The Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCEs: Candidate Briefings, Patient Briefings and Mark Schemes
- 2nd Edition - February 26, 2023
- Imprint: UGTM (Unofficial Guide to Medicine)
- Authors: Emily Hotton, Sammie Mak
- Editor: Zeshan Qureshi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 1 8 8 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 2 8 1 - 3
The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understan… Read more
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The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide.
Candidate Briefings, Patient Briefings and Mark Schemes allows you to role play a real life OSCE exam. It walks you through each station you will encounter– complete with a briefing for the actor playing the patient, a briefing for the student, and a mark scheme and questions to ask for the examiner.
Ideal for OSCE candidates as a clear, compact revision guide, this book will also make a useful day-to-day reference guide for professionals.
- Companion to The Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCEs 4e
- Provides a step-by-step, practical guide to all OSCE exams and revision
- Practice examples of examiner questions, with model answers, to minimise the risk of surprises on the day
- Written and reviewed by doctors and senior medical students – practical guidance from those in the know
- Facilitates practice in groups of 2-3 as if going through the real exam
Medical Students
1. History Taking - 23 stations
2. Clinical Examination - 23 stations
3. Orthopaedic Examinations - 9 stations
4. Communication Skills - 17 stations
5. Data Interpretation - 17 stations
6. Practical Skills - 8 stations
7. Obstetrics and Gynaecology - 17 stations
8. Psychiatry - 10 stations
9. Paediatrics - 15 stations
10. Ophthalmology - 8 stations
11. Prescribing - 12 stations
12. Hospital Documentation - 4 stations
2. Clinical Examination - 23 stations
3. Orthopaedic Examinations - 9 stations
4. Communication Skills - 17 stations
5. Data Interpretation - 17 stations
6. Practical Skills - 8 stations
7. Obstetrics and Gynaecology - 17 stations
8. Psychiatry - 10 stations
9. Paediatrics - 15 stations
10. Ophthalmology - 8 stations
11. Prescribing - 12 stations
12. Hospital Documentation - 4 stations
- Edition: 2
- Published: February 26, 2023
- Imprint: UGTM (Unofficial Guide to Medicine)
- Language: English
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Zeshan Qureshi
Zeshan Qureshi is a Paediatric Registrar, London Deanery, UK
Affiliations and expertise
Paediatric Registrar, London Deanery, UKEH
Emily Hotton
Emily Hotton, MBChB (Dist), BSc (Hons) PhD, MRCOG, is an obstetric registrar and a leader in medical education, teaching on paid courses and within university and hospitals. She has contributed to four textbooks, including editing Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills, and nine peer reviewed journal articles.
Affiliations and expertise
Women’s and Children’s Research, Southmead Hospital; Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKSM
Sammie Mak
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Affiliations and expertise
Junior Doctor, NHS England, Manchester, UK