, analysing/synthesising knowledge, professionalism & communication — across cancer topics & their evidence base, treatment techniques, general/oncological management, chemo & drug options, and palliation.

🖥️ Practice platform — do this before the exam

The exams run on a digital platform; practise on the demo site first (works best in Google Chrome): demo.ranzcr.practique.net. Login ID 11007 · Password 11007 → select Radiation Oncology Phase 2 Examination Demo → PIN 430694. It's for familiarising yourself with the platform & tools, not a study tool. The countdown timer and reading-time banner are disabled in the demo.

Coverage tracker

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Tip: tick Pass 1 when you've covered a topic once, Written when you can write a timed answer, Viva when you can talk through it.
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