Before the viva
Case review before you start
Read the clinical scenario, picture the situation, and organize your thoughts. You have up to two minutes of prep time — and you can start the viva earlier when you feel ready.
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Practice SOE and viva exams out loud, under pressure
Live AI examination, curated cases, and structured feedback — built for oral boards, not chat.
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At a glance
A complete oral-exam practice platform
From the live viva chair to post-session debrief — every feature is designed for doctors preparing for high-stakes SOE and viva examinations.
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Live voice viva
Speak through a timed oral exam — not typed chat.
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Examiner personas
Six styles from supportive to strict and rapid-fire.
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Focus areas
Target safety, reasoning, communication, or stay balanced.
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Curated case bank
Realistic postgraduate scenarios with structured follow-ups.
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Serious preparation
Built for high-stakes SOE and viva exams — not casual study chat.
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Structured feedback
Domain scores, strengths, gaps, and next steps.
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Progress analytics
Readiness trends, streaks, and weakest domains.
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Free tier
Try full sessions before you subscribe.
Live viva practice
Practice like the exam — speak, don't type
Most tools let you read cases or chat in text. Viva Examiner runs a timed oral examination: you hear the scenario, answer aloud, and respond to follow-ups in real time.
During the viva
Re-open the case mid-viva
Need the scenario details again while you are under pressure? Open the case review at any point — without stopping the flow of the examination.
Customize your practice
Match the examiner, length, and focus to your exam
Every session is configurable before you start — persona, duration, focus area, and which case topics to draw from.
Examiner persona
All 6 examiner styles
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Standard examiner
Balanced formal SOE style with fair probing and realistic pacing.
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Strict examiner
Colder tone, less reassurance, and harder challenges to vague answers.
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Supportive examiner
Formal SOE with calmer pacing and clearer re-prompts when stuck — without teaching answers.
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Rapid-fire examiner
Shorter questions and faster transitions to cover more breadth in the time available.
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Socratic examiner
Heavy probing with “why”, “what if”, and “how would you defend that?” follow-ups.
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Safety-focused examiner
Prioritises risk, escalation pathways, and common error traps.
Focus your practice
Stress the domains you want to improve
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Safety
Weight questions toward risk, escalation pathways, and dangerous omissions.
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Reasoning
Emphasize logic, prioritization, and how you defend clinical decisions.
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Communication
Practice clearer structure and exam-style delivery under pressure.
Leave focus open for a balanced viva that covers all domains.
Session length
Choose how long each viva runs
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Short (5 min)
Quick drills when time is limited.
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Standard (10 min)
Balanced depth for most practice sessions.
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Long (15 min)
Extended questioning for exam-day stamina.
Case bank & specialties
Realistic cases organized by specialty and topic
Practice draws from curated postgraduate case material — not improvised chat. Add specialties to your workspace and filter by the topics you need most.
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Curated clinical scenarios
Each case includes a realistic scenario and structured sub-questions — not open-ended prompts you invent yourself.
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Topic filtering
Filter practice by case category — for example resuscitation, trauma, or toxicology — or draw from all topics in your specialty.
Currently available: Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry.
Structured feedback
Know exactly what to improve
After every case, you receive examiner-style scores and clear notes — strict enough to be useful, specific enough to act on.
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Knowledge
Accuracy and completeness of what you said.
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Clinical reasoning
Logic, prioritization, and how you interpret the case.
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Safety
Recognition of red flags and dangerous omissions.
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Communication
Clarity, structure, and exam-style delivery.
Illustrative session results
Overall score
72
/100
Solid foundation
Exam readiness
Good case overview, but follow-up answers need tighter structure under pressure.
Domain scores
Clinical reasoning
74%
Safety
82%
Communication
65%
Knowledge
78%
Strengths
Identified the primary diagnosis quickly and outlined sensible initial management.
Areas to improve
Pause before answering follow-ups — organize into assessment, differentials, and plan.
Progress & analytics
See where you stand — and what to work on next
After each scored session, your specialty dashboard updates with readiness metrics, trends, and a clear focus area — so preparation stays deliberate, not guesswork.
