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# OSCE stations

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

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

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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.

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