Macleod's Clinical OSCEs,
Edition 1Editors: By Paul A. O'Neill, BSc(Hons), MBChB, FRCP (Lon), MD, FAcadMed, FHEA, Alexandra Evans, MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFRSH, Tim Pattison, BSc, MBChB, MRCP, MSc, PGCert (Med Ed), Meriel Tolhurst-Cleaver, MA (Cantab), MB BChir, MRCPCH and Serena Tolhurst-Cleaver, MBChB, MRCP(Lon), FFICM, PGCert(MMC)
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Description
This new book for medical students contains over 60 of the most commonly encountered OSCE stations in medicine and surgery. The OSCEs are arranged according to type of skill; for example history-taking, ethics and communication, physical examination. This is an accessible book for students under pressure who are revising for a clinical OSCE. It provides simple advice, tips about preparation, and will be easily understood. It provides sample OSCE station questions and simulated patient scripts (with answers) for practice at home.
Key Features
- Provides sample OSCE station questions and simulated patient scripts (with answers) for practice at home
- Will give an insight into how to ‘Get inside the examiners head’ to help the student do better in the OSCE station
- Highlights ‘red flag’ situations and the importance of these topics
- Includes advice both on how to excel and on common errors at each OSCE station
- Several of the OSCE stations give details of how more advanced students would be expected to perform at higher levels
- Includes online access to sample marking sheets
About the author
By Paul A. O'Neill, BSc(Hons), MBChB, FRCP (Lon), MD, FAcadMed, FHEA, Professor of Medical Education, University of Manchester; Honorary Consultant Physician, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; Alexandra Evans, MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFRSH, General Practitioner, Brooklands Medical Practice, Manchester, UK; Tim Pattison, BSc, MBChB, MRCP, MSc, PGCert (Med Ed), Consultant, Department of Ageing and Complex Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; Honorary Lecturer, University of Manchester; Manchester, UK; Meriel Tolhurst-Cleaver, MA (Cantab), MB BChir, MRCPCH, Paediatric Specialist Trainee, North Western Deanery, UK and Serena Tolhurst-Cleaver, MBChB, MRCP(Lon), FFICM, PGCert(MMC), Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
History taking
Physical examination
Practical skills
Ethics, communication and explanation
Prescribing and handover
Recognising and managing acutely unwell patients
Medical student / undergraduate