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Dr Nathan Spence
Dr Nathan Spence started medical school in 2010 and has been teaching medicine for ten years. He founded WardRun to make UKMLA revision something students actually do every day.
Articles
What is the UKMLA? The 2026 content map explained
The UK Medical Licensing Assessment in plain English: the AKT and the CPSA, who sits it, what the 2026 content map covers and how to revise for it.
Free daily UKMLA questions: how a daily run works
WardRun gives you a free run of UKMLA-mapped questions every day, with the key point after every answer and a ranking against your medical school.
A daily medical game for medical students everywhere
WardRun is a free daily medical game: a new run of clinical questions every day, every answer explained, ranked against everyone who played. Here is who it suits.
How to choose a UKMLA question bank
What to look for in a UKMLA question bank, the free resources you should use first, and where a daily game fits alongside a main bank.
Free preclinical SBA questions for first and second years
Ten free single best answer questions in physiology, pathology and pharmacology for first and second year medical students, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA cardiovascular questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style cardiovascular single best answer questions, from torsades de pointes to Dressler syndrome, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA respiratory questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style respiratory single best answer questions, from a silent chest to empyema, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA acute and emergency questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style acute and emergency single best answer questions, from major trauma to smoke inhalation, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA neurosciences questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style neurosciences single best answer questions, from TIA to Wernicke encephalopathy, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA infection questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style infection single best answer questions, from typhoid to tetanus-prone wounds, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA gastrointestinal and liver questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style gastrointestinal and liver single best answer questions, from upper GI bleeding to cholangitis, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA renal and urology questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style renal and urology single best answer questions, from hyperkalaemia to paraphimosis, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA endocrine and metabolic questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style endocrine and metabolic single best answer questions, from DKA to adrenal insufficiency, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA mental health questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style mental health single best answer questions, from clozapine to flight of ideas, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA child health questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style child health single best answer questions, from mastoiditis to biliary atresia, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA obstetrics and gynaecology questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style obstetrics and gynaecology single best answer questions, from preterm labour to vasa praevia, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA surgery questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style surgery single best answer questions, from rectal prolapse to chylothorax, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA musculoskeletal questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style musculoskeletal single best answer questions, from scaphoid fractures to giant cell arteritis, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA haematology questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style haematology single best answer questions, from tumour lysis to DIC, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA cancer questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style cancer single best answer questions, from spinal cord compression to sarcoma, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA general practice questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style general practice single best answer questions, from Lyme disease to fit notes, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA medicine of older adults questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style medicine of older adults single best answer questions, from delirium to safeguarding, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA ophthalmology questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style ophthalmology single best answer questions, from retinal detachment to endophthalmitis, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA ear, nose and throat questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style ear, nose and throat single best answer questions, from epiglottitis to cholesteatoma, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA dermatology questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style dermatology single best answer questions, from DRESS to erythema nodosum, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA sexual health questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style sexual health single best answer questions, from syphilis to PrEP monitoring, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA clinical imaging questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style clinical imaging single best answer questions, from spinal cord compression to twin chorionicity, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA perioperative medicine and anaesthesia questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style perioperative medicine and anaesthesia single best answer questions, from oxygen targets to necrotising fasciitis, each with the full explanation.
Free UKMLA palliative and end of life care questions with explanations
Ten free UKMLA-style palliative and end of life care single best answer questions, from opioid choice to the last days of life, each with the full explanation.
UK medicine for US medical students: drug names, units and terms
Playing WardRun from the US? Here is how UK drug names, lab units and hospital terms translate, and what WardRun is and is not for if you are heading for the USMLE.
For medical students in Canada and Australia: MCCQE Part I, the AMC MCQ and a daily habit
How the MCCQE Part I and the AMC MCQ are structured, why UK questions read naturally if you use SI units, and where a free daily medical game fits.
For medical students in the Philippines: daily practice before the Physician Licensure Examination
The Physician Licensure Examination runs twice a year. Here is how a free daily run of clinical questions can keep every subject warm between sittings.
For medical students in Hong Kong: the Licensing Examination and a daily habit
How Hong Kong licensing works for local graduates and for doctors trained elsewhere, and where a free daily run of clinical questions fits.
For medical students in Ireland: intern year, the UK and a daily habit
How the Irish intern year is recruited, what the UK's 2026 prioritisation law means for Irish graduates, and where a free daily run of questions fits.
For medical students in Malaysia and Singapore: UK-linked degrees, the UKMLA and a daily habit
Which Malaysian and Singaporean medical degrees have UK links, what the UK's 2026 law means for overseas-campus graduates, and where a free daily run of questions fits.
For medical students and doctors in India: daily practice, and the UK content map
How a free daily run of clinical questions fits alongside Indian exams, and what the UK route looks like if you are considering it, from PLAB to the 2026 prioritisation law.
For medical students and doctors in Nigeria and Pakistan: daily practice and the UK content map
Housemanship and licensing at home, the UK route if you are considering it, and where a free daily run of clinical questions fits.
For international students at UK medical schools: the UKMLA and the 2026 law
International students at UK medical schools sit the UKMLA like everyone else, and the 2026 prioritisation law treats them as UK graduates. Here is what that means.
Passmedicine alternatives for the UKMLA: free and paid options
Looking beyond Passmedicine? The free UKMLA resources to use first, the other paid banks to compare, and where a free daily game fits.