The OSCE Revision Guide for Medical Students

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This should consist of greeting the patient, introducing yourself, checking their identity, describing the procedure/examination and gaining their permission to continue. We aim to release free practical scenarios that medical students can use to practice towards their OSCEs. In addition to this, our subscribers enjoy access to our OSCE stations, comprehensive learning materials, viva questions and newly launched QBank. Grab a fellow medic/friend/flatmate and practice regularly until your examinations are fluent and confident. Each guide summarises the key points of a given examination and explains relevant clinical signs to help you ace your OSCEs!

The OSCE Revision Guide for Medical Students, produced in association with OSCEstop, is an excellent resource for medical students and junior doctors alike. In the increasingly competitive world of medical training, the pressure is on to successfully pass one of the most stressful exams you will take at medical school: the OCSE. Talking to your coursemates about their experience can help too – no one said that you can only learn from your own mistakes. We will continue to develop new stations covering different skills and scenarios, so it is important that candidates and those supporting them incorporate the NMC blueprint and standards into their preparation for the test. The book is a printed version of all of our most popular online learning content/notes relevant to medical students.Taking these practice tests will help you check your understanding and readiness for the new CBT and learn more about the question format, style and level of difficulty. On 2 August 2021, we introduced the Test of Competence 2021, to reflect our new standards for nurses and midwives. This is problematic as they no longer approach the assessment with an open mind and in some cases find the assessment challenging when presented with new or different scenarios. Systematic Examination of the Newborn has been amended to require candidates to carry out two aspects (heart, eyes hips or testes) as opposed to one aspect and it has been split from the postnatal check.

By the time you sit the OSCE, you should be competent at practising at the level of a newly qualified nurse or midwife in the UK and your approach to the stations should reflect the actions you would take in a contemporary UK clinical setting. You might also be interested in our collection of 700+ OSCE Stationswhich provides everything you need to practise your clinical skills. uk since it’s launch in February 2012, and with copies sold in over 20 countries, The Unofficial Guide to Passing OCSEs is undoubtedly a resource students rely on time and time again to succeed as they progress in their medical career. On auscultation, she has an ejection systolic murmur in the aortic area, radiating to both her carotids. It is divided into nine chapters, each covering an essential aspect of the OSCE: history taking, clinical examination, vivas and spotters, management of acutely unwell patients, clinical procedures, interpretation, prescribing, communication, clerking and reviewing patients.We have captured the insight of medical students and recent graduates in the language that they used to make complex material more easily digestible as students, with the reassurance of content review by senior clinicians. 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.