AMC clinical exam stations and AMC OSCE stations

What happens in one station

You read a short clinical stem outside the room. It may include test results, images or charts. Inside, you complete the tasks in the time left. Stations commonly list three or four tasks with suggested timings.

Each station has one predominant focus: history taking, examination, diagnostic formulation, or management, counselling and education. Plan your eight minutes around that focus.

Station formats

The current AMC specification, version 8.3, lists actual patients, simulated patients, video presentations, telephone consultations and models. The older version 4.0 did not list telephone stations or models, so older guides may not mention them.

• Actual or simulated patient: a real patient or an actor.
• Video presentation: you watch a recorded patient, then respond.
• Telephone consultation: you speak without seeing the patient.
• Model: you work on a model, and you wear gloves.

Domains used to mark stations

The AMC lists 13 assessment domains, and each station uses about three to five of them. They include approach to the patient, history, examination technique, choice and interpretation of investigations, diagnosis, management plan and counselling.

Read our AMC clinical exam preparation page for how to build a study plan, and the pass mark page for how stations add up. See the AMC clinical exam overview for the full picture.

Practising stations

Try one station with an AI patient for free, with no sign-up. We write our own scenarios from the AMC's public topic list. We do not publish real exam papers or recalled questions.

Common questions

How many AMC OSCE stations are there?

Sixteen stations are assessed and 4 rest stations are unscored. Two assessed stations are pilots, so 14 stations count towards your result.

Is there a list of AMC clinical exam stations?

The AMC does not publish station scenarios. It publishes a list of patient presentations and professional practice topics that the exam draws on.