One station at a time, as on the day: ninety seconds to read the instructions, eight minutes with the patient, then the examiner's marks on the GMC's three domains.
1
Read the instructions
Ninety seconds with the card on screen. You can go in early.
2
The station
Eight minutes with the patient, relative or colleague. The instructions stay with you.
3
The examiner's marks
Each of the three domains marked out of 4, our estimate of whether the station would pass, and the moments that decided it.
History taking
Explanation and management
Results
Breaking bad news
Consent
Difficult conversations
Telephone stations
Acute care
Patient safety
Children and parents
Women's health
Older adults
Ethics and confidentiality
Teaching and colleagues
Mental health
End of life
Health promotion
Your station
A daughter asks about her mother's results
Medical ward — telephone call · Karen, daughter of the patient
Practice, not a GMC result, and not medical advice. The stations are in English, as the exam is. There is no hands-on examination: say what you would examine and the findings are read to you.
Full mock circuit
Sixteen stations in a row, as on the day
16 stations back to back: ninety seconds to read, eight minutes each, a rest station after the sixth and the twelfth, about three hours. No marks until the end, then every station, how many would likely pass and our estimate of your readiness. Uses 16 stations from your pass.