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Sessions completed
Track how much practice you have done in each specialty.
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Exam readiness
See an aggregate readiness score based on your recent scored sessions.
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Practice streak
Stay consistent with consecutive days of viva practice.
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Weakest domain
Know which feedback domain needs the most work — knowledge, reasoning, safety, or communication.
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Domain averages
Compare average scores across feedback domains at a glance.
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Readiness trend
Follow how your readiness changes over your last several sessions.
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Recent sessions
Jump back to any session — results ready or still generating.
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Per-specialty dashboard
Every specialty has its own hub with analytics, usage, and practice shortcuts.
Why Viva Examiner
Not another chatbot — a purpose-built viva chair
General AI tools can explain medicine. Viva Examiner runs the examination — with pacing, follow-ups, and feedback shaped for oral boards.
| Compare | General AI chat | Viva Examiner |
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| Purpose | General conversation and text generation | Timed SOE and viva oral-exam practice only |
| How you practice | Type prompts and read replies | Speak answers aloud in a live oral exam |
| Case material | User-written or improvised scenarios | Curated postgraduate case bank by specialty |
| Examiner behavior | Helpful assistant tone | Examiner personas with probing, silence handling, and session rules |
| After the session | Chat thread continues | Structured scores, strengths, gaps, and next steps |
Access & billing
Start free — subscribe when you are ready
No credit card to begin. Experience the full viva flow on your own schedule, then unlock unlimited practice for the specialties you are preparing for.
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Try 3 full viva sessions per specialty each month — the same live exam flow, not a limited demo.
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When you are ready
Subscribe only to what you need
Pay per specialty — not an all-or-nothing bundle. Upgrade when your preparation intensifies, and cancel anytime from your account.
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Feature FAQ
How the platform works, in detail
Answers about customization, feedback, case selection, and what you get at each stage of practice — beyond the basics on our home page.
Before you start, you choose your session length (5, 10, or 15 minutes), one of 6 examiner personas, an optional focus area, and which case topics to include.
Focus areas include Safety, Reasoning, Communication — or leave focus open for a balanced viva across all domains.
Every setting applies to that session only, so you can change persona, length, and topics as your preparation evolves.
Each persona changes tone, pacing, and how hard the examiner pushes on weak answers — not the case material itself.
Available styles: Standard examiner, Strict examiner, Supportive examiner, Rapid-fire examiner, Socratic examiner and Safety-focused examiner.
Use a supportive or standard persona while you build confidence, then switch to strict, rapid-fire, or socratic styles as exam day approaches.
When the viva ends, structured feedback is generated — usually within a minute. You receive an overall score, an exam-readiness percentage, and domain scores for knowledge, clinical reasoning, safety, and communication.
You also get strengths, gaps, suggested next steps, and expandable notes per question — including how you performed and what a strong answer would cover.
Feedback appears only after the session finishes, not during the live viva.
Each specialty dashboard shows sessions completed, average readiness, your practice streak, and which feedback domain needs the most work.
Domain averages and a readiness trend over your recent sessions help you see whether preparation is moving in the right direction — not just how one case went.
Analytics update after each scored session, so you can jump back to past vivas from your recent sessions list.
Yes. Cases are drawn from curated material in your specialty. You can filter by case category — for example resuscitation, trauma, or toxicology in Emergency Medicine — or practice across all topics.
7 specialties are available today. Browse specialties
Each case includes a structured scenario and follow-up questions — not prompts you write yourself.
Yes. Before the viva starts, you have up to two minutes to read the clinical scenario and organize your thoughts — and you can begin earlier when ready.
During the live examination, you can re-open the case review at any point if you need the scenario details again, without stopping the flow of questioning.
On the free tier, you get 3 full viva sessions per specialty each month — same live exam and feedback, not a stripped-down demo.
A specialty subscription removes the monthly case limit for that specialty only. You keep the same session setup, personas, and feedback — with unlimited practice while subscribed.
Subscriptions are billed per specialty, so you only pay for the exam you are preparing for. View pricing
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