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Consultation simulator
Written questions test what you know. They cannot test whether you can hold a conversation with a worried patient. Ace plays the patient, responds to what you actually say, and marks you against a consultation rubric afterwards.
Scenario
New inhaler counselling
SETTING
Community pharmacy consultation room
PATIENT
Rebecca Hughes, 34
YOUR TASK
Ms Hughes has been prescribed a beclometasone inhaler for the first time, alongside her existing salbutamol. Counsel her on its use. You have five minutes.
Why this matters for pharmacy specifically
Pharmacy assessment is moving toward consultation competence, not recall. OSCEs and the foundation year both assess something a question bank structurally cannot reach. This is the part of the roadmap that turns AcePharm from a revision tool into a training platform.