Osces for Medical Finals

Description

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 atwww.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 schoo

Table of contents

Contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface

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