Written by a group of junior doctors and medical students who between them have extensive experience of medical education and specific experience of organizing and examining OSCEs, this book and website package consists of the most common OSCE scenarios encountered in medical finals. It includes a set of checklists, similar to OSCE mark schemes, that cover all of the key learning points students need to succeed. The book is designed to provide enough coverage for those students who want to do excel in their OSCEs. OSCEs for Medical Finals has been written by doctors from a variety of…mehr
Written by a group of junior doctors and medical students who between them have extensive experience of medical education and specific experience of organizing and examining OSCEs, this book and website package consists of the most common OSCE scenarios encountered in medical finals. It includes a set of checklists, similar to OSCE mark schemes, that cover all of the key learning points students need to succeed. The book is designed to provide enough coverage for those students who want to do excel in their OSCEs.OSCEs for Medical Finals has been written by doctors from a variety of specialties with extensive experience of medical education and of organising and examining OSCEs.
The book and website package consists of the most common OSCE scenarios encountered in medical finals, together with checklists, similar to OSCE mark schemes, that cover all of the key learning points students need to succeed. Each topic checklist contains comprehensive exam-focussed advice on how to maximise performance together with a range of 'insider's tips' on OSCE strategy and common OSCE pitfalls.
Designed to provide enough coverage for those students who want to gain as many marks as possible in their OSCEs, and not just a book which will ensure students 'scrape a pass', the book is fully supported by a companion website at www.wiley.com/go/khan/osces, containing: OSCE checklists from the book A survey of doctors and students of which OSCEs have a high chance of appearing in finals in each UK medical school
Hamed Khan, Mayday University Hospital, Croydon; Iqbal Khan, Final year medical student, University College London; Akhil Gupta, ST2 Doctor in Anaesthetics, KSS Deanery; Nazmul Hussain, GPST1 Doctor, London and Sathiji Nageshwaran, Final year medical student, University College London.
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Contributors vii Acknowledgements viii Preface ix Part 1: Examinations Top Tips 1 1. Cardiovascular 2 2. Respiratory 7 3. Abdominal 10 4. Peripheral nervous system 20 5. Central nervous system 28 6. Ophthalmoscopy 37 7. Cerebellar 40 8. Speech 44 9. Thyroid 48 10. Breast 53 11. Rectal 56 12. Hernia 60 13. Testicular 64 14. Vascular (arterial) 68 15. Vascular (venous) 73 16. Ulcer 76 17. Shoulder 80 18. Hand 87 19. Hip 93 20. Knee 98 21. Confirming death 105 Part 2: Histories Top Tips 107 22. General lethargy and tiredness 109 23. Weight loss 112 24. Chest pain 115 25. Palpitations 118 26. Cough 122 27. Shortness of breath 125 28. Haemoptysis 128 29. Diarrhoea 132 30. Abdominal pain 137 31. Abdominal distension 143 32. Haematemesis 148 33. Rectal bleeding 152 34. Jaundice 155 35. Dysphagia 158 36. Headache 161 37. Loss of consciousness 165 38. Tremor 168 39. Dizziness 172 40. Joint pain 177 41. Back pain 183 42. Pyrexia of unknown origin 191 43. Ankle swelling 195 44. Needlestick injury 199 45. Preoperative assessment 201 Part 3: Communication skills Top Tips 205 46. Breaking bad news 208 47. Explaining medication 211 48. Explaining a procedure 215 49. Inhaler technique and asthma medication 220 50. Exploring reasons for non-compliance 222 51. Counselling for an HIV test 225 52. Post mortem consent 228 53. Explaining a DNAR (Do Not Attempt Resuscitation) decision 230 54. Explaining post-myocardial infarction medication 233 55. Dealing with an angry patient 236 56. Carrying out a handover 239 Part 4: Procedures Top Tips 243 57. Urinary catheterisation 245 58. Insertion of nasogastric tube 248 59. Venepuncture/phlebotomy 252 60. Intramuscular injection 254 61. Intravenous cannulation 257 62. Intravenous drug administration 260 63. Arterial blood gas analysis 262 64. Measuring peak expiratory flow rate 267 65. Performing and interpreting ECGs 271 66. Scrubbing up in theatre 276 67. Suturing 278 68. Basic life support 282 69. Advanced life support 286 70. Completing a death certificate 291 Index 293 Companion website This book is accompanied by a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/khan/osces featuring: * Downloadable checklists from the book * Survey showing which OSCE stations have a high chance of appearing in finals
