OSCE stations

How the OSCE works, and the history, consent, bad-news, handover, prescribing and examination stations.

9 pages

• How the ECOE works and how it is markedThe ECOE is a practical exam: students rotate through timed rooms, each with one clinical task…
• The breaking-bad-news stationIn this station the student tells an actor playing a patient serious news, such as a cancer…
• The counselling and explanation stationAn OSCE station where you explain a diagnosis, test or treatment, or help a patient change a…
• The emergency (ABCDE) stationAn OSCE station with an acutely ill or injured simulated patient, where you assess and treat in…
• The handover station (ISBAR)In this station the student passes a patient's care to a colleague, or calls a senior, using a…
• The history-taking stationIn this station the student interviews an actor playing a patient and must gather the key facts…
• The informed-consent stationIn this station the student explains a procedure to a patient, its risks, benefits and…
• The physical-examination station: what examiners look forAn OSCE station where you examine a patient while the examiner watches your order, technique…
• The prescription station (generic names, no doses here)An OSCE station where you write a safe, complete prescription for a short case, check allergies…

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Educational content; it does not replace supervised hands-on training, your institution's protocols or a prescriber's order. A procedure is learnt with a teacher and done only once you are trained to do it.

Representative model, for educational purposes only.