OSCEhub is a digital practice platform for medical students preparing for Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). It provides ready-to-go clinical stations with interactive mark schemes, realistic media like heart murmurs and CXRs, and instant performance feedback. The service is available through a simple one-off £10 payment for 12 months of access.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Medical students often struggle to access realistic, repeatable OSCE practice that mirrors the high-pressure, station-based format of their real exams. Traditional preparation relies on static textbooks, expensive courses, or coordinating with peers, which can be time-consuming and fail to provide accurate, structured feedback. This makes it difficult for students to identify and target their specific clinical weaknesses before the actual exam.
Solution
OSCEhub provides an online library of ready-to-go OSCE stations, complete with candidate and actor instructions, designed for immediate practice. The platform uses a Smart Mark Scheme with a global scoring system based on thresholds, reflecting how universities grade in real exams to give a more accurate performance score. It enhances learning by incorporating realistic media such as heart murmurs, CXRs, and ECGs to help students become expert diagnosticians. After each attempt, an interactive mark scheme provides a detailed score breakdown, highlighting strengths and weaknesses to inform focused revision. Students can log and submit their scores to track progress against peers and repeat low-scoring stations for constant improvement. The feedback includes key actionable points and practical GIFs that clearly demonstrate clinical skill steps.
Target Audience
The primary customers are medical students who need accessible, realistic, and repeatable practice for their OSCE exams.
Features
- Ready-to-go OSCE stations with separate candidate and actor instructions for a realistic exam experience
- Smart Mark Scheme using a global threshold-based scoring system to provide a performance score reflective of real university marking
- Integrated media including heart murmur audio, CXR images, and ECG traces to build diagnostic skills
- Interactive mark scheme that provides a score breakdown to identify specific strengths and weaknesses
- Progress tracking feature that allows students to log, submit, and compare scores with peers
- High-quality feedback with key points and practical GIFs to visually explain clinical skill steps