Our cutting-edge, secure, end-to-end exam management system

Develop high quality, successful exams using Maxexam

Maxexam is a secure end-to-end exam management system designed to help healthcare educators develop high quality, effective exams, and drive improvement over time. Built for now and the future, you can use Maxexam to run both written and clinical exams. With the option of our own bespoke Active Invigilation Module (AIM), successful exams can be run face-to-face, remotely or using a hybrid model.

Why Maxexam?

Powerful tools put you in control

An intuitive interface and sophisticated functionality makes it easy to collaborate to produce successful examinations in today’s environment. Multiple access permissions enable secure teamwork between departments.

Flexible to your needs

Flexibility runs through Maxexam with the capability of running different formats and styles of exams, from MCQs to OSCEs. Exams can also be conducted wherever you choose, whether they be onsite in an examination hall or remotely in candidates’ homes.

An evolving solution

Have a focused, accessible healthcare examination team on your side, always innovating to ensure the software stays ahead of the curve. Recent innovation includes our own bespoke Active Invigilation Module (AIM), allowing candidates sitting remote exams to be monitored for suspicious behaviour.

Drive improvement in your exams

Designed with healthcare exams in mind, integrated tools such as standard setting, item analysis and exam blueprinting enable you to track and improve exam performance over time. These tools also mean you can be sure you are meeting and exceeding quality assurance requirements.

Quicker, better feedback to students

Results are available immediately to examining organisations upon completion. Analytics enable you to provide tailored feedback to both examiners and students to achieve greater performance and satisfaction levels.

Streamline your exam process

Create and review questions

Create exams

Deliver exams

Mark and analyse

Report and feedback

Create and review questions

Features	Benefits
Securely manage questions from anywhere. Track question usage and performance. Link questions to curricula. Tag questions against customisable fields. Standard set questions using methodologies including Ebel, Angoff and Borderline Regression. Standard set questions according to context e.g. year groups.	Work seamlessly whether your team is onsite, remote or hybrid. Easily see how your questions are performing. Map learning outcomes, identify curriculum gaps and enhance candidate feedback. Distinguish levels of candidate competency. Create year-group contextual exams.

Features

Benefits

Securely manage questions from anywhere.

Track question usage and performance.

Link questions to curricula.

Tag questions against customisable fields.

Standard set questions using methodologies including Ebel, Angoff and Borderline Regression.

Standard set questions according to context e.g. year groups.

Work seamlessly whether your team is onsite, remote or hybrid.

Easily see how your questions are performing.

Map learning outcomes, identify curriculum gaps and enhance candidate feedback.

Distinguish levels of candidate competency.

Create year-group contextual exams.

Create exams

Features	Benefits
Create written or clinical exams in one intuitive system. Blueprint exams according to curricula, question bank or your customisable fields. Incorporate a range of question types to suit you, from short answer to MCQs. Grant external examiners permission to securely peer review exams within Maxexam.	Easy management of all types of exam. Speed up exam development and ensure coverage of desired curriculum areas. Mix question types including multiple choice, single best answer, extended matching or short answer. Quickly get feedback on exams from all stakeholders.

Features

Benefits

Create written or clinical exams in one intuitive system.

Blueprint exams according to curricula, question bank or your customisable fields.

Incorporate a range of question types to suit you, from short answer to MCQs.

Grant external examiners permission to securely peer review exams within Maxexam.

Easy management of all types of exam.

Speed up exam development and ensure coverage of desired curriculum areas.

Mix question types including multiple choice, single best answer, extended matching or short answer.

Quickly get feedback on exams from all stakeholders.

Deliver exams

Features	Benefits
Run written or practical exams such as OSCEs onsite, remotely or within a hybrid environment. Security options include open/closed book mode, randomised questions and forward-only. Maxexam OSCE app incorporates built-in prompts for examiners to flag missing information. Closed system allows written and clinical exams to be completed if the Internet connection drops. Invigilate remote exams using Maxexam’s Active Invigilation Module (AIM).	Continue to run exams even if candidates can’t be in one place. Adjust the way exams are run according to the level and type of exam. Reduce examiner errors during OSCEs. Ensure parity of delivery for candidates with poorer Internet connections. Identify suspicious behaviour with supporting evidence.

Features

Benefits

Run written or practical exams such as OSCEs onsite, remotely or within a hybrid environment.

Security options include open/closed book mode, randomised questions and forward-only.

Maxexam OSCE app incorporates built-in prompts for examiners to flag missing information.

Closed system allows written and clinical exams to be completed if the Internet connection drops.

Invigilate remote exams using Maxexam’s Active Invigilation Module (AIM).

Continue to run exams even if candidates can’t be in one place.

Adjust the way exams are run according to the level and type of exam.

Reduce examiner errors during OSCEs.

Ensure parity of delivery for candidates with poorer Internet connections.

Identify suspicious behaviour with supporting evidence.

Mark and analyse

Features	Benefits
Balance automated and manual marking according to preference and question type. Built-in marking scheme moderation to determine grading. Option to run examiner comparisons (hawks and doves). Cheat analysis tools incorporated as standard. Standard setting methods incorporated include Angoff, Ebel, Cohen, Hofstee and Borderline Regression.	Quicker, easier marking without forfeiting control where it’s desired. Automated grading once parameters are set. Ensure fair marking for all whoever the examiner. Identify suspicious behaviour quickly during marking. Compare standard setting results to safeguard that exams are fair for all candidates.

Features

Benefits

Balance automated and manual marking according to preference and question type.

Built-in marking scheme moderation to determine grading.

Option to run examiner comparisons (hawks and doves).

Cheat analysis tools incorporated as standard.

Standard setting methods incorporated include Angoff, Ebel, Cohen, Hofstee and Borderline Regression.

Quicker, easier marking without forfeiting control where it’s desired.

Automated grading once parameters are set.

Ensure fair marking for all whoever the examiner.

Identify suspicious behaviour quickly during marking.

Compare standard setting results to safeguard that exams are fair for all candidates.

Report and feedback

Features	Benefits
Customisable reports run at the click of a button and can be exported to other systems such as SPSS. Analysis tools include Discrimination Index (DI), Item Reliability, Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient (PCC) and Horst. Measure individual and group candidate performance against course objectives.	Analyse question and item performance and apply findings to future exams. Provide detailed personalised feedback to candidates according to performance against curricula. Feed back to course organisers and exam authors to enable continuous improvement in question and exam development.

Features

Benefits

Customisable reports run at the click of a button and can be exported to other systems such as SPSS.

Analysis tools include Discrimination Index (DI), Item Reliability, Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient (PCC) and Horst.

Measure individual and group candidate performance against course objectives.

Analyse question and item performance and apply findings to future exams.

Provide detailed personalised feedback to candidates according to performance against curricula.

Feed back to course organisers and exam authors to enable continuous improvement in question and exam development.

Want to see Maxexam working for yourself? Ask us about a free demo so you can see the power of the software and discuss whether it could benefit your organisation.