y axis represents number of candidates OSCE/VIVA course: December 2009 course evaluation and candidate feed back Total candidates: 29 1: very poor 2: poor 3: Satisfactory 4: good 5: excellent

y axis represents number of candidates Overall usefulness of the course; 1 being waste of time and money ; 5 being excellent

y axis represents number of candidates Day 1. Mock vivas 1: very poor 2: poor 3: Satisfactory 4: good 5: excellent

y axis represents number of candidates Day 1. Mock vivas 1: very poor 2: poor 3: Satisfactory 4: good 5: excellent

y axis represents number of candidates Day 1. Group OSCES 1: very poor 2: poor 3: Satisfactory 4: good 5: excellent

y axis represents number of candidates Mock OSCEs: day 2 1: very poor 2: poor 3: Satisfactory 4: good 5: excellent

y axis represents number of candidates Group viva practice on day 2 1: very poor 2: poor 3: Satisfactory 4: good 5: excellent

y axis represents number of candidates Lectures 1: very poor 2: poor 3: Satisfactory 4: good 5: excellent

y axis represents number of candidates Venue and catering 1: very poor 2: poor 3: Satisfactory 4: good 5: excellent

y axis represents number of candidates Has the course made you feel more prepared for the exam? 5; definite yes 1; definite no

y axis represents number of candidates Would you encourage others to attend the course? 5; definite yes 1; definite no

Comments from the candidates Most useful part of the day Primary FRCA lecture, actors stations. Practice OSCE's. Mock OSCE's& VIVA's. Graphs, VIVA. All useful. Simulated OSCE/VIVA practice. VIVA practice. Viva's/anatomy. Feedback from examiners..Sim man. Group OSCE's. Most stressful OSCE station: Spinal cord anatomy. Anatomy of the spinal cord just because I hadn't learnt it. Stats. Epidural. The airway assessment station,Sensitivty/Specitialty questions. Critical incident. Least useful part of the day : VIVA's Need to see all x-rays again. Brief introduction from Dr Mendonca. FRCA lecture.

Comments from the candidates More feedback generally please as in the VIVA's OSCE feedback be useful to have films up to show abnormalities and where we went wrong. Pharmacology examiners made it feel like a real exam, knew his stuff and good feedback. Radiology lecture get very little formal teaching normally, it was superb and a useful talk. Excellent feed back

Comments from the candidates Thank you very much for the excellent course, all the faculty members were very approachable and knowledgeable. The organisation and content of the course were very good. A well thought out and executed course and very helpful to my learning, Well done.

Comments from the candidates Very good faculty and very helpful, very useful for students. Need to do an anaesthetic machine check and a class on graphs. More Viva's would be useful, perhaps rotating around a circuit? It would be helpful to have a session on anaesthetic machine check and breathing systems. The VIVA sessions and simulator sessions were very helpful, OSCE sessions also was helpful

Comments from the candidates Anatomy lecture was excellent, Fantastic!!! More Viva's if possible very useful and very good at pushing us also good to identify gaps in knowledge. Should give handouts for lectures ASAP. Brilliant. Good practice. A well constructed day with knowledgeable and approachable examiners - a very useful course.

Post exam comments Thank you for your excellent course, help and support. I will be recommending your course to colleagues. Thank you very much for all your help

Post exam comments The course was excellent. I think it was very close to the real thing Thanks for the excellent course Your course was brilliant and definitely helped me pass today

Thank you so much for your excellent course. In particular the 2 OSCE sessions were extremely useful. I attended the …. course and I must say that your course offered better value for money, and seemed more realistic.