Testimonials

This was a great summary of knowledge and techniques to pass the essay exam. I would highly recommend this course and wish I had done it earlier during my training.

Thank you for all your guidance! I passed my essay exam. This would not have been possible without the Psychscene course.

Dear Sanil, Jaana and team Psychscene It is with great joy I inform you that I have passed the essay exam. Thanks to you and the excellent resources you offer, I have been able to pass all my exams in a single attempt. Sanil's discussion points on approaching a topic have proven to be beneficial, not just for exams, but with clinical practice as well. And I am grateful for having you facilitate my learning! The last year had been incredibly difficult for us, with several losses of loved ones and I was unable to sit the exam earlier. Thank you for providing me with access to the post-course resources which were very helpful!! I only wish I had written my essays and had them reviewed (which would be a suggestion to people sitting this exam) Thank you so very much for being part of this journey and I look forward to be able to give back to the best of my capacity.

Just found out I passed the OSCE, my last college exam! I have passed all three exams the first time. I committed to giving each exam everything, so I only had to do them once, and I’m sure your courses have contributed to my success. For me, the pattern recognition, structure and “bigger-picture” concepts you outline were particularly helpful. You provided a great balance in the live courses so that I could believe it was possible to pass but also the push I needed to “up my game”. In the OSCE, I felt extremely prepared for the viva station surrounding a complaint and the failing doctor station. When I read the vignettes, they felt like a gift rather than a heartsick. I train in a regional centre where there are only a few trainees and no formal exam preparation, so your live and online courses have been a lifeline. As much as I have hated the exams, I know the process of preparing for them alongside your courses will make me a better psychiatrist. Once again, a big thanks.

My sincere thanks to all of you for contributing to my success in the August 2018 MCQ exam. Psychscene's courses and resources are easily the best investment any exam-bound RANZCP trainee can make in their preparation. I am confident that adhering to the formula for successful study outlined in Dr Rege's EMQ/CAP workshop is what ultimately tipped the scales in my favour. I found the EMQ question bank to be the most valuable post-course resource for me, especially since a number of the questions appeared in the actual exam. The expansive subject material for CAP, which tends to be bête noire for many candidates (myself included) was refined in a way that made it coherent, relevant and exam-oriented. I look forward to attending one of the Psychscene CTF MEQ/CEQ courses later this year. Keep up the excellent work!

Very helpful course and post-course resources. I found the course and resources helpful in passing the exams.

I just wanted to thank you so much for your course which I attend in person over a year ago, and your online learning platform. I attended the MCQ exam today and your resource was by far the most helpful and I felt the most accurate reflection of the contents of the actual exam and in fact, some questions were repeated from your content!

The course was delivered in a direct, fun and interactive way with excellent coverage of psychiatry and relevant medical disorders.

I found this course completely shaped the way I will prepare for my exam. It gave me a clear focus and relevant frameworks and resources. Highly recommended. I loved the webinar format, it really worked for me.

The course helps one to prepare for the exams, as it is condensed and gives one the exam technique.

Fantastic course which truly enlightens one to the true nature of the exams and provides an invaluable set of strategies on how to approach preparing for and passing them. (RANZCP MCQ exam)

Just found out I passed the OSCE, my last college exam! I have passed all three exams the first time. I committed to giving each exam everything so I only had to do them once and I’m sure your courses have contributed to my success. For me, the pattern recognition, structure and “bigger-picture” concepts you outline were particularly helpful. You provided a great balance in the live courses so that I could believe it was possible to pass but also the push I needed to “up my game”. In the OSCE I felt extremely prepared for the viva station surrounding a complaint and the failing doctor station. When I read the vignettes they felt like a gift rather than a heartsick. I train in a regional centre where there are only a few trainees and no formal exam preparation so your live and online courses have been a lifeline. As much as I have hated the exams, I know the process of preparing for them alongside your courses will make me a better psychiatrist. Once again, a big thanks.

Fantastic. I can't thank you enough. I'm so grateful your course covers all the concepts in psychiatry that I hoped we would learn during our training to get a rounded understanding of psychiatry in context. Thank you so much.

The course was excellent. I would recommend this to all colleagues planning to sit the MCQ. Provided a structure for focusing your study closer to the exam, a means of understanding critical analysis and had great resources.

I want to thank you for the assistance your courses gave me with preparation for the exams. I just found out that I passed both the essay and OSCE. Your course also helped me pass the MCQ paper. I passed them all on the first attempt. All the resources from PsychScene definitely helped me achieve this.

I found his course invaluable for my preparation, he is a naturally excellent teacher but also going over and over the post-course resources, I think really helped on the day. I was getting on average 80-85% in EMQ and 90% in CAP in the lead-up. A lot of the concepts we went over came up, I especially loved the “spike and wave” question for CJD. The CAP was easier then I was expecting.

