OSCE Questions

Question 1

Causes for raised JVP

Answer 1

Question 2

Sources of BP reading errors

Answer 2

Question 3

What does a positive Buerger’s test indicate?

Answer 3

Question 4

Explain postural drop

Answer 4

Question 5

Characteristics of murmurs

Answer 5

Question 6

Why is auscultation of bowel sounds useful

Answer 6

Question 7

What are you inspecting for in an abdominal clinical exam

Answer 7

Question 8

What would different swellings in a MSK exam indicate? 1. Fluctuant 2. Spongy/boggy 3. Hard/immobile

Answer 8

Fluctuant -> effusion Spongy/boggy -> synovitis, haemorrhage Hard/immobile -> osteophyte/ subchondral bone thickening

Question 9

Abdominal pain diagnosis to pathology

Answer 9

Attached to SSG of GI Hx Taking

Question 10

Differentiating scoliosis from a shortened leg

Answer 10

A shorter leg will cause the pelvis to tilt down to its side -> spine will compensate by adopting a scoliotic position A true scoliosis of spine will also cause a compensatory pelvic tilt -> however as the legs are of equal length the hips and knees will be slightly flexed on the side the pelvis is lowest.

Question 11

Differentials according joint patterns

Answer 11

Question 12

Cranial Nerve Palsies

Question 13

Deformities of the hand

Answer 13