The following documents will support your preparation for the OSCE. We highly recommend you take the time to read these. On 2 August 2021, we introduced the Test of Competence 2021, to reflect our new standards for nurses and midwives.

The range of OSCE stations covered were very good, especially at the beginning when I didn’t know where to start!” Established in 2020, 7 graduating medical students came together with the aim of offering free educational content that medical students can use to practice for their OSCEs. The CBT and OSCE information booklets for all nursing fields apply to adult nursing, children’s nursing, learning disabilities nursing and mental health nursing pathways.It can be easy to just wipe all memories of a bad OSCE out of your brain. However, if you write those errors down you can review them for your next exam and ensure you don’t make the same mistakes again. Talking to your coursemates about their experience can help too – no one said that you can only learn from your own mistakes. The Geeky Medics OSCE Revision Book has been crafted to be the ideal OSCE revision guide, summarising over 50 clinical examinations. The chapters are clearly written, in simple language that should appeal to students and reflect the fact that the authors themselves have recently been OSCE candidates. They are all part of what I believe is a genuine re-invigoration of the art of teaching amongst junior medical staff.” We'd like to know your opinion on what you think about the content we work hard to produce and how we can further improve to help you towards your learning.

Test specifications show how the test is designed, what it will assess and how, and how results will be produced and presented. Read the instructions carefully before you enter the station. It sounds silly, but people have been known to do the wrong examination in OSCEs (e.g. upper limb instead of lower limb neurological examination). If you don’t do what you’ve been asked, you just won’t get the marks.Each guide summarises the key points of a given examination and explains relevant clinical signs to help you ace your OSCEs! This product stands for quality All in one place: Step by step guides, over 100 OSCE scenarios: histories, examination, practical/communication skills, PLUS specialities including orthopaedics, paediatrics, psychiatry, radiology, prescribing, O&G, opthalmology, ENT.

Always begin and end a station with washing your hands! Not only is it just good clinical practice, this gives you vital and easy marks. Our comprehensive OSCE revision guide has over 50 clinical examination guides across 12 chapters, including: You may not be feeling very confident during your OSCE, but pretend you are! Stand up straight, smile when appropriate and speak loudly and clearly – being too apprehensive can give the impression you don’t really know what you’re doing and make the patient nervous too.

As part of our ongoing review and maintenance of the test, the following documents have been updated. Pease note the changes made are minor and should not impact on the preparation that candidates complete ahead of sitting their test. Candidates should continue to read the full exam instructions, and apply their skills and knowledge to the station or scenario that they are presented with. All candidates who sit their assessment prior to 26 June 2023 will not be presented with the updates covered above. All candidates who sit on or after 26 June will experience the changes we have made.