Examinations
We support both the University of Buckingham and the University of Warwick Medical Schools in their assessments for medical students.
This involves written assessments where examiners are required to write questions, quality assure and mark exams.
For clinical exams, examiners are provided to both medical schools for assessing. We also deliver the OSLER clinical examinations for Warwick Medical School in the trust. Training is available for these roles.
See below for the latest dates of upcoming examinations.
If you are interested in supporting the medical student assessments, please register your interest via our contact form.
Certificates can be provided for appraisal purposes.
More information is available below regarding the recruitment of OSLER examiners and patient volunteers.
Exam Dates
Warwick Medical School
Year 1 Formative OSCE 9th December 2025
Year 4 Final OSCE 18th February 2026
OSLER Exams w/c 2nd March 2026
Year 4 OSCE Resits 21st April 2026
Year 1 OSCE 28th May 2026
Year 1 OSCE Resits 2nd July 2026
Year 2 OSCE 23rd July 2026
Year 2 OSCE Resits 3rd September 2026
Year 1 Formative OSCE 9th December 2026
Buckingham Medical School
M23 IPE OSCE 3A Assessing 15th January 2026
M23 IPE OSCE 3B Assessing 16th January 2026
M23 IPE QE OSCE 3A Assessing 26th February 2026
M23 IPE QE OSCE 3B Assessing 27th February 2026
M22 FPE OSCE 4A Assessors 2nd March 2026
M22 FPE OSCE 4B Assessors 3rd March 2026
M22 FPE QE OSCE 4A Assessors 4th June 2026
M22 FPE QE OSCE 4B Assessors 5th June 2026
Becoming an OSLER Examiner
OSLER examinations are designed to enable the student to respond to a patient as they would in the clinical setting; taking a history, examining and forming a management plan. Due to the complex nature of this, it is vital these exams are supported by our experienced clinicians.
Please check the requirements for becoming an OSLER Examiner and if you have any further queries, contact us.
WMS Guidelines for Eligibility
Doctors with at least 3 years of practical experience since graduation (minimum of 2 years for CEFs)
Active involvement in teaching WMS Phase 3 medical students
Hold a current GMC registration with a license to practice or have been actively involved in clinical work within the last 3 years
Attendance at the relevant examiners training course with no concerns raised and evidence of retraining every 3 years
Commitment to being available as an examiner for a minimum of 3 sessions within the next 3 years at any of our examination sites (George Eliot Hospital; Warwick Hospital; UHCW).
Requirement to declare any potential conflicts of interest in relation to examining students you have a prior relationship with
Further information regarding the assessments of medical students and OSLERs is available for:
Warwick Medical School (WMS)
Buckingham Medical School (BMS)
Clinical Examination Protocols
Recruiting Patients for OSLERS
Medical students from Warwick Medical School take their final clinical exams during the fourth year of training. Part of these assessments are carried out at Warwick Hospital in the outpatient department, and involve the student doing a comprehensive assessment of a patient then establishing a management plan. We rely on our patient volunteers to run these OSLER examinations.
We accept patient volunteers from all backgrounds with chronic health conditions and clinical signs. Patient volunteers will be reimbursed car park fees and for those with access requirements, we are able to provide transport. Refreshments are also provided to volunteers throughout the day.
Appropriate and willing patients should be provided with the information contained within our recruitment poster and asked to get in touch with the exams team. Alternatively, any clinician can consent a prospective patient volunteer to the sharing of information and forward the patient’s name, hospital ID number and address to patient.volunteers@swft.nhs.uk.
The exams team will then contact the patient to discuss their availability and answer any questions around the exam process.
