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OSCE
A Teaching Manual for Medical undergraduates |
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The first and foremost advice is to try and familiarise yourself with the tables and practice them frequently enough that they can be repeated automatically from memory. |
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We suggest that you should organise yourselves in groups of 3 students each. One student can be the examiner, one students the candidate and the third student can be the mock patient. You can then rotate the examiner, candidate and patients so that everyone gets a chance to practice their clinical skills. |
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Create your own clinical scenario based on the common symptoms we have covered in this book. For example:
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"A 45 year old man presents to the Accident and Emergency Department with shortness of breath. Please take a history from this patient"
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"Examine this patient's respiratory system". |
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The "student" should be given the clinical scenario and proceed to take a history or conduct an examination as required. The "examiner" should have this book and score the performance of the "candidate" against the table provided. |
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At the end of a five-minute station, a total mark can be calculated and feedback can be given to the "candidate" regarding any points in the history or examination that they have missed. |
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The importance of repeated practice cannot be stressed enough because that is the only way you will reduce omissions from your examination. |
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We have included explanatory remarks to help you understand the importance of various points in the history or steps in the clinical examination. |
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