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OSCE Line Blueprint

Consultation Skills

  • Focussed diagnostic history

  • Information giving & Shared decision making

  • Motivational interviewing

  • Dealing with conflict, complaint

  • Breaking Bad news

  • Telephone communication/ Triage

  • Written communication

Consultation Skills

Examination Skills

  • Vital Signs /EWS  score

  • Cardiovascular examination

  • Respiratory examination

  • Abdominal examination

  • Musculoskeletal  e.g Hip, Knee, Shoulder

  • Peripheral vascular examination

  • Lumps and Bumps

  • Upper &Lower Neurology examination

  • Lymphoreticular system

  • Diabetic foot examination

  • Cranial nerve exam

  • Dermatology

  • ENT-hearing/ tuning forks

  • Verification of Death

  • Clinical signs

Examination Skills

Procedural skills

  • Handwashing

  • Urinalysis and interpretation

  • IM injection/ SC injection/ Venepuncture/ Cannulation

  • Sterile fields and Blood Cultures

  • Performing an ECG

  • Checking peak flow / spirometry

  • Arterial blood gas sampling

  • Capillary blood glucose monitoring

Procedural skills

Emergency Management

  • Basic Life Support

  • ABCDE approach to sick patient

  • Recognition and reversal of overdose e.g. opiates

  • Electrolyte disturbance management e.g. Hyperkalemia, Hypercalcemia

  • Sepsis management

  • Initial seizure management

Emergency management

Knowledge

  • Laboratory result Interruptation

  • ABG Interrupation

  • Chest X-Rays

  • Abdominal X-Rays

  • Bone Fractures

  • Diagnostic Studies

  • Differential Diagnosis

  • Clinical signs

Knoowledge

Knowledge

  • Laboratory result Interpretation

  • ABG Interpretation

  • Chest X-Rays

  • Abdominal X-Rays

  • Bone Fractures

  • Diagnostic Studies

  • Differential Diagnosis

  • Clinical signs

Experiences & Advice

  • National Exam preparation

  • Physician Associate life experiences & challenges

  • How to excel on placement

case report/ experiences

Book Online

Knowledge

Empowerment

Experience

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