AI OSCE practice with patients that talk back
Speak to voice AI patients and examiners, and get marked against the checklist. Practise ready-made stations, or build one for any case you’re worried about. No study partner to schedule.
Used by 6,000+ doctors & medical students on MLAbuddy.
What students say
1 of 4“The AI-patient simulations helped me refine my structure, timing, and communication skills in a realistic, low-pressure setting. The instant feedback shows exactly where I can improve. I feel far more confident going into my OSCEs.”
How AI OSCE practice works
- 1Zone AStation library
Step 1: Pick or build a station
Choose one from the station library, or describe any case and AI builds the station in about two minutes.
- 2Zone BStation room
Step 2: Speak with AI
Talk to a voice AI patient or examiner in real time. No typing and no one to schedule. You speak, they answer, like a real station.
- Zone CFeedback
Step 3: Get feedback
Checklist feedback at the end of every station: what you covered and what you missed.
Follow the pink line
What makes AI OSCE practice different
Voice, not text
Type to an AI and you’re revising. Speak out loud and you’re practising. Voice builds the fluency and confidence that count on exam day.
Any case you need
Practise from the station library, or describe the case you’re worried about and AI builds it for you: the patient, the script and the marking checklist.
Data interpretation vivas
An AI examiner runs ABG, blood test, ECG and chest X-ray vivas, and asks follow-up questions based on what you say.
The awkward stations
Psychiatry, sexual health, substance misuse: hard to practise with friends. With AI you can repeat them as often as you need.
What you can practise
The patient is voice-only, so there are no hands-on examination stations.
By clinical system
By station type
Cardiovascular, respiratory, abdominal, neurological, psychiatric and more
ABG, full blood count, electrolytes, spirometry, ECG and chest X-ray, with an AI examiner’s follow-up questions
Depression, psychosis, suicide risk, capacity, eating disorders
Counselling, consent, explaining a diagnosis, shared decision making
New cancer diagnoses, poor prognoses, difficult conversations
Differentials, investigations and management, talked through out loud
AI OSCE practice, answered
What is AI OSCE practice?
AI OSCE practice means preparing for Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) by talking to an AI instead of a human practice partner. On MLAbuddy you speak out loud to a voice AI that plays the patient or the examiner and responds to your questions and reasoning, like a real OSCE station.
Is AI OSCE practice effective?
It works best for building fluency with common presentations, taking the fear out of difficult stations (psychiatry, sexual health, breaking bad news) and rehearsing data interpretation step by step. Use it alongside peer practice and teaching, not instead of them: its advantage is that it is always available and you can repeat a station as many times as you need.
Which exams can I prepare for?
Any exam with OSCE-style stations. MLAbuddy has ready-made stations for UK finals, PLAB 2 and the NAC OSCE in Canada, and you can build stations for any other exam or case with Create with AI.
Can I practise OSCE stations alone with AI?
Yes, that is what MLAbuddy is for. You can practise solo, anytime, without scheduling a partner. It is especially useful for sensitive stations (psychiatry, sexual health, substance misuse) that are awkward to practise with classmates, and for data interpretation vivas where you need an examiner’s follow-up questions.
Are there physical examination stations?
No. The patient is voice-only, so there are no hands-on examination stations. Stations cover history taking, data interpretation vivas, communication and clinical reasoning.
Is MLAbuddy free to use?
Yes. The free plan includes voice AI practice, community stations and building your own stations with AI. Premium unlocks unlimited AI station creation, benchmarking and analytics, and the full curated library where there is one for your region. The price depends on your country.