Consultation skills judged across three domains, now sat as the Simulated Consultation Assessment. The exam that punishes doctors who solve the problem without ever asking what the patient was worried about.
United KingdomRoyal College of General Practitioners clinical / OSCE
| Questions or stations | 12 verified 2026-08-10 Source says: “12 simulated consultations, each lasting 12 minutes” check it yourself |
|---|---|
| Time | 12 minutes verified 2026-08-10 Source says: “each lasting 12 minutes, with three minutes' reading time” check it yourself |
| Format | 12 simulated consultations, each marked on data gathering, clinical management, and relating to others |
| Adaptive delivery | No |
| Pass mark | Judged across the whole assessment on three marking domains; there is no fixed number of cases you must pass. verified 2026-08-10 check it yourself |
| Blueprint | Being a General Practitioner — RCGP curriculum, Royal College of General Practitioners |
The RCA was replaced by the Simulated Consultation Assessment (SCA) in November 2023: 12 cases of 12 minutes each, with three minutes' reading time per case.
Every question in this bank is tagged to one of the sections below, and the tag traces to Being a General Practitioner — RCGP curriculum. That is what makes a coverage claim checkable instead of a marketing line. The table shows exactly how many items exist in each section today, including the sections where the answer is none.
| Curriculum section | Share of the blueprint | Items in this bank |
|---|---|---|
| Data gathering, technical and assessment skills | 33% | 1 |
| Clinical management skills | 33% | 1 |
| Interpersonal skills and relating to others | 34% | 1 |
Coverage today: 3 of 3 sections. We publish the gap rather than hiding it.
MRCGP SCA is a clinical examination, so the material is structured as stations rather than multiple choice: a candidate brief, a simulated patient brief, and the mark scheme as separate scorable criteria you can tick against your own performance.
UK general practice (MRCGP) runs MRCGP AKT → MRCGP SCA. One DocPasser account covers all of them, so moving to the next stage does not mean a new subscription and a progress history you can no longer see.
Consultations that are clinically correct but never surface the patient's ideas, concerns and expectations. Two of the three domains are about the conversation, not the diagnosis.
MRCGP SCA is a flat £20 for 12 months of access — one price, one purchase, no tiers. The first 1 station is free, with the full explanation for every option, so you can judge the quality of the explanations before paying for anything.