Deconstructing the OSCE: Strategies for OSCE Success
Duncan Harding PhD MRCPsych
Abstract
The OSCE forms the practical part of educational and professional medical examinations and is often challenging and expensive. Deconstructing the OSCE takes a fresh approach to passing OSCE exams, teaching how to tackle the exam in a new way. It doesn't provide checklists of information needed for specific OSCE stations; instead it helps to develop generic strategies and skills that will lead to success in any OSCE exam, regardless of specialty or level. Featuring advice, practical tips, real life examples and exercises, this resource will prepare candidates with the skills to prepare for effective OSCE study and strategies for overcoming common psychological hurdles and baggage. It also explores how to overcome past failures in the OSCE by overhauling previous study routines and suggesting new strategies for the road ahead.
Keywords:
OSCE,
generic,
deconstruction,
clinical skills,
generic strategies,
psychology,
skills toolkit,
baggage,
failure,
anxiety,
empathy,
modelling,
rehearsal,
study groups,
OSCE,
generic,
strategic,
deconstruction,
process skills,
content skills,
thoughts,
cognitions,
framework of understanding,
OSCE,
generic,
strategic,
psychological baggage,
good practitioner,
core internal state,
over-rehearsal,
OSCE,
generic,
strategic,
being objective,
challenging beliefs,
cognitive model,
system failure,
OSCE,
generic,
strategic,
deconstruction,
anxiety,
cognitive model,
challenging beliefs,
underlying cognitions,
OSCE,
generic,
deconstruction,
confidence,
self-belief,
tells,
dressing confidently,
body language,
OSCE,
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construction,
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blueprinting,
station development,
construct,
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connection,
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body language,
facial expression,
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listening,
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raw study material,
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OSCE,
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history taking,
clinical narrative,
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OSCE,
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practical skills,
physical examination,
procedural anxiety,
OSCE,
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challenging scenarios,
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strategic,
focal problem,
moving forward,
opinion,
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taking control,
unhelpful truths,
change
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Print Publication Date:
- Feb 2014
- Print ISBN-13:
- 9780198704874
- Published online:
- May 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198704874.001.0001
