AFOM Examination - SBA Exam Online 26 June 2025; OSCE In Aston Medical School 29 July 2025

Important information about the exam

Please note the following, which will apply to all AFOM candidates.

Marking

The SBA paper and the OSCE must be taken in the same diet and a pass or fail will be awarded based on the combined marks achieved in both components.

The SBA paper will be marked separately.

Banking

If a candidate passes the SBA paper, their pass in the SBA exam will be banked and the candidate will not re-sit it.

If a candidate passes the OSCE component, their pass will be banked and the candidate will not re-sit it.

Re-sits

With effect from September 2024, candidates are only required to re-sit the SBA or OSCE if they fail either component. 

On their first attempt at the AFOM examination, all candidates are required to sit the SBA and OSCE components. The fee for this is £1,240.

The FOM believes that good work is good for health. We ask that you respect these values in your dealings with Faculty staff.  We adopt a zero tolerance policy to verbal abuse or harassment of FOM staff. It is a condition of the agreement that you are making with the Faculty to sit a Faculty examination that you abide by this, and you should be aware that such behaviour may be result in escalation to the Board of Trustees and potentially the GMC.