Reasoning GP · The Hot Seat

The Hot Seat

359 original SCA-style cases spanning the formats you'll meet in practice and the exam — 256 video · 103 audio-only telephone. Every case carries a hidden agenda and full ICE. 12-minute timer. SCA-style scorecard. Audio/video recording. AI plays the patient for live practice and AI plays an RCGP examiner for feedback.

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Original cases, written for this tool. They mirror common UK SCA themes but the scripts, scoring checkpoints, and learning points are written from scratch. Use the cases for self-practice or in trios with two colleagues (one doctor, one patient reading the script, one examiner with the scorecard). Recordings are stored only in your browser and never uploaded.
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Notes (private)

Practice mode
For solo practice, try to hide the script and let a colleague read it.

Notes

Record & review

Record yourself while you practise — with a colleague reading the script, or in the live AI consultation (⏺ Record me). Browser-only: audio + camera stay on your machine.

    Patient

    The model voices the patient as a trained actor would — staying in character, revealing facts only when you ask, and letting cues slip if you probe. Press Start live consultation to go hands-free: speak, and the patient speaks back.

    Live consultation — listening… speak naturally; pause to let the patient reply.
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    Patient
    Connecting…
    Speak naturally and pause when you finish — the patient replies out loud. The full transcript is saved and shown when you end, and feeds your examiner feedback.

    Examiner panel (live)

    The AI reads your chat and gives one examiner-style observation. It doesn't replace the scorecard.

    Notes

    Quick self-reflection

    Model consultation (written by GPs, not by the RCGP)

    A worked, gold-standard run of this exact station — the whole consultation written the way an examiner would mark as a clear pass, with the high-scoring moments highlighted and tagged to a domain. Use it to model structure and language, not to memorise.

    ● Data gathering & diagnosis ● Clinical management & medical complexity ● Relating to others Highlighted lines are the ones that trigger marks.

    Listen to the full consultation read aloud — doctor and patient in different voices.
    Part 1
    Your score
    Your scorecard ticks, weighted across the three SCA domains
    Part 2
    Cues & time discipline
    Did you answer the planted cues — and reach management before the road ran out?
    Part 3
    Examiner feedback
    An RCGP-style verdict on your attempt, compared against the model answer

    The AI plays the role of an RCGP SCA examiner: it compares your consultation to the model answer and checks it against this station's known failure patterns. It will use whatever it has — your AI-patient chat transcript, your ticked scorecard, reflections, or a dictated summary.

    Part 4
    Why candidates fail this station
    Recurring examiner failure patterns — check your attempt against each one
    Part 5
    The ideal approach
    History, diagnosis and management for this exact station
    Part 6
    Gold-standard phrases & learning point
    Model wording — use the structure, not the exact words