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The most anticipated ACADEMIC events of the year​

OSCERun

Please ensure you sign up to the next OSCERun session at least 1 week prior to the scheduled session date to be included as a candidate or an assessor, as this is when emails will be sent out. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT SIGN UPS FOR 2025 ARE CLOSED AS THE SCHEDULED EVENTS FOR THIS YEAR ARE COMPLETE. YOU WILL BE MADE AWARE WHEN 2026 SIGN UPS BECOME AVAILABLE.

What is JCUMSA OSCERun?

OSCERun is an academic initiative, founded in 2024 by JCUMSA's then president, Dr. Eric Smith, along with several enthusiastic 6th years. It aims to provide 4th and 5th year clinical students with the opportunity to practice OSCEs in a sandbox judgement-free environment.

What's Involved?

Ever yearned for more OSCE practice? Perhaps ChatGPT is getting a bit dull to talk to? Well, this year JCUMSA powers on with a second season of its ambitious prodigy project, OSCERun, designed to give 4th and 5th years across TSV/CNS/MKY an authentic OSCE sandbox experience on a semi-regular basis. Sessions occur monthly, with content and stations drafted entirely by 6th years, reviewed by the CMD (where possible) and delivered across all clinical sites in a format similar to the real thing. 

Reminiscent of our pre-existing "Mock OSCE Nights", each night will feature 4 completely unique high yield stations, with 2 sessions each, catering to between 8-16 candidates at each site per night. Volunteer assessors will be 6th years (and Drs, where possible), with your volunteer patients being a mix of fellow peers across the years. Desensitisation therapy is the goal here, and we think it should be a bit of fun for all involved. The stations will then be followed by a 45-60 minute debrief session/presentation on how to best approach the stations, along with some worked MCQ/KFPs, which anyone (including those that may have missed out on participating as candidates) can join in remotely via Zoom. All slides and marking criteria will be uploaded for students to view afterwards via the resources section of this webpage (at the very bottom).

Sign ups for the upcoming sessions will soon be available down below.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the following co-ordinators (all MBBS6 students):

SITE CO-ORDINATORS:
TSV: Srikaveri Sriram, Dennis Perez Castillo, Sivageethan Vinayagathevarajah
CNS: Neha Ramesh, Marita Bolic, Jenna Gagnon
MKY: Phoebe Chong, Aditya Enjeti

Current Schedule

Candidate Registrations for the Upcoming Event

Candidate applications for 2025 are now closed. You will be notified when applications for 2026 open.


EOIs shall be made via a Google form, with the link to the next session being made available the Monday after the last session.


Assessor EOIs for the Upcoming Event

EOIs shall be made via a Google form, with the link to the next session being made available the Monday after the last session. The below instructions are for those wishing to be an assessor: 


If successful, you will be contacted 1 week prior to the scheduled event date with details regarding the event

  • Please ensure you bring a device that has capability to connect to Zoom as well as a speaker with good volume (the station timings will be run through Zoom to ensure everyone is sitting the stations at the exact same time); the link to join is at the top of this webpage
  • 6th years are eligible for 1 CPD point per hour OSCERun night attended, which may end up being a maximum total of 3 points per night (including setup, transport to venue etc.). Please note that volunteering as a patient will also count towards CPD points.
  • If you help out with preparation of stations, extra CPD points are negotiable (please contact the OSCERun Convenor, Srikaveri Sriram (MBBS6) at [email protected] for further details about this)
  • Assessors will be responsible for printing out and bringing the appropriate number of marking sheets for their allocated station, unless prior arrangements have been made in collaboration with the OSCERun Convenor or OSCERun Site Co-ordinators (see above for list of names)

Assessor applications for 2025 are now closed. You will be notified when applications for 2026 open.

Please note that you must be an MBBS6 student or doctor to be considered an assessor.

Volunteer Patient EOIs for OSCERun S02

The following instructions are for those wishing to volunteer as patients:

  • Volunteers will recieve an email 1 week prior to the event with details regarding the event
  • Please follow the directions of your OSCERun Site Coordinator (see above for list of names) when you arrive as they will help put you in the right room which should be set up for you
  • Feel free to dress up, put on accents or turn your patient role into something of a theatrical endeavour, but please keep to the script given as it’s important everyone gets somewhat of a similar experience (listen carefully to your allocated assessor about the way they want to run things during the mock OSCEs)
  • Be aware that there are different expectations for 4th vs 5th years, as well as the fact that many students may not have covered some of the station content at all yet
  • You are eligible for up to 3 CPD points (for MBBS6 students) if you stay for the whole night and help set up
  • MBBS4/5 volunteer patients shall have the opportunity to participate in 2 different stations, so that they can get a chance to view how students approach different types of stations. If you would not like to participate in 2 different stations, simply select "no" when asked this question on the EOI

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for 2025 are now closed. You will be notified when applications for 2026 open.

Students of any year level can sign up to be a volunteer patient. 

Resources

Season 1 (2024): access to the stations, questions and recordings are via S01 OSCERun (2024 - Stations and Feedback/Questions)

Season 2 (2025): the links to these sessions shall be uploaded down below after each individual event is complete.