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

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Whenever you go into placement, set a goal in your mind about what you want to gain out of attending based on the skills required of you as a junior doctor. Whether it be your friends, flatmates or those in your firm, having a group of people you can meet up with on a weekly basis either in person or remotely to practise doing OSCE stations is really beneficial. In addition, the checklist contains a list of further questions the examiner can ask the student at the end of the station, helping you to improve your knowledge of the condition.

It can be difficult to know where to begin with preparing for the OSCEs, but the first thing you should do is to form OSCE groups, if you haven’t already. Shelmerdine, Susan (St Georges Hospital, London)|North, Tamara (Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford)|Lynch, Jeremy (Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead)|R. Seek out opportunities to practise procedures such as cannulation, ABG’s, catheterisation as you are required to be confident in performing these when you become a doctor plus, you get a sign off for your procedures list so it’s a win-win situation.For 1st Decile Students Before OSCEhub: Hectic OSCE practise, stations aren't challenging, and no idea if you're improving. By purchasing our OSCE checklist collection, you help to support us in continuing to create free resources for everyone. Details Product: Medical students often feel they understand the theory behind the clinical aspect of medicine but seldom have enough chance to put what they learn into practice. Plus, as this assessment doesn’t count towards anything, it’s the perfect place to make mistakes as that’s how you’ll learn from them.

Geeky Medics is a great resource for learning how to interpret investigations, especially for radiology as they give a clear structure that you can follow.

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. Offer to document in the notes during ward rounds (remember to get this countersigned by a doctor), as this will be your bread and butter when you become a Foundation Year 1 doctor. A comprehensive collection of clinical skills OSCE guides and OSCE stations (also relevant to PLAB 2), covering clinical examination, clinical procedures, communication skills and data interpretation.

Each OSCE station comes with relevant questions covering key learning points such as further investigations, differential diagnosis, management and complications. This is one of our OSCE stations’ key advantages over OSCE station PDFs, helping you target the areas you find most challenging. Ask your supervising clinician which patients would be good to clerk/examine and speak to them about your differential diagnosis as well as coming up with a management plan. We find the best titles from our worldwide publishing partners and bring them to the global marketplace. The Reflect Educational Blogging platform is provided by UCL to allow students and staff to blog for teaching and learning purposes.As such, this should help prepare you for how you approach each particular station when it comes to your OSCE. Not only that, but you will also have the opportunity to practise mock OSCE stations , so use this session to clarify any doubts you may have and you can repeat these OSCE stations for revision closer to exams. g. sensitivity, number needed to treat) and whether you would recommend the patient taking the medication based on their history.