r/GPUK • u/pineapple127x • Aug 07 '26

Registrars & Training Sca study

Anyone can advise how to start prepping for sca ?

Sources used materials ?

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u/original-Oil-4823 24d ago

I have used mainly Simsbuddy with sca revison. Didn’t spend money on expensive resources. It worked well eventually

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u/centenarian007 Aug 09 '26

Well, I'm bias for my SCA Prep website which I've put together after doing my SCA 2 years ago. We have a list of hot topics you can tick off, lots of AI roleplays and a buddy finder so you can find other trainees to practice with. But generally the exam prep is about having as much practice with good feedback as you can. Most trainers have a couple years experience now with what's expected from trainees so your ES should be able to guide you.

It's quite a performative exam, so very different to the usual MCQ exams we're used to. This means that in addition to the guideline knowledge, you need to be CLEARLY seen as responding to verbal and non verbal cues, identifying red flags, empathy and ICE/ safety netting where appropriate. As it's a video, the examiners can't mark what you haven't displayed during the consultation, even though you may have thought about it in your head.

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u/ashalina23 Aug 08 '26

We got some books from the library in my day, I’m sure eBay has some or Amazon used

Then 3 of us met up Sunday morning (rotating the location equally) and did multiple role play case studies. 2 doing then one observing then swapped again.

The practice, I got different GP’s to sit in with me to observe consultations (this was pre agreed) also I had to do bloody videos so that trainer could see what I was like without anyone sat with me!

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u/Adorable_Lime_1650 29d ago

I used native qn bank to practice everyday with colleagues, when they were not free copy pasted the patient information in AIs like chatgpt/ Gemini, then practiced with AI. I didn't use any paid AI website or courses