MRCGP Simulated Consultation Assessment (SCA)

MRCGP SCA practice cases

For GP trainees preparing for the MRCGP Simulated Consultation Assessment. Every station comes with a patient script for your partner to play and a marking sheet for a second colleague, so you can rehearse real consultations rather than read about them.

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The exam at a glance

12 simulated consultations, each 12 minutes, with a 3-minute reading period before each case.
Sat remotely through an online platform, usually from a GP surgery. Consultations are recorded, and each case is marked by a different examiner.
Marked in three domains: data gathering and diagnosis; clinical management and medical complexity; relating to others.
Physical examination is not assessed in the SCA.

Run by the Royal College of General Practitioners.

Next dates

Sitting	Exam date	Apply or book
January 2027	12–15 January 2027	Book by 6 November 2026
February 2027	9–12 February 2027	Book by 4 December 2026
March 2027	9–12 March 2027	Book by 8 January 2027
April 2027	13–16 April 2027	Book by 5 February 2027
May 2027	11–14 May 2027	Book by 5 March 2027
June 2027	8–11 June 2027	Book by 16 April 2027

Reasonable adjustment requests close about four weeks before each booking deadline.

Checked against the official site on 6 November 2026. Dates can change: always confirm with RCGP – MRCGP exam applications.

How to practise for it here

166 original stations, one for every key concept in the family medicine curriculum, each with a candidate sheet, patient script, examiner script and calibrated marking sheet.

Choose MRCGP SCA when you sign up, and the station timer runs 3 minutes reading, then a 12-minute consultation.
Where a station includes a physical examination step, say what you would examine and why, then move on, as you would in the SCA.
Practise on video call: candidate, patient and examiner each open the station on their own device.

Create a free accountFree account opens 3 fully interactive sample stations.

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