Clinical Procedural Skills Assessment (OSCE)

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate appropriate professional behaviour towards patients
• Use information relevant to the specialties studied this year effectively in a medical context
• Carry out elements of a consultation with a patient relevant to the specialties studied this year, including taking and recording a history, performing a physical examination, eliciting questions from a patient and providing explanations, advice and reassurance
• Carry out practical procedures relevant to the specialties studied this year safely and effectively
• Take responsibility for your own learning and your continuing professional development
• Interpret investigations including radiology relevant to the specialties studied this year
• Understand and be able to apply the principles of diagnosis and management of clinical presentations relevant to the specialties studied this year, in a clinical setting
• Prescribe drugs relevant to the specialties studied this year safely, effectively and economically
• Communicate effectively and appropriately with patients and colleagues in a medical context

The syllabus for this module is primarily defined by the clinical placement modules studied during Year 3 (Medicine & Elderly Care, Surgery and Orthopaedics and Primary Care and Long term conditions) and students should therefore use the common clinical conditions/patient cases from those modules to guide their study. Students are expected to apply and integrate knowledge acquired in the earlier years of the programme.

Teaching and learning methods

The module will be taught through a range of learning and teaching strategies which will include:

• Self-directed learning
• Patient based learning
• Practical sessions
• Guided self-study
• Example OSCE stations
• eLearning

Large group face to face teaching sessions will mainly be delivered in Southampton and video-conferenced to Kassel where parallel small group discussion groups will be held.

This module does not stand alone and learning during the other modules in the Year 3 will support the learning for this module and vice versa.

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Please see individual resources on module sites on Blackboard.

MedShare for previous lectures.

Assessment strategy

Further details regarding the OSCE will be made available on Blackboard.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal