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Written exams and OSCEs, one system

StudyDrome Exam Manager (formerly ExamJet) runs written exams and OSCEs from a single item bank. Marking, exam-day supervision, and results reporting are built in. Eleven question types cover everything from an MCQ paper to a clinical station. Every result is backed by a frozen copy of the exam each candidate sat, so grades hold up at appeal.

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  • One item bank
  • Automatic marking
  • Defensible results
  • OSCE ready

Which exam type do you need?

Two exam types, one system. Pick the one you run most, or run both from the same bank.

Written exams

MCQ and mixed-format papers for a whole cohort. Faculty author the questions once. The exam office schedules the sitting. The system marks what it can and queues the rest for a grader.

Written exams in StudyDrome

OSCE exams

Station-based clinical exams, end-to-end. Build the circuit, score on a tablet, and set the pass mark from the results. Exam-day paperwork is generated for you.

OSCE exams in StudyDrome

Why exam offices choose Exam Manager

Less exam-cycle admin, cleaner results, and evidence you can stand behind.

Build every exam from one bank

Questions and OSCE stations live side by side, tagged by topic and clinical skill. A blueprint view shows where your coverage is strong and where it is thin.

Question banks

Mark what can be marked, queue the rest

Objective questions mark themselves the moment a candidate submits. Essays and uploads are placed in a grading queue, with blind marking enforced by the system.

Marking for teaching staff

Publish once, run it exactly as published

Publishing freezes a copy of the whole exam. Candidates already sitting finish on their version. The paper each candidate saw is preserved, exactly as they saw it.

How publishing works

Supervise in the browser, keep the evidence

Block copy and paste, keep the exam in full screen, and spot a candidate who leaves the window. Every event is recorded and gathered into an exam conduct report.

Exam conduct reports

Trust the numbers

Every paper reports its reliability and standard error. Every question reports how hard it was and how well it separated strong candidates from weak ones.

Reliability in StudyDrome

Bring your bank with you

Import questions from Excel and Word, including images. Preview every row and fix errors before anything is saved. Students and OSCE stations import the same way.

Importing your bank

How does an exam run in StudyDrome?

Four stages, one system, no spreadsheets in between.

  1. 1

    Author

    Write questions and stations into the bank. Tag them by topic and skill so the blueprint can find them later.

  2. 2

    Assemble and publish

    Pick questions by hand or sample them from the bank. Set the time limit and the window, then publish to a student group.

  3. 3

    Sit and supervise

    Candidates sit the exam in a browser. Invigilators watch a live dashboard and can message, grant time, or end an attempt.

  4. 4

    Mark, report, defend

    Results appear as candidates submit. Reports show reliability, item quality, and cohort performance. The evidence for an appeal is already there.

Built for real exam offices

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Question types

From single-answer MCQ to OSCE station, in one bank

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Standard-setting methods

Angoff, borderline group, borderline regression and custom, for OSCEs

  • Written and clinical
  • Browser-based

Who is Exam Manager for?

One system, read differently by each team that runs an exam.

  • Exam offices:Schedule sittings, manage rosters and holds, and run exam day from one dashboard.

  • Medical and health-sciences schools:Run OSCEs and written papers on the same bank, with built-in standard setting.

  • Assessment leads:Read reliability and item quality on every exam, and defend results with a record you can show.

  • Teaching staff:Author questions, mark the queue, and see how each item performed.

Each of those has its own page: exam office, medical schools, assessment leads, and teaching staff. IT and security reviewers have one too: Exam Manager for IT review describes each mechanism precisely.

What sets Exam Manager apart is simple to state. Written and clinical assessments are run on one bank and one statistics engine, and every statistic is named in the report. We set out the thinking behind browser-based supervision in our guide to exam supervision. We cover the most common exam-day support call: losing internet mid-exam.

Frequently asked questions

Can StudyDrome run written exams and OSCEs on the same item bank?

Yes. An OSCE station is a question type, so stations sit in the same bank as MCQs under the same tags and clinical skills. One blueprint view covers either a whole bank or one OSCE. The same reports serve both exam types, and OSCEs add standard setting on top.

How does StudyDrome protect exam integrity?

Through controls in the exam player, checked on the server. Copy and paste can be blocked, the exam can be held in fullscreen, and leaving the window is detected. Each event is recorded against the attempt and gathered into an exam conduct report. Access codes, address rules and device binding control who can start, from where, and on which device.

What happens to a published exam if we change something?

Publishing freezes a copy of the exam, so the paper each candidate sat is preserved exactly. A few delivery settings, such as grader anonymity and results visibility, stay editable while the exam is live. Any other change is a republish. It replaces the old version while candidates already sitting finish on theirs.

Can we import an existing question bank?

Yes. Exam Manager imports questions from Excel and Word, with embedded images extracted, plus banks, OSCE stations, students and holds. Every import runs in two steps: the file is parsed and previewed with per-row errors, and nothing is saved until you commit. Downloadable templates cover each format.

Can we export our data?

Yes. Reports export to PDF, Excel and ZIP depending on the report. The blueprint view exports to a spreadsheet and the score distribution exports to Excel with a native chart. Item analysis for written exams is available on screen and through the API, so your own tools can read it too.

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Bring one real exam and your own questions. We run it with you end to end, from import to results, so you see exactly what your exam office would get.

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