Summary of Common Procedures/Operations Seen in OSCEs
Procedures
Operations
Hints and Tips for the Exam
Clinical medical students are expected to have observed common procedures and operations in sufficient detail to be able to gain formal consent from patients, so you are more or less guaranteed to get at least one of these OSCE stations. Candidates are often worried about not knowing the minor details of all the common procedures – although this may be useful, there are seldom marks for stating every single benefit or complication of a procedure/operation. Hence, it is more productive to apply a generic framework to this type of station.
Pass/Fail Points
- Explaining serious complications: for example, the risk of oesophageal rupture following an oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy
- Safety netting:
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