Written by a group of junior doctors and medical students who between them have extensive experience of medical education and specific experience of organizing and examining OSCEs, this book and website package consists of the most common OSCE scenarios encountered in medical finals.

Contributors, vii Acknowledgements, viii Preface, ix 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 featuring: • Downloadable checklists from the book • Survey showing which OSCE stations have a high chance of appearing in finals

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 at www.wiley.com/go/khan/osces, containing: OSCE checklists from the bookA survey of doctors and students of which OSCEs have a high chance of appearing in finals in each UK medical school