To apply to become a PANE OSCE examiner please complete our online application form.
If your application is successful you will need to attend a half-day training workshop. Workshops are held regularly throughout the year in both Liverpool and London.
To become a PANE OSCE examiner all applicants must demonstrate that they meet the following criteria. An examiner must be:
- currently registered with the GMC, a member of the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register (PAMVR), or another relevant statutory regulator (for example the NMC or HCPC)
- in good standing with the General Medical Council (or relevant regulatory body)
- at least three years’ post-registration with experience (or, where the applicant is not a physician associate, three years demonstrable experience of working with, training, teaching, or supervising the physician associate role)
- up to date as appropriate with relevant national guidelines, CPD requirements, employer’s equality and diversity training and appraisal process
- in active clinical practice at the time of appointment or be able to demonstrate current and substantial involvement in a PA educator role (individuals may continue to examine for a maximum of three years after they retire from clinical practise or their role as a PA educator).
Examiner appointments are for a term of three years, subject to satisfactory performance (see below), and renewable every three years thereafter, following review by the PANE clinical examination lead and (in respect of continuing eligibility) by the RCP Assessment Unit. Terms will begin from the first scheduled OSCE date after an applicant has successfully completed their training.
Successful applicants also need to commit to the following in order to retain their status as an examiner following each three-year review:
- maintain adherence to the above eligibility criteria and inform the RCP Assessment Unit without delay if they become aware that they are no longer compliant
- commit to examining a minimum of six days across each three-year window
- have, at the at the time of appointment, a reasonable expectation of being in the role for at least three years
- abide by the PANE examiner code of conduct and misconduct policies (downloadable below).
Get in touch
If you have any questions regarding becoming a PANE OSCE examiner, please get in touch via PAexams@rcp.ac.uk.