MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials
Hello! My name is Dr Aalap Asurlekar, a Core Psychiatry Trainee in the UK and the creator and host of MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials.
Having experienced firsthand the challenge of preparing for the MRCPsych exams alongside full-time clinical work, I created this podcast to make high-quality, structured revision more accessible.
Each episode focuses on key syllabus topics, explained in clear and structured language to help you understand and retain the most important concepts.
Whether you are a psychiatry trainee preparing for Paper A, B, or CASC, or a medical student looking to strengthen your psychiatry knowledge, this podcast is designed to fit around your schedule. Episodes include exam-style questions and clinical scenarios to support active recall, so you can revise during commutes, walks, or between shifts.
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MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials
13. How We Think and Decide: Heuristics, Algorithms and Cognitive Bias
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Why do smart people make bad decisions? The answer often comes down to the mental shortcuts our brains rely on without us even realising it.
In this episode, we explore how we reason and solve problems, and where we go wrong. We cover deductive and inductive reasoning, the difference between algorithms and heuristics, and the cognitive biases that lead to systematic errors in thinking.
These ideas are directly relevant to clinical reasoning and diagnostic decision making in psychiatry, where bias can have real consequences for patients.
Ideal for MRCPsych Part A revision, psychology students and anyone curious about how the mind makes decisions. Aligned with the Royal College of Psychiatrists MRCPsych Part A syllabus, paragraph 1.1.5.
