OSCE Flashcards
Finals Osce
- Stations 1-8
Finals Osce
- Stations 1-8
- Community Care Planning (GP)
- Referral and discussion (Medicine)
- Post-Operative Patient on Ward Round (Surg, NO SIM)
- Using Investigations to prescribe safely (Medicine, NO SIM)
- Deteriorating Patient
- Multi-morbidity and Polypharmacy (GP)
- Complication in a surgical patient
- Ward Round Notes (Medicine/Surgery, NO SIM)
Final OSCE
- Stations 9-16
Final OSCE
- Stations 9-16
- Specialties in ED
- Pre-operative patient (surg)
- Managing uncertainty (GP)
- Difficult conversation
- Physical exam (Med or surg, REAL PT)
- Ethics and professionalism
- Handover and prioritisation (Med/surg)
Station 1: Community Care
- Possible topics
- Scenario
- Points
Station 1: Community Care
- Possible topics
- Advanced Care Planning
- Incl. End of Life
- Review of elderly
- Capacity - Scenario
- In GP
- See Patient/relative
- Brief history
- Discuss Care Planning - Points
- Identify need (recent admission/short-long term needs)
- Care planning (explain, discuss short, discuss long, discuss preferences)
- Patient-centered (establish wishes and reflect clearly)
- Holistic (health and social, services, family/voluntary)
Station 2: Referral and discussion
- Structure
- Marks
Station 2: Referral and discussion
- Structure
1. Interpret and summarise
2. Diagnose
3. Given specialist: decide request
eg. CT Scan, SPr Review, Transfer
4. SBAR
5. Answer questions based on referral
Marks:
1. EWS score/results
2. Logical
3. Justified
4. Unambiguous answers
Station 3: Post-Op Patient NO SIM
- Structure
- Expectations
- Marks
Station 3: Post-Op Patient
- Structure (no simulator)
5 minutes Review Obs/Drug chart
- Patient complaining of… currently NBM
- Explain approach to examiner and plan
5 minutes tasks
- eg calculate fluid balance+regime
- Marks
1. Interpret in context
2. Plan to determine cause
3. Identify likely cause and options
- Review charts and confirm options
- Clear communication and full explanation
Station 4: Safe prescribing NO SIM
- Structure
- Marks
Station 4: Safe prescribing
- Structure
- No simulator
- BNF app and calculator
5 Minutes
- Assimilate information
- Suggest investigations with justification
5 Minutes
- Interpret results
- Write clearly-documented prescription
- Prescribe safely (patient details)
- Marks
1. Accurate summary
2. Clear justification of requests
- Perfect prescribing
- Linked to results (adjust)
Station 5: Deteriorating Patient
- Structure
- Marks
Station 5: Deteriorating Patient
- Structure (NOT arrest)
6 minute A-E
4 minutes - clinical skill (no consent or comms)
- Interpret result of procedure
- Marks
1. Initial assessment
2. Interaction and team-working
3. Skills
4. Reasoning
Station 6: Multi-morbidity and polypharmacy
- Structure
- Marks
Station 6: Multi-morbidity and polypharmacy
- Structure
0. Discharge letter in reading time
1. History
2. Discuss medications and ADRs
3. Suggest changes
4. Negotiate plan with patient - Marks
1. Presenting complaint and symptoms
2. Active discussion of meds
3. Sensitively address challenges
4. Explain rationale for stopping
5. Agree plan
Station 7: Complications in surgical patient
- Structure
- Marks
Station 7: Complications in surgical patient
- Structure
- Reading time: scenario, Obs, Drugs
- 3 minutes: Hx + Describe key examination
- 2 minutes: Suggest Ix + interpret DDx
- 3 Minutes: Review Ix and Rx, give Dx
- 2 minutes: Discuss further management plan
- Marks
1. 4 mark history
2. 3 Mark exam
3. 3 mark reasoning
4. 5 marks investigation and drugs
5. 5 marks management - eg. sepsis 6, source of infection and CT
Station 8: Ward Round Notes NO SIM
- Structure
- Marks
Station 8: Ward Round Notes
- Structure
0. Drug and obs charts
1. 10 minute video - 2 minute warning
- EWS and Bloods included already
- Marks
0. Headed and signed
- Symptoms
- Exam findings
- Concise summary and clinical findings
- Highlight safety issues
- Succinct
- Accurate and logical
Station 9: ED Specialties
- Structure
- Marks
Station 9: ED Specialties
- Structure
0. Any Y4 ED presentation
1. History
2. Explain DDx, Ix, Mx
3. Answer qs - Marks
1. Skilled history no sig omissions
2. Excellent interaction
3. Confident and accurate
4. Assured answers
Station 10: Pre-Op Clinic
- Structure
- Marks
Station 10: Pre-Op Clinic
- Structure
0. History and symptoms
1. Indications, benefits, risks
2. Recovery time - LoStay/mobilisation/work/routine
3. Investigations required
4. Peri-op information giving - Nil By Mouth, Analgesia etc.
- Marks
1. Fluent history
2. Good risks/benefits
3. Skilled peri-op management
4. Good answers to qs
Station 11: Managing uncertainty
- Structure
- Marks
Station 11: Managing uncertainty
- Structure
5 minutes
1. History
2. Interpret exam findings
5 minutes
1. Explain DDx
2. Suggest management
- Marks
1. Depth of Hx and Red Flags
2. Clear DD with no jargon
3. Organised data gathering
Station 12: Difficult Conversation
- Structure
- Marks
Station 12: Difficult Conversation
- Structure
0. Palliative care conversation (ED, clinic, hospice) - Patient/relative/peer/carer
- Introduce and establish
1. PERCEPTION
2. Results
3. Next steps
4. Symptom relief advice
5. Guidance may be signposted
6. Questions - Marks
0. Communication
1. Content
2. Clarity
3. Next steps communications
Station 13: Physical Exam
- Structure
- Systems
- Marks
Station 13: Physical Exam
- Structure
8 minutes
- Pt has presented with ‘Sx’ please examine ‘…’ system
- ‘I would complete my exam with:…’
2 minutes
- Questions
1. DDx
2. Ix
3. Mx
Systems:
1.Abdo, CVS, resp,
2. Diabetic foot, thyroid, hands
3. Ortho: hip, knee, shoulder, spine
4. Vasc, neuro
- Marks
1. Structured with positive findings
2. Important negative findings
Station 14: Ethics and Professionalism
- Structure
- Topics
- Marks
Station 14: Ethics and Professionalism
- Structure
8 minute consultation with simulator
2 minutes questions from examiner - Topics
1. Raising and acting on concerns
2. Confidentiality
3. Consent and mental capacity
4. Duty of candour
5. Safeguarding
6. Conflict of interest - Marks
1. Skilled and fluent opening
2. Perception baseline
3. Empathy to concern and requests
4. Answer examiner with justification
5. Reflective
GP/Admin Stations
1 Community Care Planning (GP)
6 Multi-morbidity and Polypharmacy (GP)
11 Managing uncertainty (GP)
14 Ethics and professionalism
Surgical Stations
- Post-Operative Patient on Ward Round (Surg, NO SIM)
- Complication in a surgical patient
- Pre-operative patient (surg)