Personalised online CASC coaching for doctors preparing with confidence.
Preparing for the MRCPsych Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC) requires more than clinical knowledge alone — clear communication, effective consultation structure, calm time management, safe clinical reasoning, and confident responses across patient, carer, colleague, ethical, and management scenarios.
At Medfortune Academy, we provide personalised online CASC training designed around your individual learning needs, examination timeline, and areas for improvement — whether you’re preparing for your first attempt or planning a resit.
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Why choose Medfortune Academy for CASC training?
A fixed classroom course doesn't always provide the specific support every doctor needs. Our approach is built around your strengths, challenges, clinical experience, and exam timeline.
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Personalised CASC preparation
Your preparation begins with an individual discussion to understand your current level, previous experience, and the areas that need focused improvement
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Flexible online sessions for busy doctors
Sessions are arranged around clinical duties, on-call commitments, family responsibilities, and different time zones — wherever in the world you’re training from.
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Practical, feedback-led learning
We focus on helping you understand not only what to say, but how to approach a station calmly, professionally, and within the available time.
Your personalised plan begins with a conversation about:
- Your current level of CASC preparation
- Areas that need focused improvement
- Preferred training dates and availability
- Previous CASC experience, where applicable
- Your upcoming examination timeline
- The type of station practice you need most
During feedback-led training, you'll receive practical guidance on:
- Structuring your response
- Demonstrating clinical empathy and professionalism
- Managing difficult or emotionally challenging consultations
- Recognising common communication errors
- Identifying the key task in the station
- Using clear, patient-centred language
- Improving time management
- Developing confidence through targeted practice
What our MRCPsych CASC training covers
Your training plan can be tailored to your specific requirements. Depending on your preparation needs, personalised online CASC coaching may include the following areas.
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Clinical communication skills
Build rapport quickly, communicate with clarity, respond empathically, and adapt your approach to patients, carers, colleagues, and multidisciplinary teams.
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Psychiatric history taking
Practise focused, relevant histories while maintaining a logical structure and identifying clinically important information within a limited timeframe.
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Mental State Examination
Develop a clear, systematic approach to the MSE, with attention to how you assess, describe, and communicate your findings.
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Risk assessment
Strengthen your confidence assessing and managing risk to self, risk to others, vulnerability, safeguarding concerns, and immediate safety planning.
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Capacity assessment
Practise a structured, respectful approach to capacity-related scenarios, explaining your reasoning and balancing autonomy with patient safety.
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Diagnostic formulation & clinical reasoning
Organise clinical information, consider relevant differentials, and communicate a concise formulation that supports safe, practical management.
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Management planning
Build confidence discussing treatment options, multidisciplinary care, follow-up, crisis planning, social interventions, and safe onward management.
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Difficult conversations
Prepare for emotionally demanding stations, including:
- Breaking bad news
- Explaining diagnoses
- Discussing treatment options
- Managing distressed or angry patients
- Communicating with concerned relatives
- Addressing complaints or conflict
- Discussing risk and safety concerns
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Ethical and legal scenarios
Develop a structured method for ethical dilemmas, confidentiality, consent, capacity, safeguarding, professional boundaries, and inter-professional communication.
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Multidisciplinary team communication
Practise communicating effectively with colleagues, carers, and healthcare teams while remaining respectful, focused, and clinically safe.
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Time management & exam technique
Develop a repeatable method for reading, planning, delivering, and concluding each station calmly and within time.
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Mock CASC stations with personalised feedback
Apply your skills in a realistic exam-style setting. Feedback may focus on:
- Communication style
- Clinical structure
- Clarity of explanation
- Risk and safety awareness
- Professional behaviour
- Time management
- Areas for targeted improvement
- Practical steps for your next practice session
A training plan designed around you
Unlike a fixed one-size-fits-all CASC course, Medfortune Academy offers flexible training based on your individual preparation stage. Depending on your needs, your plan may include:
Your CASC Training Plan
Built around your preparation stage, exam timeline, and areas for improvement.
- Focused sessions for specific difficult station types
- One-to-one CASC coaching
- Comprehensive CASC preparation
- Intensive revision close to the examination date
- Mock station practice
- Communication skills improvement
- Personalised feedback sessions
- Structured support for candidates preparing for a CASC resit
Our aim is simple: to provide the right level of guidance at the right stage of your CASC preparation.
Learn from experienced CASC trainers
Our CASC training is delivered by experienced clinicians with a strong understanding of the clinical, communication, and examination skills required for MRCPsych CASC preparation. During your sessions, you can receive:
What your sessions can include
- Practical approaches for different station types
- Structured methods for consultations and assessments
- Individual performance feedback
- Communication improvement strategies
- Confidence-building guidance
- Time-management techniques
- Tips for approaching challenging clinical scenarios
- Support to identify and address recurring performance gaps
The focus is not on memorising scripts. It is on helping you develop a clear, safe, patient-centred, and adaptable approach that you can use across a wide range of stations.
Who can join our online CASC training?
Medfortune Academy's online CASC training may be suitable for:
- Doctors preparing for their first MRCPsych CASC examination
- Psychiatry trainees
- Doctors seeking one-to-one CASC coaching
- Doctors looking for mock CASC stations and detailed feedback
- Candidates preparing for a CASC resit
- International Medical Graduates preparing for MRCPsych CA
- Candidates who need targeted practice in clinical communication
- Busy clinicians who require flexible online training sessions
The focus is not on memorising scripts. It is on helping you develop a clear, safe, patient-centred, and adaptable approach that you can use across a wide range of stations.
How our personalised scheduling works
We understand that doctors often have demanding clinical schedules. After receiving your enquiry, our student support team will:
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Understand your requirements
We discuss your exam date, current preparation level, previous experience, and the areas where you need the most support.
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Discuss your availability
You can share your preferred session timings and training schedule.
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Coordinate with the CASC trainer
Our team will work with the trainer to identify suitable session options based on mutual availability.
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Begin your personalised CASC training
Once your sessions are arranged, you can begin focused, structured preparation based on your individual learning plan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the CASC training conducted online?
Yes. All Medfortune Academy CASC training sessions are delivered online, allowing doctors from different countries and time zones to participate conveniently.
Are the sessions one-to-one?
Training is planned around the individual candidate’s requirements. Our student support team will discuss the most suitable format after understanding your preparation needs, preferred schedule, and training goals.
Can I choose my training dates?
Yes. Training sessions are arranged based on your availability and the trainer’s schedule wherever possible.
Do you provide mock CASC stations?
Yes. Depending on your personalised training plan, mock stations and detailed performance feedback can be included online as part of your CASC preparation.
Is this suitable for CASC resit candidates?
Yes. Our coaching can be tailored for candidates preparing for a CASC resit, with focused attention on previous difficulties, confidence-building, targeted station practice, and practical exam technique.
How do I register for MRCPsych CASC training?
Simply contact our student support team through email or WhatsApp. We will discuss your requirements and coordinate the most suitable training plan for you.