OSCEs Made Easy is tailored for undergraduate medical students and postgraduate medical trainees. It is a practical guide on how to prepare rigorously and systematically for OSCEs, and to secure yourself a high-scoring result. A compilation of personal revision notes combined with stories about what works well, the objective of this book is to provide every final-year medical student with the information we wish we had known going into OSCE revision. For what it is worth, all of us contributing to this book passed the OSCEs with distinctions!
This book is not just an exam crammer. It is also an excellent resource for the first years on the clinical wards challenged by a complex patient on the cardiology ward, or for those who forgot how to properly examine a patient with a neurological complaint in the emergency room. The reader of this book will be provided with the resources to take a focused history, perform a proper examination, and prescribe and do basic procedures.
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Preface
Chapter 1: Non-technical Advice for Exam Preparation – Top Tips
Contents:
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Non-technical Advice for Exam Preparation – Top Tips
- History Taking
- Clinical Examination
- Focused History and Patient Management
- Explaining Procedures
- Communication Skills
- Interpreting X-rays
- Practical Skills
- Prescribing
- Index
Readership: Medical students preparing for final year exams and junior doctors starting their clinical careers.
Joshua Kapp, MBBS, MD, MRCS (Eng), received his bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences from Imperial College London and subsequently his medical degree from King's College London School of Medicine in 2015, graduating with distinction. Upon graduating, Joshua was admitted to an academic foundation training programme at St. George's Hospital in London during which time he also completed his research fellowship in molecular cancer biology at University College London. He was subsequently a visiting fellow in medical oncology at the Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where he gained exposure to phase 1 clinical trials in thoracic oncology before moving to the University Hospital of Zurich to complete his residency in visceral & oncological surgery. Joshua completed his membership at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2019.
Beat Moeckli, MD, A native of Switzerland, Beat Möckli completed medical school at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. He finished at the top of his class and aced the OSCE after meticulous exam preparation. Simultaneously he has completed the necessary certification for training in the US, including the clinical skills exam during medical school, and was accepted for a residency position at Johns Hopkins in general surgery. After two years of training at Johns Hopkins, Moeckli returned to native Switzerland for the remainder of his training. He is currently undertaking a MD-PhD project at the University of Geneva in hepatobiliary and transplantation surgery. Beat is intimately familiar with medical education in both the USA and Europe and an expert in structured exam preparation.
Dr Samuel A Käser, MD completed medical school at the University of Berne in Switzerland. He then followed his passion and trained in general surgery at various hospitals in Switzerland and Germany before accepting a position as an attending surgeon at the University Hospital in Zurich. During his time in Zurich Dr Käser was responsible for the training curriculum of residents and closely involved in the teaching of medical students and their preparation for the OSCE. Furthermore, he is the author of several publications on medical and surgical education. He currently serves as the chief of surgery at Solothurn hospital in Switzerland.
Professor Joe Rosenthal, FRCGP completed his medical degree at Cardiff University and went on to undertake GP training on the Guy's Hospital GP training programme in London. He is a GP in North London and Professor of Primary Care Education at UCL Medical School. He is also a postgraduate training programme director on the Royal Free GP training programme. Joe has published widely on topics related to undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, including co-editing "Teaching General Practice", the UK's first national curriculum guide for undergraduate general practice and also "Learning General Practice", a companion study resource for medical students. For further details, see https://www.rcgp.org.uk/training-exams/discover-general-practice/medical-students/undergraduate.aspx.
