All take place on campus at University of Sunderland.
Year 1
Formative - 22nd March 2024
Summative - 10th and 11th June 2024
Resit – 5th August 2024
Year 2
Formative - 21st March 2024
Summative – 6th and 7th June 2024
Resit – 6th August 2024
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Support our Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). Examine our doctors of the future. Complete training to be recognised with 3 CPD points and a certificate.
An OSCE is an objective structured clinical examination. These are used to examine within the skills domain of our assessment strategy.
We examine OSCEs in all years of our course. In phase 1 (year 1 and 2), these examinations take place on site at the University. In phase 2 and 3 (year 3, 4 and 5), these examinations take place in our clinical partner organisations.
Station types vary from year to year of the course but can include history taking, clinical examination, prescribing and procedural skills to name a few. There are formative, summative and resit assessments for all year groups.
For our OSCE examiners, we are looking for:
Completion of the examiner training will be recognised with a certificate confirming 3 CPD points from the University of Sunderland. Examiner training is valid for 3 years and will prepare potential examiners for examining any year group of the course.
We have training dates both online and face to face throughout the year. See the dates available and sign up to attend.
Some training also takes place in our clinical partner organisations on an ad-hoc by our clinical assessment leads. This can be organised and facilitated on an as required basis.
If you are unable to attend one of these dates but are still interested in examining, please contact the team.
Once you have completed your examiner training a sign up form will be sent to you to allow you to sign up to dates to examine.
For reference the dates for the 2023/24 OSCE examinations can be found below:
All take place on campus at University of Sunderland.
Formative - 22nd March 2024
Summative - 10th and 11th June 2024
Resit – 5th August 2024
Formative - 21st March 2024
Summative – 6th and 7th June 2024
Resit – 6th August 2024
All take place at Sunderland Royal, Wansbeck, and Hartlepool Hospital for all dates except resits.
Formative – 12th January 2024
Summative – 23rd and 24th April 2024
Resit – 31st July 2024 (at St Nicholas’ Hospital, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear only)
Formative – Takes place as part of a clinical skills event running on various days within the hospitals
Summative – 20th and 21st June 2024
Resit – 1st August 2024 (at Wansbeck General Hospital, Northumbria Healthcare Trust only)
All at Sunderland Royal Hospital, South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation Trust only for 2023/24.
Formative – 13th December 2023
Summative – 18th and 19th April 2024
Resit – 25th June 2024
Year 1-2 OSCE Co-Lead
leah.williams@sunderland.ac.uk
Year 1-2 OSCE Co-Lead
Year 3-5 OSCE Lead
amy.cresswell@sunderland.ac.uk
Clinical Assessment Lead (North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust)
Deputy Clinical Assessment Lead (North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust)
Clinical Assessment Lead (Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
Clinical Assessment Lead (South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust)
Academic Assessment Lead
Deputy Academic Assessment Lead and Psychometrician
For more information, please contact the medicine assessments team.
Programme Administration Co-ordinator (Assessments)
Programme Administration Co-ordinator (Assessments)
Programme Administration Assistant (Assessments)