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Vera
Verbal Flashcards

The exam where you have to say it, well.

Structured answers and history-taking rehearsed under time pressure.

A viva rewards clear structure, and structure collapses under nerves.

What Vera actually is

A phone call with someone who is not there. You say the thing out loud, they answer the way a real person would, and you get to do it again — as many times as it takes, with nobody listening.

1She calls youA real phone call, about ten seconds after you tap. Lock screen, headphones, car — wherever you take calls.
2She plays the other personNot a coach reading tips. Clinical Viva & OSCE Practice, with someone on the other end who answers back.
3She pushes when you are vagueFollow-up questions, interruptions when you ramble, and a straight read at the end on what landed.
Practice Stations

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Practice Stations

15 minutes free · no card needed

“What if I am bad at it?”Everyone is, on the first one. That is the entire reason it happens here and not there.
“What if I do not know what to say?”She asks first and follows up on whatever you answer. You never start from a blank page.
“What if it is awkward?”It is, for about twenty seconds. Then it is a conversation, and nobody heard the twenty seconds.

Not practising doesn’t save you anything.

The ticket, the evening, the weeks of applying — all of it is spent before anyone says a word. The practice is the only cheap part, and the only part that changes how the rest goes.

Practice Stations

15 minutes free · no card needed

What she'll actually ask

She asks these the way a real person would, then follows up on whatever you say.

  1. Take a history from me. You have six minutes.
  2. Present your differential, most likely first.
  3. Explain this diagnosis to me as if I were the patient.
  4. What are your three next investigations, and why those?
  5. You are over time. Summarize in twenty seconds.
More about this one

Vivas and OSCE stations test whether you can produce organized reasoning aloud while an examiner watches the clock. Knowledge is necessary and not sufficient — the same content delivered without structure scores badly. Vera runs timed stations by phone: history taking, differential presentation, and management explanation, interrupting when your answer loses its shape so you find the collapse point before an examiner does.

What she listens for

Structure under pressureAnswers that start organized and dissolve by the second minute.
SignpostingTelling the examiner where you are going is most of a good viva answer.
Time disciplineRunning over is scored, and it is entirely rehearsable.
  • OSCE station
  • clinical viva
  • history taking
  • differential presentation
  • signposting
  • timed station
  • patient explanation
  • examiner questions
“My answers started well and fell apart around minute two, every time. I could not hear that until something interrupted me.”
Priya N., final year

Related practice

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Common questions

Can it examine me properly?

It runs the verbal half — history, differential, explanation. Physical examination needs a person.

How many stations per session?

Three is a good session. More and the fatigue stops being informative.

Does this work for other viva formats?

Yes — dental, veterinary, and postgraduate vivas share the structure-under-pressure problem.

What if I am bad at it?

Everyone is, on the first one. That is the entire reason it happens here and not there.

What if I do not know what to say?

She asks the first question and follows up on whatever you answer. You never start from a blank page.

What if it is awkward?

It is, for about twenty seconds. Then it is a conversation, and nobody heard the twenty seconds.

Ready to try it?

Your first 15 minutes are free. No card required.

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