Great Course. Enthusiastic and knowledgeable presenter. Builds confidence that passing is attainable.

Excellent exam preparation guide! Useful resources on emerging practical scenarios and most recent evidence-based literature. good mix of MCQ questions to practice online.

I found this course completely shaped the way I will prepare for the exam. It gave me a clear focus and relevant frameworks and resources. Highly recommended. I loved the webinar format, it really worked for me.

I appreciate you showing a clear method for approaching the exam. Despite doing the course before, I left with more useful insights, and excitement about practising psychiatry in a critical reasoning- problem-solving approach.

This was a great summary of knowledge and techniques to pass the essay exam. I wuld highly recommend this course and wish I had done it earlier during my training.

Thought of sharing my exam success with you. I have passed my essay paper and OSCE exam. I would like to take this opportunity to extend my deepest gratitude to you for all the valuable advice, exam preparation sessions, material you provided and guiding me on how to improve. I have attended all your live courses from preparation for EMQ to Essay and OSCE and found these as well as your psych interview online course to be of great value in my exam preparation. Thank you once again for your guidance and for assisting me every step of the way in my fellowship exams.

PsychEvidence online course is a well organised, understandable and containing the essential information to pass Paper B exam of MRCPsych comfortably. I recommend this online course to start with when preparing for that exam.

Great product. Good overview with videos and then great quizzes that solidified the knowledge.

The PsychEvidence online course is the perfect antidote for any candidate who is apprehensive about the critical appraisal component of the exam. The simple structure and clear layout of the contents make the entire course easy to navigate for even the most inexperienced trainee. Having absolutely no experience in research or statistics, I can vouch for the confidence the course gave me as I passed the exam using this as my only study resource after just one year of training. Sign up early and change the way you look at research forever!

The PsychScene EMQ live and online course is an invaluable and highly efficient tool that should be utilised by every candidate considering applying for the RANZCP EMQ exam. Thanks to the guidance and advice from the team at PsychScene I was able to pass this exam very comfortably after just one year of training! I encourage all new trainees to enrol as early as you can to boost your overall exam performance as well as help shape your mind to more mature and sophisticated points of view that will assist with challenges further down the track. A perfect blend of exam smarts and core critical knowledge. Don't miss it !

“Great content which was not only relevant to the development of my knowledge in the areas covered but also surpassed my expectations in certain aspects.”

The course should be integrated into mainstream teaching as part of psychiatric training from first year. As for the rest of us, it serves as a catalyst for integration of knowledge and experience gained through years of public service work.”

“Very effective case discussions. Excellent presenters. Really this is the Masterclass!”

“An amazing romp through a huge amount of information and skills.”

“A wonderful presentation. Highly relevant. Superb speakers. Full of provocative ideas. Lucidly outlined with confidence and clarity.”

“Excellent speakers and new approach from Sanil. Great information and practical information given. Thank you for an excellent conference and the opportunity to attend!”

“Very useful and relevant. Well organised. Good case studies”

“Excellent and very informative talk by Dr Sanil. Psychiatry has come alive and more meaningful”

“Excellent presenters, good content, Saturday well spent!”

“Very informative interactive and engaging programme.”

“Didn’t feel like an 8 hr workshop. Very interesting content and presentations.”

"Thanks for the great quality presentations. The speakers were very knowledgeable and great presenters."

I wanted to let you know that I passed the written essay exam first time round. I got 96.8% on the CEQ and in the 80%s on the MEQ. Your course and the resources you provided helped immensely with the MEQ. I had done another prep course which did not hit the mark at all in comparison.

Just writing to say that I passed my essay exam!!! Over the moon considering the pass rate was only 32% and it was my first attempt. I think your course was absolutely essential in gaining me the pass. Your post course resources covered at least 50% of the exam questions so that meant I had good responses already to go for those questions! Your course also gave me a great framework in order to attempt the new questions on the exam. Thanks again and I am referring all my colleagues.

I wanted to let you know that I passed the Essay-style written exam in August 2016 on my first attempt. I do sincerely believe that attending your course has had the lion's share in this. You might remember that -as a SIMG- with a preparation time of almost 2 months, I was quite skeptical and reluctant to sit for the exam this time. Your support and advice have positively and gladly affected my decision. Your course was to the point, organised and informative . I could not believe my eyes when I saw the exam questions and how well your course was exam focused. Thank you.

Dr Rege made me see that like the Bob Dylan song says I had to 'change my way of thinking'. A useful course to help you take the quality of your RANZCP exam answers up a level.

