CriticalExam.ai

ACEM · ANZCA · CICM

Practise the moment the examiner asks why.

Practise realistic oral stations with an AI examiner or role-player. Answer aloud, then use specific feedback to guide your next attempt.

See how a station works
Original exam-specific content On your schedule.
CHOOSE YOUR PATHWAYChoose the exam you’re preparing for

Each pathway uses original stations written for that exam, with its own timing, candidate tasks, interactions and marking criteria.

ACEM
ACEM Primary Viva205 published vivas
ACEM
ACEM Fellowship OSCE100 published OSCEs
ANZCA
ANZCA Primary Viva120 published vivas
ANZCA
ANZCA Final Exam Viva100 published vivas
CICM
CICM First Part Viva192 published vivas
CICM
CICM Second Part Viva100 published vivas
You can change pathways whenever you need.
100+published stations per pathway
1,720+stations completed
195+hours practised

Three critical care colleges.
Six purpose-built pathways.

Six oral examinations across ACEM, ANZCA and CICM, each with its own stations, timing and marking criteria.

Inside a practice station

The station responds to what you actually say.

The AI examiner follows your answer and asks further questions within the station’s timing and structure.

01Read

Check the instructions and timing for your station.

02Respond

Answer aloud or by text while the examiner or role-player reacts to what you actually say.

03Review

Review your feedback, marking criteria and transcript.

From station to feedback.

01Choose a stationDASHBOARD
Station libraryChoose what to practise next
  • 01
    ClinicalFocused assessment and reasoning
  • 02
    CommunicationExplain, negotiate and teach
  • 03
    ManagementPriorities, decisions and contingencies
  • 04
    IntegratedBring the whole performance together
02Give your answerSTATION RUNNER
Respond aloud to the examiner or role-player

Explain your decisions and respond to questions or conversation.

Examination active
03Understand the resultFEEDBACK
Your feedbackSee what worked and what to improve

See examples from your answer alongside the station’s marking criteria.

Know what to practise next.

AI feedback can help you gauge your readiness, but cannot guarantee exam success.

Build on every attempt.

Your learning journey brings together recurring strengths and difficulties across your attempts.

Work through them with your AI coach using short spoken exercises, saved reminders and suggestions for your next station.

Included coaching minutes and unlock requirements vary by plan.

Find what’s holding you back.
AI coach

“Your feedback across several stations mentions long answers that lose focus. Do you find it difficult to decide what matters, or do you know what matters but worry about leaving something out?”

You

“I worry that anything I leave out could cost me marks.”

AI coach

“Then working on shorter answers alone won’t address that worry. Let’s look at one of your attempts alongside its marking criteria and separate the detail that supported your answer from the detail that distracted from it.”

Alongside your usual preparation.

Use CriticalExam for additional spoken rehearsal between practice with colleagues and supervisors, alongside your reading and clinical experience.

01
Exam-specific stations

Written for your examination.

Original cases follow the relevant format, curriculum and marking criteria.

02
Feedback you can revisit

See the basis for your feedback.

Keep the station’s marking criteria, your transcript and feedback together for review.

Your first 3 stations are free.