During this intensive, interactive weekend course you will be tested on:

Clinical Management: we will concentrate on how to convince the examiner that you are experienced clinically and that you are capable of making management decisions appropriate to a year III specialist registrar.

Result Interpretation: numerous examples from all relevant disciplines will test your ability to arrive at a diagnosis and plan appropriate treatments. 

Prioritisation: your ability to prioritise will be tested using theoretical labour ward and emergency gynaecology scenarios as well as organisational planning of theatre lists and out-patient appointments.

Emergency procedures: you will leave feeling confident regardless of whatever emergency may await you from shoulder dystocia to cardiac arrest. 

Critical appraisal: directed advice on appraisal of the literature and patient information, statistical analysis, risk management and audit.

History taking: the most basic and yet the most important part of the OSCE will be covered in detail during multiple, mock, role-playing scenarios including breaking bad news, handling the difficult patient and fetal anomaly counselling.

You will be tested on Counselling and Communication in all of these stations!

Whilst you will be tested on each and every one of these clinical skills it is unlikely that any single OSCE station will specifically examine one area alone. It is more likely that you will be tested on several of these skills in each OSCE station. A typical example would be one where you have to take a history from a woman with menorrhagia and are then given the results to interpret before being asked to counsel her as to the treatment options available. It is this combined approach, in the limited time available, that is the key to success and the basis of our intensive weekend course.