Overall a great course. Great value for money. I found the weekend course for MEQ extremely useful, the course helped me modify my thinking, form a template in my mind when approaching questions and I am finding this course is helpful even in my routine clinical work now. Thanks Sanil for such a useful weekend course. This certainly changed the way I look at clinical scenarios for the better.

The concepts were well explained with examples and helped me a lot in preparing for CAP (Critical Analysis Paper).

I started from NO KNOWLEDGE of evidence-based Psychiatry and found this course to be THE perfect starting point.

I would not have made it through without Psych Evidence. Thanks.

Thanks for a great weekend, fast paced and lots of relevant information covered in a relaxed atmosphere. I appreciated not being put on the spot to answer questions in front of the group. I left with a clear plan in my mind on how to approach my revision and preparation for the written exams. Highly recommended.

It is an excellent course and good level of knowledge gained over two days course, especially statistics. It also gives me the tools that I need to prepare for and pass the exam.

I would definitely recommend for trainees to do this course but be sure to do the precourse material thoroughly before attending to use the course most effectively.

Very useful - great kick start to study with guidance on what to focus on from a highly enthusiastic expert.

I wish I had this methodical approach to studying and learning when I first started training. I think I would have been so much more balanced in my approach and kinder to my patients and myself during the last 4 years...for not learning and memorising things as part of the strict dogmatic approach that often gets touted as the only way to perform an assessment or organise management. Thank you to the team at Psych Scene. You do a fantastic job...if only I had known earlier!.

Excellent, having done it prior, the material covered was easy and comfortable with it now. However, I hope this will translate to the actual exam, as real RANZCP exam papers were not analysed.

The MEQ/CEQ course was a great way to change usual patterns of thinking from a narrower focus into a broader perspective, which allows for good exam preparation as well as good day-to-day clinical decision making which incorporates modern evidence-based guidelines.

Psychscene, the real saver, period!

Really useful for conceptualising how to respond to the MEQs and provides a useful structure for practicing psychiatry in general.

I found this course to provide the most helpful teaching I have received leading up to the exam. Amidst an atmosphere of fear and confusion regarding the 2012 changes, Sanil provides advice and clarity which is both reassuring and constructive. I would recommend this course to anyone preparing for their Essay exam.

A great course - not just for the exam preparation but also for insight into the expectations and demands of being a consultant, especially in private practise.

"A useful course, pretty intense, but interesting and great material to reflect on and as a starting point for my exam preparation. I will be booking onto other courses!"

"Dr. Rege, you are the most inspirational and motivational psychiatrist I have ever met. You are incredible. Thank you!"

"Faultless"

"Very objective, evidence based and current. High yield content delivered in a wonderfully easy way."

This course has been great and really make preparation very easy. It also gave me direction to where my study should focus on. Thank you so much!

Fantastic course! I would recommend it to every single trainee prior to sitting the exam.

Well organised, comprehensive and concise study notes. Consistent approach, presenter is very competent, professional and energising. The pace kept me entertained.”

Overall, brilliant course for orientating exam candidates to the exam formats, questions and efforts/domains to focus on passing. It is also useful for refreshing senior psychiatrists. I would recommend it to anyone about to sit the exams with little idea of what the exams entail and how best to pass them.

“Enjoyed the serious approach to study – got more covered. Efficient process of delivery of material, yet able to transmit lots of relevant information.”

I just wanted to inform you that I passed all my exams and have been granted Fellowship this week! I did the MOCI and MOSCE this year Sep/Oct and the written last year. I passed all three exams the first time and I can't thank you enough for your absolute fabulous courses. I did all three and the Psychinterview as well. I can say without doubt that without them I would not have been able to do it.Thank you, thank you, thank you

I found the CTF OCI Course very useful in terms of providing a framework and how to approach the clinical exam.

The best decision I made in terms of preparation for the Clinicals. The structure provided by the course is invaluable.

I am pleased to inform you that I passed OSCE in first attempt. I am still awaiting my results for OCI. Thank you very much for the course and the videos that I found very informative and helpful for exam preparation.

Just wanted to let you know that I passed my writtens. Thank you - I couldn't have done it without your course.

I have finally passed my CASC examinations and I cannot deny that Psych Interview played an important role in preparing me for the exams. I learnt to give my interview more structure and use excellent interview skills which were displayed by Dr Rege who has been a great help. Thanks again to all staff involved in the making of the videos. Your hard work is not in vain!

I found the attention to structure in assessment, formulation and management highly beneficial. I feel much more confident after attending the CTF OCI Course.

The CTF OCI Course is very exam-focused, saves a lot of time.

Thought provoking and educational. Very good presentation. Would like to hear more. Websites will be helpful.

