Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) are the type of exam that all students fear greatly. Unlike written exams, in OSCEs examiners can ask questions for which they need the answers immediately. You can't leave the answers to the end of the exam when you have time to think about them. For this reason revision for OSCEs involves a lot of rehearsals and drilling so that the information is virtually bubbling from your cerebral cortex when entering the Clinical Skills Centre. A number of OSCE books have been written recently, and these appear to form one of the fastest growing areas of medical textbook types. The book under review here is written by a number of graduates from GKT, which makes the book all the more interesting to students still studying at GKT. The book takes the form of systems based approach, with 90 scenarios broadly based in areas such as paediatrics, geriatrics or dermatology. Each of the scenarios contains an introductory statement of the task for that station, followed by a brief overview with tips, and a step-by-step guide of how to carry out the station. Rather than explaining exactly how to do each step, the book assumes you already know how to, for example, test muscle tone and reflexes, and acts more as a guide to what needs to be included for each scenario and the order in which to do them. One of the most useful aspects of the book is the box at the end of most OSCE scenarios stating the most common conditions examined in that particular OSCE. This is ideal for revision guidance when trying to impress the examiner with your medical knowledge. This is a very good book covering virtually all the possible OSCE stations that you are likely to find yourself in for MBBS. Other than the price, I can find very little to criticise the book of, and I will definitely be using it for my OSCE revision this summer. (Joel Newman)