Patients that talk back
Natural spoken conversation with an AI patient who stays in character, answers what you actually asked, and can cut across you the way a real one does.
Clinical exam preparation
Practise PLAB 2 with simulated patients
Run timed clinical stations, speak with an AI patient who answers in character, and get structured feedback on every consultation you give. Built for the PLAB2 examination.
- 3 min
- taster, no account
- 8 min
- full consultation
- Spoken
- patient and examiner
- Scorecard
- and full transcript
ClinicalVitals is an independent exam-preparation platform and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the General Medical Council. Full disclaimer
Example scorecard
6/12Just below the standard
- Data-gathering, technical and assessment skills3/4
- Clinical management skills1/4
- Interpersonal skills2/4
4 clinical stations
Across 2 disciplines
Independent practice tool
Not affiliated with or endorsed by the General Medical Council
Flexible and self-paced
Up to 20 stations per rolling 24 hours
How it works
The exam format, spoken out loud, then marked like the real thing.
Three steps, on the clock the exam runs on.
90 sec reading+8 min consultation=9 min 30 sec
Read the stem
90 secYou have 90 seconds with the candidate instructions, as in the exam.
Speak with the patient
8 min8 minutes of spoken consultation with an AI patient who answers in character and can interrupt. Ask the examiner for findings and investigations and they answer aloud.
See where your marks went
A score and comment on every category, the misses that mattered, any safety concerns, and a spoken walkthrough of the station performed to a high standard.
Try a free station
Incidental Breast Mass on Trauma CT — General Practice
General PracticeIntermediate3 minFree, no account
Angela Whitaker, 60, female. She speaks clearly and initially sounds brisk and eager for reassurance. After hearing about the unexpected finding, her voice becomes quieter and hesitant, and she asks direct questions about cancer and whether she might lose her breast. She answers openly when asked and appreciates pauses and checks of understanding..
You'll need a microphone and a quiet room.
What you get
3 minutes with the patient
No account needed. Spoken, timed, and marked for real.
Your score, straight away
Pass or fail, what went well, and the first thing to fix.
The full report, with a free account
Every category scored, with notes against the lines you said.
Your feedback
Know exactly why you passed or failed.
Every result explains itself. Pick a part of the scorecard to see what it does.
See the full example scorecardAn example, not a real candidate’s result.
6/12
Acute Chest Pain, Emergency Department
Not a pass yet. You’re two marks away.
Just below the standard · A station passes at 8 of 12
By category
- Data-gathering, technical and assessment skills3/4
- Clinical management skills1/4
- Interpersonal skills2/4
Dashed line: pass mark
Your consultation
Patient: I have been having chest pain for the last few hours.
You: Can you tell me more about the pain?Missed
Try: “Does the pain go through to your back at all, and did it come on all at once?”
Patient: It is a tightness, mostly in the centre of my chest.
Why ClinicalVitals
Practise the way the exam actually feels.
Real exam timing
90 seconds reading, then 8 minutes consulting, with a chime at one minute left. The clock runs against a real deadline and cannot be paused.
Feedback you can act on
Not just a number. Every category is scored and commented on, and each miss comes with why it mattered and the words you could have used.
Practise at any hour
Sit a station again whenever you want and watch the same categories move. No study partner to schedule, and no waiting for a tutor.
Pricing
Simple pricing. No subscriptions.
Every pass is a single payment for a fixed period. Nothing renews, and there is nothing to cancel.
20-day refund
Not what you expected? Ask within 20 days of purchase and we refund the pass.
Free station
See how it works before you pay anything.
£0No credit card
- One full station: Incidental Breast Mass on Trauma CT — General Practice
- Your score straight away
- Full feedback and transcript with a free account
14-Day Sprint Pass
Last-minute, intensive preparation.
£35one payment
14 days
- Up to 20 stations per rolling 24 hours
- Full feedback and transcript on every station
- Spoken walkthrough once you’ve sat a station
Exam Pass
Most completeThe full run-up to the exam.
£99one payment
3 months
- Up to 20 stations per rolling 24 hours
- Full feedback and transcript on every station
- Spoken walkthrough once you’ve sat a station
- Time to retry stations and watch your categories move
Add a human review
Optional, on any station you choose.
£25per station
Questions about a pass? Use the contact button in the corner of any page. Full pricing details
Example station
Feedback grounded in UK practice.
What comes back when the time is up, shown here as an invented result for Acute Chest Pain, Emergency Department.
Feedback refers to
- NICE guidance
- BNF
- Current NHS practice
Before you start, every station shows
- The specialty
- The difficulty
- The candidate stem
- How it’s marked
Did not ask whether the pain tore through to the back.Missed
Why it matters
Tearing pain through to the back is the question that separates a dissection from a heart attack.
Try saying
“Does the pain go through to your back at all, and did it come on all at once?”
No safety-netting before the patient was sent home.Missed
Why it matters
The patient leaves without knowing what would make this an emergency.
Try saying
“If the pain comes back or you feel breathless, call an ambulance straight away.”
The mock circuit
The 16-station circuit
The whole exam, end to end: 16 stations back to back over three hours, with no marks until it is over. It shows you how your consultations hold up at station sixteen compared with station one.
Every station is scored. Two rest stations break it up, and nothing else does.
A pass is 10 of the 16 stations and 120 of the 192 marks.