Great to see a vibrant Dr who looks outside the square and challenges the norm. Very exciting!

Extremely good presenter and very informative content.

The amazing animated presenter was lots of energy, great to have revolutionary psychiatrist on board.

Dynamic speaker. Very thought provoking information. More of this.

I just want to say special thanks for your help in passing my written exam, held in July 2010. I studied only 8 wks + this course & succeeded. Day 2 gave me huge confidence as CAP (Critical Appraisal) was my weakest link. That 2nd day approved vital at the end as I scored 70% in that portion & made recovery for other areas. Thanks again. I do recommend your course to everyone & hopefully will be in touch in the future especially for the clinical exam.

Awesome & fantastic presentation. A ‘clone’ would be good in every service.

A dynamic speaker made the science understandable to my lay-mind.

Fantastic teacher, truly gifted. Never thought it was possible to learn statistics in one day.

The Psych Evidence Workshop was enriching and germinal. Thank you very much!

Thank you for the Psych Evidence online course. It's very impressive!

Timely, thorough and exam-focused. I would highly recommend the CTF OCI Course to my colleagues!

“I've gotten through the written exam. The CTF Course was of great help; thanks to your team."

“Hi! Just wanted to let you know how impressed I was with the CTF written examinations prep. The course was efficient and comprehensive, and gave a great reflection of the questions included in the real exam. I sat the written in March 2012 (in my second year of training) and passed first time! Thank you so much."

“I passed my written exam on the first go and I couldn't have done it without the CTF Course and the Psych Evidence Online Course, so thank you to the Psych Team."

“I have passed the MOCI exam this time. Thanks a lot for your support. The course held in January was really helpul and boosted my morale before the exam."

"I was ambivalent about attending this course but now I'm very happy that I managed to attend as I found it very useful. Many Thanks."

"Enjoyed the serious approach to study - got more covered. Efficient process of delivery of material, yet able to transmit lots of relevant information."

"For those new to the RANZCP style and expectations this is an invaluable course which, if taken early on in exam preparation, will save time, effort and money."

"This course is just what the floundering trainee needs to hone down skills for the clinical exam. Excellent approach to formulation and management that can be applied to any case."

"Psych Interview helped me to improve my communication skills and my confidence to face CASC."

"No exam candidate should go for exams without CTF which is a passport to enter the college."

"Thank you for your tremendous effort and brilliant course. I absolutely learned heaps and wish this had existed years ago! Many Thanks again."

"The CTF OCI Course should be integrated into mainstream teaching as part of psychiatric training from first year. As for the rest of us, it serves as a catalyst for integration of knowledge and experience gained through years of public service work."

"Really enjoyed the course - BEST value for money. Don't go to anyone else!"

"I have eventually passed the fellowship exam this time. Certainly material in your preparation course and psych interview is of highest standard. I modified my interview techniques based on learning videos which eventually worked for me. Thanks."

“Very well designed, with quality interviews; has helped me to change and reflect upon my old style.”

“Hi Psych Interview. Just want to say a big THANK YOU for amazing videos. I absolutely love them. Your contribution to Registrars' education and training is incredible.”

“I have passed the Exemption Candidate Exam in the first go. I attended the CTF workshop, went through the CTF course booklets on OCI and OSCE, and also practiced with the videos on Psych Interview. I definitely believe that your course materials have been extremely useful in my cruising through the fellowship exam! Thank you for the good work you are doing for the student community and the patients at large.”

“I have the CASC exam next week, and was browsing the web in the hope of finding something useful. I came across your clip on YouTube, and followed the link to your site. I am really disappointed not to have found you earlier, as the two demo videos were very good. Although a different format to the CASC exam, the content is completely relevant. Congratulations on a great training resource - it puts our own support to shame.”

"I found the Psych Interview videos very helpful for my CASC preparations. The pace of the interviews, the tips and the use of ICD 10 / DSM criterias were very helpful. I will definitely be recommending it to my friends and colleagues. Thank you."

I passed the clinicals on the first attempt with the CTF Course as my main preparation tool. Also Psych Interview helped me a lot in preparing for the MOSCE's. I don’t think passing the exam would have been possible without these two courses, and I am strongly recommending them to everyone. I think it is the best investment I have done in my life. Thanks for masterminding such an innovative course.

“I wanted to say thank you for your assistance in getting through the fellowship exams. I have now passed the OSCE and OCI first go and am very relieved that the examination phase of my training is over. I used all your available resources for both the writtens and the clinicals over the past 18 months and am grateful that you decided to fill the gap in training resources. In particular I found that the CTF OCI Course transformed the way I approached that exam which no doubt helped me get over the line first time. Thanks again."