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# How do I practise OSCE stations solo?

Our OSCE Stations platform is great for **solo practice**. You can work through stations at your own pace, or use our AI-powered virtual patients and examiners to build your skills.
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## Finding a station

In the sidebar, open **OSCE stations & virtual patients** and choose **OSCE stations**. You can also go straight to the [full station bank](https://app.geekymedics.com/osce-stations/).
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## Starting a station on your own

Click the station you’d like to practise. You’ll be asked **‘How would you like to practise this station?’** and given three options:

* **Solo practice** - work through the station on your own
* **Virtual patient** - interact with an AI-powered virtual patient
* **Group practice** - work through the station with a group

Choose **Solo practice**.
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## What you'll see in solo practice

The station is laid out in tabs so you can move between sections as you work - the candidate, patient and examiner instructions, the examiner checklist, **Questions** and **Candidate resources**, depending on what the station includes. There’s also an **All** tab if you’d rather scroll through everything on a single page.

A few things worth knowing:

* The **patient script** is collapsed by default, so you can reveal it when you’re ready
* The **diagnosis** stays hidden until you choose to reveal it
* You can use the built-in **timer** to simulate exam conditions
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## Practising with our virtual patients

Our AI-powered **virtual patients** are ideal for developing communication and history taking skills.

When you choose **Virtual patient**, you pick how you’d like to consult:

* **Text** - type messages back and forth. Free
* **Audio** - a real-time spoken conversation. 4 [AI credits](/en/article/what-are-ai-credits-124hbwj/), up to 15 minutes
* **Video** - face-to-face with a video avatar. 15 [AI credits](/en/article/what-are-ai-credits-124hbwj/), up to 10 minutes

Learn how to access virtual patients [here](/en/article/how-do-i-access-the-virtual-patients-ai-patients-1i6in4b/).
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## Practising with our virtual examiners

Alongside virtual patients, our **virtual examiners** can assess your performance. They will:

* Mark you against the examiner checklist
* Provide individual, constructive feedback, especially around communication skills

After a virtual patient consultation, click **End consultation** and choose **AI marking** to have the examiner mark your checklist.

You can read more about how to use virtual examiners [here](/en/article/how-do-i-use-the-virtual-examiner-1glbo3s/).
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## What if I would prefer to practise with someone else?

No problem - if solo practice isn’t for you, you can easily connect with other students to practise OSCEs together.

👉 [Find out how to practise with others](/en/article/how-can-i-find-other-people-to-practise-osces-with-14tvhel/)