The Easy Guide to OSCEs for Final Year Medical Students
1st Edition
Published on 20. February 2007
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-1-84619-123-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a foreword by Edward Lamuren. The new final year Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) test a broad range of practical skills, knowledge, examination technique and communication abilities, and can be a daunting prospect. This comprehensive revision aid covers, in a self-assessment format, over 100 sample OSCE stations including the standard history, examination and general skills stations. It also covers the newly designed stations such as investigation of choice, acute medical management, medical advice for specific conditions and communication skills. The clear layout and easy to read style prepares students for the examination environment and focuses on the specific areas and responses examiners look for. The step-by-step guide provided for each OSCE station includes techniques on how to pass, what to say, what to ask for and what to do. 'This book presents the OSCEs in a way that gives the reader a simple and comprehensive system by which they should approach each station. Refreshing and highly relevant. All clinical knowledge has been thoroughly researched and is in line with current evidence and guidelines. This is an excellent book that will reward all those who study and apply it in the all-important finals!' - Edward Lamuren, in the Foreword.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 305 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84619-123-7 (9781846191237)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
FY1 Medical House Officer, London; GP Registrar, London
Content
Section One: History skills * General medical history * General surgical history * Rheumatological history * Urological history * Chest pain * Abdominal pain * Breathlessness * Loss of consciousness * Headaches * Section Two: Psychiatry * Depression * Hallucinations and delusions * Assessing suicide risk * Alcohol dependency * Assessing mental state * Cognitive state examination * Section Three: Examinations * Cardiovascular * Respiratory * Abdomen * Cranial nerves * Upper limb sensory system * Upper limb motor system * Lower limb sensory system * Lower limb motor system * Co-ordination * Eye * Ear * Nose * Arterial circulation * Venous circulation * Ulcers * Skin * Lump * Neck lump * Inguinal scrotal * Rectal * Breast * Back * Hip * Knee * Orthopaedic hand * Rheumatological hand * Shoulder * Section Four: Procedures * Hand washing * Venepuncture * Cannulation & IV drip * Blood transfusion * IV injection * IM injection * Male catheterisation * Nasogastric intubation * Putting on a gown * Taking blood cultures * Taking a swab * Section Five: General skills * Take a blood pressure * Measuring blood glucose * Testing a urine sample * Body mass index (BMI) * Basic life support * Oxygen therapy * Setting up a nebuliser * Arterial blood gas sampling * Record an ECG * Suturing a wound * Measure and interpret CVP * Ankle brachial pulse index * Using a syringe driver * Confirmation of death * Death certification * Section Six: Investigations * Chest pain * Fever * Diarrhoea * UTI * Section Seven: Management * Chest pain * Breathlessness * Epigastric pain * Abdominal distension * Lower abdominal pain * Section Eight: Prescribing * Drug chart: GI bleed * Drug chart: acute asthma attack * Drug chart: exacerbation COPD * Drug chart: acute heart failure * Drug chart: myocardial infarction * Drug chart: unstable Angina (ACS) * GP prescribing: antibiotics * GP prescribing: controlled drug * Section Nine: Advice * Blood pressure management * Diabetic management * Warfarin therapy * Steroid therapy * Epileptic starting a family * Gestational diabetes * Section Ten: Explaining * Peakflow * Inhaler technique * Spacer device * GTN spray * Eye drops * CT head scan * MRI scan * Barium enema * OGD endoscopy * TURP * Hernia repair * Laparascopic cholecystectomy * HIV Test * Section Eleven: Communication skills * Breaking bad news * Angry patient * Negotiation * Interprofessional * Cross cultural * Elderly discharge (ADLs) * Discharge patient post MI