OSCE PREPARATION TIPS
Resources
This page includes the OSCE resources that made the biggest difference for me -
books, study strategies, and a few discounted tools I genuinely recommend.
Everything here is something I’ve personally used and found helpful.
📚 OSCE Pocket Book (Affiliate link)
15% off with code: Kate23
📚 Dains’ Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical
Diagnosis in Primary Care
aka “The” OSCE textbook
Symptom based approach: trains you to start with a chief complaint
Associate link: https://amzn.to/4rqqNp4
📚 USMLE Cases
Vignettes for practicing
Associate link: https://amzn.to/4uqpuJq
📚 AMBOSS Cases
Additional source of case vignettes for practicing
Associate link: https://www.amboss.com
📚 OSCELab AI case simulator
AI tool to practice your soundbites and cases (spoken or type)
Link: https://oscelab.com
Analog watch for taking pulse/breath rate
If you aren’t allowed to have a smart watch
Associate link: https://amzn.to/47QCUVl
🎥 Geeky Medics YouTube videos
Helpful OSCE videos with exam demonstrations and advice
Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwYICl63HBzkiOxI_AHWA3nbvz__a145J
🎥 Ninja Nerd Physical Exams Playlist
ScrubNotes YouTube Channel
I created this channel to give you the kind of guidance I was looking for as a student — practical frameworks and clear approaches that make clinical thinking feel learnable.
Practice, Practice, Practice!
I think the best time investment you can make to prepare for your OSCEs is practicing:
Case taking workflow
Physical exams
Your soundbites