SCA
Non-urgent advice: What is the Simulated Consultation Assessment?
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The Simulated Consultation Assessment (SCA) is the summative assessment that has replaced the RCA. It is sat in the ST3 year. It is conducted at a local GP surgery.
It is a remote assessment of twelve simulated stations each lasting twelve minutes. The stations are a mixture of video and telephone consultations
Reservations are made on fourteenfish up to 12 months in advance. There are nine sittings per year.
Non-urgent advice: Useful Resources
-RCGP SCA guide
-RCGP example videos
-RCGP Trainee Webinar
-NICE CKS
-The Complete MRCGP casebook and other CSA/RCA textbooks (whilst SCA textbooks are being written)
Courses- RCGP, e-Medica, MentorMed Educations, Complete MRCGP SCA Course