Specialist Coaching

Brett’s exam sessions greatly helped my exam preparation. He acknowledged my areas of concern and was able to provide me with practical strategies to try, which we could then troubleshoot or progress with the next session. I left each session with a positive attitude.

Prior to Brett, I’d worked with two coaches who had given me advice that ran counter to my personality type. I will never be an extrovert. Brett worked with my introverted personality, helped me navigate challenged specific to my ADHD and gave me the confidence in my own abilities without trying to get me to be a different person.

After failing the ED Vivas twice, I was struggling to see how I could pass my final attempt. Brett quickly identified my areas for improvement and helped me see a way through the process of sitting the exam a final time. His approach was individually tailored to my personality, making it empowering for me for the exam and for my work.

Brett was an immense help getting me up to speed with my ACEM fellowship OSCE preparation. He worked out a specific and tailored plan to improve my exam technique, helped pick apart my wording to maximise clarity and improve my formulations and summaries under pressure, and coached me with some good techniques for managing the stress of exam day.

I was lucky to have a few private and a few group sessions with Brett to prepare for ACEM OSCE exam. As an IMG with English as my second language I found it very helpful that he pulled my sentences apart and we worked on how to deliver my message in more professional and fluent way. At times it was frustrating to be criticised on what seemed to be “every single word that was coming out of my mouth” while I was trying to focus on delivering the correct clinical answer but eventually it made me more aware of small mistakes I was making that could have huge impact on the reception of what I was trying to deliver. The key is to start early enough to have time for gradual transformation and not to get tangled in the stress of upcoming exam AND trying to improve defects in communication skills in rush. Brett helped me not only to pass the exam but also I feel I am a better clinician with the skills I have learnt.

I think he was excellent in attempting to identify any underlying reasons for poor performance then offering useful strategies with oral exams. This allowed reflection of my oral exam technique. Overall I felt more confident going into the exams.

I found Brett’s sessions immensely useful both for OSCE preparation and also in my clinical practice. He is excellent at identifying where I had discomfort and explored why and allowed me to practice navigating these situations/stations and gave feedback in a way where I was able to still be myself but a more assertive version of myself. Brett’s sessions are one on one, highly personalised with considered feedback that gave me permission to still keep my own style but in a way that I could still pass the exam (which is the goal).

I found the initial sessions really important in identifying underlying issues where I had gone wrong in my first sitting of the exam. Weekly sessions with Brett prepared me well for the FRACP paediatric exams. Finding strategies to help deal with the stress on the day were incredibly helpful. The repetitive practice of summarising findings paid off on the day.

Brett offered a highly personalised approach, crafting an exam plan that aligned with my learning style and personality. The practice questions and detailed feedback were instrumental in building my confidence and reducing exam-related stress. Thanks to Brett's expertise, I successfully passed my exams and highly recommend him to anyone seeking effective exam preparation.