Those two numbers are ours, not the examiner’s. The real exam sets its bar for each sitting from how that sitting’s candidates performed, and does not publish a fixed one — so this is our steady approximation of it rather than a figure you can hold the exam to.
No marks until it is over, and rest stations cannot be skipped. Circuits need a pass and use sixteen stations of your 24-hour limit.
Human review
Want a person to mark it?
£25 per station, requested from your scorecard, usually returned within 5 days. A ClinicalVitals reviewer reads the whole transcript and marks it again on the same rubric.
- 1.Complete the station and read your AI feedback.
- 2.Request a review from your scorecard.
- 3.A ClinicalVitals reviewer reads the full consultation transcript and marks it against the same rubric.
- 4.Written feedback is returned to your account, and the bell in the header tells you when it is ready.
Human review is educational feedback and is not official GMC marking. The reviewer is not an examiner of record for any examining body.
The feedback
How your feedback is generated
- 1
Complete the consultation
You speak with the simulated patient for the length of the station.
- 2
Your consultation is transcribed
Speech-recognition software converts the conversation into a written transcript, which you can read afterwards.
- 3
ClinicalVitals analyses the consultation
A language model evaluates the transcript against the ClinicalVitals feedback rubric for that station, with reference to current clinical guidelines.
- 4
You receive structured feedback
A score and comment per category, strengths, misses, any safety concerns, and notes against specific lines of the transcript.
AI-generated feedback can occasionally be incorrect or incomplete. ClinicalVitals is a practice tool, not an official GMC examiner. If a mark looks wrong, the problem button on the scorecard tells us.
The patient can interrupt
Full-duplex audio: you can cut in and redirect as you would in the room, and the patient can do the same. Each station keeps the same patient voice every time you sit it.
The timing is fixed
90 seconds reading, then 8 minutes consulting, with a chime at one minute left. The countdown runs against a real deadline and cannot be paused.
An examiner responds to requests
Ask for examination findings or investigations and the examiner answers aloud. There is no closing viva, matching the PLAB 2 format.
Your accent is not an assessment criterion
ClinicalVitals assesses the content and structure of your consultation, not whether you sound like a native English speaker. Speech recognition can occasionally produce transcription errors, so transcript-based feedback should be read with that limitation in mind.
The 3 ClinicalVitals feedback categories
These are ClinicalVitals practice and feedback categories, designed around the three skill areas the PLAB 2 examination assesses. Each is scored 0 to 4. They are not an official the GMC scoring system.
- 1.Data-gathering, technical and assessment skills
- 2.Clinical management skills
- 3.Interpersonal skills
Who built this
Built by an IMG who sat the exam
ClinicalVitals is a small independent product. It was built by an international medical graduate who prepared for and sat PLAB 2, and who wanted a way to practise consultations out loud, against the clock, without needing a study partner available at the same hour.
The stations are drafted, edited and approved by the founder. How that is done, and what is and is not checked, is set out in the full disclaimer.
Questions
Before you start
Is this affiliated with the GMC?
No. ClinicalVitals is independent educational software. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the General Medical Council or any other examining body. We name the exam only to say which one this helps you practise for. Read the full disclaimer.
Is the free station really free?
Yes — one full station, no credit card. It is the station we mark free in the catalogue, and it is a full one: same timing, same scorecard and transcript as a paid station. A pass is what opens the rest. You can also try a 3-minute taster without an account; you sign up only when you want a station marked.
Is the feedback an official score?
No. ClinicalVitals feedback is designed for exam preparation. It is not an official GMC score and cannot predict your examination result. The categories are our own, built around the skills the exam assesses.
What does it cost, and does it renew?
£99 for 3 months, or £35 for 14 days. Each is a single payment. Nothing renews and there is nothing to cancel. If you buy a second pass while one is live, it starts when the first one ends. See pricing.
Can I sit the same station again?
Yes, as often as you like while your pass is live — a repeat is an ordinary sitting and counts against the usage limit like any other. Each one is marked on its own, so you can sit a station, read the feedback, and sit it again to see whether the changes landed.
What is the usage limit?
Every station in the catalogue, as often as you like, for as long as your pass runs — and up to 20 stations per rolling 24 hours, one at a time. The limit exists so a single login cannot be shared or scripted; it is well above what a candidate sits in a day.
Can a person review my station?
Yes, as an optional add-on: £25 for one station, requested from your scorecard after you have sat it. A ClinicalVitals reviewer reads your transcript and returns written feedback, usually within 5 days. It is a one-off charge for that station and is separate from any pass. It is educational feedback, not official marking.
What is the refund policy?
If the service is not what you expected, ask within 20 days of purchase and we will refund the pass. Use the contact button in the corner of any page.
What if my connection drops mid-station?
A station you have started stays resumable for 15 minutes, so a reload or a browser crash does not cost you the sitting. After that it frees up automatically and does not count against your usage limit.
In short
What ClinicalVitals is, and isn't
ClinicalVitals is
- A PLAB 2 preparation tool
- A simulated patient practice environment
- A structured feedback system
- An AI-assisted practice tool
- An optional human-review service
ClinicalVitals isn't
- The General Medical Council
- An official GMC examination
- An official GMC scoring system
- A guarantee of passing
- A substitute for official GMC information
- A substitute for professional clinical education
Start with one station. See what you need to improve.
One full station, free, with feedback and a transcript — read your own result before deciding anything. £99 then opens every station and the mock circuit for 3 months.