Free OSCE timer with voice reminders
Exam practice written by medical students
Questions with the reasoning after each one, and OSCE stations to run with a friend. Free, and written for Australian medical students.
Mock stations by discipline
One station, three people
You are a medical student on placement in the emergency department. Your next patient is Achol Deng, 44, presenting with a sudden severe headache.
- Take a focused history
- Outline to the examiner:
- Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
- Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
Candidate sheet
Read outside the door, before the bell
“It was like someone hit me with a bat. Worst headache of my life. It's easing now, though.”
Eyes half closed against the light, hand on the back of your neck.
Patient script
What to say, and how to play it
- Onset to peak in seconds; during exertion; exact time2
- Worst ever; compared with past headaches1
- Vomiting, neck stiffness, light; blackout, focal symptoms; injury, fever, rash1
- Smoking, BP, blood thinners; mother's brain bleed1
Examiner checklist
A mark for every line
Reading2:00
Station10:00
Station timer
A voice calls two minutes left
You're the candidate. Open this for your instructions; I've got the script and the checklist.
Sent
Send it to the candidate
They get the instructions and nothing else