Mock OSCE - Nursing and Midwifery Council’s The Code (2018) Themes

Sep 20, 2026

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Mock OSCE guidance for a ten-station Objective Structured Clinical Examination, detailing station formats including linked AIE, practical skills, and two silent PV and EBP stations, each assessed for specified durations. The document outlines an expected performance framework aligned to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s “The Code” (2018), organized into four themes: prioritise people, practise effectively, preserve safety, and promote professionalism and trust. It explains how criteria support proficiency in knowledge, skills, and attitudes across nursing settings, and provides theme-based expected performance statements and criteria for assessment.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages40

Reading Time1 h 41 min

AccessFree to download

OSCE structure and station types

Linked AIE stations

Practical skills stations

Silent PV and EBP stations

Mock OSCE purpose and marking approach

The Code (2018) themes and assessment criteria

Prioritise people

Practise effectively

Preserve safety

Promote professionalism and trust

In your objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), you will be assessed on 10 stations in total: • Three of the stations are linked together around a scenario about the ‘provision and monitoring of care’, with one station for each of Assessment, Implementation and Evaluation (AIE), delivered in that sequence and with no stations in between. • Five stations will take the form of either standalone or linked stations, testing practical clinical skills. Each standalone station will last up to 8 minutes, with each pairing of skills stations lasting up to 16 minutes in total (including reading time), with no break between each paired skill. • There are also two silent stations. In each OSCE, one station will specifically assess professional issues associated with professional accountability and related skills around communication (called the professional values and behaviours, or PV, station) . One station will also specifically assess critical appraisal of research and evidence and associated decision-making (called the evidence-based practice station, or EBP) . These stations will each be 10 minutes long. We have developed this mock OSCE to provide an outline of the performance we expect and the criteria that the test of competence will assess. This mock OSCE contains an AIE, one pair of linked clinical skills, one PV and one EBP station. The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s ‘The Code’ (2018) outlines professional standards of practice and behaviours, setting out the expected performance and standards that are assessed through the test of competence. ‘The Code’ is structured around four themes: prioritise people, practise effectively, preserve safety , and promote professionalism and trust. These statements are explained below as the expected performance and criteria. The criteria must be used to promote the standards of proficiency in respect of knowledge, skills and attitudes. They have been designed to be applied across all fields of nursing practice, irrespective of the clinical setting, and they should be applied to the care needs of all patients. It is critical that you familiarise yourself with this document. Please note: this is a mock OSCE example for education and training purposes only. The marking criteria and expected performance apply only to this mock OSCE. They provide a guide to the level of performance we expect in relation to nursing care, knowledge and attitude. Other scenarios will have different assessment criteria appropriate to the scenario. Evidence for the expected performance criteria can be found in the reading list and related publications , which are available on the learning platform. | Theme from‘The Code’ | Expected performance | Criteria | | --- | --- | --- | | Prior it ise people | Treat people as individuals and uphold their dignity | Introduces self to the patient at every contact and upholds the patient’s dignity and privacy. | | | Listen to people and respond to their preferences and concerns | Actively listens to patients and provides clear information, behaving in a professional manner, respecting others and adopting non-discriminatory behaviour. | | | Make sure that people’s physical, social and psychological needs are responded to | Upholds respect by valuing the patient’s opinions and being sensitive to feelings and/or appreciating any differences in culture. | | | Act in the best interest of people at all times | Treats each patient as an individual, showing compassion and care during all interactions.
Respects and upholds people’s human rights. | | | Respect people’s right to privacy and confidentiality | Ensures that people are informed about their care and that information about themis shared appropriately, maintaining confidentiality. | | Practise effectively | Always practise in line with the best available evidence | Provides skills, knowledge and attitude supported by an evidence base at all times. | | | Communicate clearly | Communicates clearl

FAQs

How many stations are included in the mock OSCE, and how are they assessed?

The mock OSCE includes 10 stations in total. Stations include linked AIE, practical skills (standalone or linked), and two silent stations that assess professional values and behaviours (PV) and evidence-based practice (EBP). PV and EBP each last 10 minutes.

What are the linked AIE stations in the OSCE?

Three stations are linked in sequence around a scenario focused on the provision and monitoring of care, with one station each for Assessment, Implementation, and Evaluation (AIE). There are no stations between them.

How does “The Code” (2018) relate to the OSCE marking criteria?

“The Code” sets professional standards of practice and behaviours and organizes expected performance into four themes. The OSCE criteria are designed to promote proficiency in knowledge, skills, and attitudes and to be applied across nursing practice settings, based on these theme-based statements.

Sep 20, 2026

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