OSCE Cases with Mark Schemes: A Revision Aid for Medical Finals

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You will be shown the abstract of the article and will be asked questions by the patient regarding what the conclusion of the article is, what certain words mean (e. The patient instructions provide a detailed script, allowing the person playing the patient to convey a realistic clinical presentation, including example phrases and advice on what information they should hold back unless directly asked, just like in your real OSCE.

It is quite common for students to lack understanding of how they will be marked, how much emphasis to place upon certain actions or how much detail is expected of them.It contains multiple mark schemes for all sorts of stations that could potentially come up depending on the speciality, so I really recommend using this as a resource for practising OSCE stations. Therefore, practising these common skills whilst you’re on placement or with your OSCE groups will stand you in good stead when it comes to your exams. As you begin a new rotation, it’s often useful to start off by asking your OSCE group to practise history taking stations initially and then move on to explaining/interpreting stations to allow more time to go over the speciality topics thoroughly enough to answer the questions being asked in the station. I found the latter to be extremely helpful in understanding how certain topics can be assessed, how the mark schemes are structured and what information is important to mention in such clinical scenarios.

Provides OSCE mark schemes to reflect the real OSCE experience, by encouraging self assessment when practicing the clinical scenarios. The student instructions outline what the person playing the student role will be expected to demonstrate in the station (e.Shelmerdine, Susan (St Georges Hospital, London)|North, Tamara (Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford)|Lynch, Jeremy (Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead)|R.

Make sure you learn your examinations earlier on, as the closer you get to your exams, the more difficult it can be to balance learning everything in the curriculum so practising this now will be one less thing to worry about later on. It provides OSCE mark schemes to reflect the real OSCE experience, by encouraging self assessment when practicing the clinical scenarios. Again, you can use the previous station titles to come up with stations of your own or find similar stations online. This tutorial is really useful in covering the important topics you need to know for both types of stations and is available on the Clinical years Treasure Trove (which contains lots of tutorials/resources to help you prepare for exams). When you get closer to your exams, you might want to do OSCE-Practice style tutorials with your tutor/twilight tutor e.However, the reason why OSCEs form part of our summative exams is to ensure that we become good and safe doctors by testing the important competencies that are required of one.