OSCEs Made Easy - Guide for Medical Students & Junior Doctors (Oct 20, 2024)_(1800611846)_(World Scientific Publishing Europe Limited).pdf

"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 worked 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, prescribe and do basic procedures"-- Provided by publisher Contents Preface About the Authors Chapter 1 Non-technical Advice for Exam Preparation — Top Tips 1.1. Form a Study Group ... (As Early as Possible) 1.2. Practice on Real Patients 1.3. Create a Study Plan at the Beginning of the Study Period 1.4. Set Intermediate Goals 1.5. Use Multimodal Learning Strategies 1.6. Treat Yourself to Something You Like to Do 1.7. Take Notes! Chapter 2 History Taking 2.1. Medical and Surgical History Taking 2.2. Gynaecological History Taking 2.3. Obstetric History Taking 2.4. Paediatric History Taking 2.5. Paediatric Development History Taking 2.6. Palliative Care History Taking 2.7. Sexual Health History Taking 2.8. Psychiatric Histories 2.8.1. General psychiatric history framework 2.8.2. Self-harm/suicide 2.8.3. Psychosis 2.8.4. Mood disorders (bipolar disorder) 2.8.5. Eating disorders 2.8.6. Depression 2.8.7. Anxiety 2.8.8. Substance misuse 2.9. Assessing Cognitive Impairment 2.9.1. Mental state exam 2.9.2. Abbreviated mental test score Chapte