1:1 Exam Performance Planning Session

A focused online session for doctors preparing for high-stakes medical exams who need a clearer, more practical plan for their next stage of preparation.

If you are studying hard but feel overwhelmed, uncertain, or worried that your effort is not translating into results, this session helps you step back, identify what is getting in the way, and decide what needs to change next.

The aim is not to add more content to your study load or simply tell you to work harder. The aim is to help you prepare in a way that is more targeted, more realistic, and more exam-ready.

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Dr Kell Tremayne
Dr Kell Tremayne
Performance psychology for medical exam candidates

Is This Session for You?

This session may be useful if you are a doctor preparing for a high-stakes medical exam and you are thinking:

“I’m studying hard, but I don’t feel confident my approach is working.”
“I feel overwhelmed by the amount of material.”
“I failed before and don’t know what to change.”
“I know the content, but I lose structure under pressure.”
“I’m doing questions, but I’m not improving enough.”
“I need a realistic plan that fits around my roster and life.”

The session is for doctors who need clarity, not more vague advice to “just study harder.”

What We Focus On

The session is practical and structured. We look at how your current preparation is working, where it may be breaking down, and what needs to change next.

Session Focus Map
Exam Performance Planning Session

We look at four connected parts of preparation to identify where your current approach may need to change.

Study Structure
Practice Quality
Mistake Review
Pressure Management

The detailed sections below explain how each area is reviewed during the session.

Study structure

How your week is organised, what you are prioritising, and whether your plan is realistic around your roster, fatigue, and exam timeline.

Practice quality

How you are using questions, mocks, recall, oral rehearsal, written practice, or clinical exam preparation.

Mistake review

Whether your errors are being reviewed in a way that changes what you do next, rather than simply confirming that you need to “study more.”

Pressure management

How you respond when the exam format requires timing, structure, decision-making, communication, and performance under pressure.

This Is Not Content Tutoring

This session does not teach medical content, replace specialty teaching, or promise exam results.

Instead, the focus is on how you prepare, practise, review mistakes, manage pressure, and convert hard work into exam-ready performance.

Not this

  • Medical content teaching
  • Specialty curriculum tutoring
  • More resources without a system
  • Generic reassurance
  • Exam guarantees

Instead

  • A clearer preparation plan
  • Better use of practice and questions
  • More useful mistake review
  • Exam-condition preparation
  • Practical next actions

How the Process Works

The process is designed to make sure the session is likely to be useful before you book.

1

Register Interest

Complete a short enquiry so we can understand your exam context and what you are hoping to improve.

2

Pre-intake

If the session appears relevant, you will be asked to complete a short pre-intake form.

3

Book if Suitable

If the session is likely to be a good fit, you will be invited to book.

4

Attend Online

Attend a focused 50-minute online session and leave with practical next steps.

What You Leave With

The aim is to leave with a clearer understanding of what is getting in the way and what to do next.

  • A clearer diagnosis of what may be limiting your progress
  • A more realistic study structure around your roster and exam timeline
  • Specific changes to improve how you practise and review mistakes
  • Practical actions for the next stage of preparation
  • A clearer plan for preparing under exam conditions

Relevant Exam Formats

This session may be relevant for doctors preparing for written, clinical, oral, viva, OSCE-style, Fellowship, or specialty exams.

Written exams

Planning for recall, timing, written structure, question practice, and review of errors.

MCQs and SAQs

Improving how you use practice questions, review mistakes, and convert knowledge into exam performance.

Vivas and oral exams

Preparing for clear thinking, structure, verbal response, and pressure in oral exam conditions.

OSCEs and clinical exams

Building exam-like rehearsal, communication structure, timing, and pressure management.

Session Fee and Next Step

The session fee is AUD $285.

If you are interested, the first step is to register your interest. If the session appears relevant, you will be invited to complete a short pre-intake form before booking.

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Need a Clearer Plan for Your Exam Preparation?

If you are studying hard but unsure whether your preparation is working, the 1:1 Exam Performance Planning Session can help you identify what needs to change next.

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