Pharmacy OSCEs

Author: Beti Wyn Evans
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
ISBN: 0857110438
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Pharmacy OSCEs is the only pharmacy-specific OSCE revision guide. With over 70 practice scenarios, this book will support you throughout your training and ensure your best performance on the day of the exam.

Pharmacy OSCEs and Competency-based Assessments

Author: Sharon Haughey
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 0702066982
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
Patient safety is now a very strong focus of pharmacy degrees. Competency-based evaluations of pharmacy students using simulated assessments including Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and Criterion Referenced Assessments (CRAs) are increasingly commonplace. These are designed to simulate aspects of real-life pharmacy practice in order to train students to integrate their knowledge of medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, therapeutics, legislation, clinical skills, numeracy, communication and empathy, and to test a student’s ability to provide safe and effective patient care. This book provides a unique resource to support students and trainers in developing and practising these essential skills. It is designed as a useful resource for undergraduate students, clinical tutors and those involved in teaching students on pharmacy degree courses. Format OSCE outline Format (written/interactive) Level of difficulty Time limit Props supplied (e.g. BNF) Competencies tested Station task Model Answers and sample marking schemes Tips Short chapter introductions about how to tackle the type of problems encountered in the chapter. Station examples to test your ability to integrate knowledge and skills. Stations written in detail so that you can practise and then check or score performance against model answers. Examples of competency-based assessments designed to assess the level of integration between science and practice.

OSCEs for Medical Finals

Author: Hamed Khan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470659416
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
OSCEs for Medical Finals has been written by doctors from a variety of specialties with extensive experience of medical education and of organising and examining OSCEs. The book and website package consists of the most common OSCE scenarios encountered in medical finals, together with checklists, similar to OSCE mark schemes, that cover all of the key learning points students need to succeed. Each topic checklist contains comprehensive exam-focussed advice on how to maximise performance together with a range of ‘insider's tips' on OSCE strategy and common OSCE pitfalls. Designed to provide enough coverage for those students who want to gain as many marks as possible in their OSCEs, and not just a book which will ensure students ‘scrape a pass', the book is fully supported by a companion website at www.wiley.com/go/khan/osces, containing: OSCE checklists from the book A survey of doctors and students of which OSCEs have a high chance of appearing in finals in each UK medical school

OSCEs for Intensive Care Medicine

Author: Peter Hersey
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198824378
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
OSCEs for Intensive Care Medicine is a comprehensive revision resource for doctors preparing to take the Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FFICM) and the European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC). Written by a team of practicing intensive care consultants with extensive experience running a successful FFCIM course, this book features over 100 practice questions organised into eight mock OSCE exams and is mapped to both the FFCIM and CoBaTrICE curricula. Reflecting the real exams, they are divided into stations on professionalism, data, resuscitation, and equipment, each of which are accompanied by further reading to ensure high-quality self-assessment. With hints and tips throughout to help candidates avoid common mistakes and misconceptions, this book is essential reading for any doctor preparing for the FFCIM or EDIC OSCE exams.

Core Clinical Skills for OSCEs in Surgery

Author: Ged Byrne
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 1455725137
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It is intended to help you learn how best to approach a clinical problem from a surgical perspective. The text provides an insight into how a surgeon might manage a particular problem and consequently how to prepare for an OSCE that might entirely (or in part) consist of ‘surgical' OSCE stations. Although some of the stations in the book could easily be found in a "medicine" OSCE they are presented here from the perspective of both a student seeking to demonstrate well-developed surgical skills within an OSCE setting and a specialist surgical examiner. Presents a series of clinical problems with an emphasis on the surgical approach to the management. Appropriate for all students needing to demonstrate their clinical expertise in surgical cases. A companion book to the highly-commended "Core Clinical Skills for OSCEs in Medicine".

Nursing OSCEs

Author: Catherine Caballero
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191631108
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
In order to succeed in an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), nursing students need to know not just what an OSCE involves, but how to undertake the skill correctly at each OSCE station. This book is a complete guide on how to prepare for an OSCE with step-by-step instructions for the ten most common OSCE stations that nursing students can face. Specific stations range from asceptic non-touch technique, communication and observations, to more highly pressured skills such as medication administration, resuscitation and assessing a deteriorating patient. Nursing OSCEs: a complete guide to exam success covers these skills and more in a clearly structured and concise way. Each OSCE chapter outlines: · Key revision material enabling quick and complete revision · Step by step instructions on how to perform the skill in an OSCE, · An example examiners marking sheet, so students know the criteria they will be measured against · Typical questions an examiner may ask and suggested answers · Common errors to avoid and top tips for success. With over 70 illustrations and videos of four OSCE stations, it demonstrates how to pass key stations. Bonus online material includes colour photographs and Powerpoints for revision at http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199693580/ This book is ideal for nursing students preparing for OSCE as well as for lecturers, mentors and practising nurses involved in student education.

Core Clinical Skills for OSCEs in Medicine

Author: Tim Dornan
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 0443101647
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
This work comprises a set of medical tasks that are performed by every newly qualified doctor. The authors define the skills that must be acquired to perform them, then they are explained together with how they might measured.

Clinical Skills for OSCEs

Author: Neel L. Burton
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1498723039
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
This Second Edition of the highly popular Clinical Skills for OSCEs is the most comprehensive guide to basic clinical skills available, covering all the pertinent skills taught at medical school, from third year to finals. With its clear and concise, yet informative style, Clinical Skills for OSCEs, Second Edition is the ideal revision tool for all

Primary FRCA: OSCEs in Anaesthesia

Author: William Simpson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107652235
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 309

Book Description
An up-to-date and comprehensive revision guide specifically for the primary FRCA OSCE written from the perspective of an anaesthetic trainee.

Successful Learning in Pharmacy

Author: Parastou Donyai
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199642117
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 233

Book Description
In an increasingly competitive job market, it is more important than ever before to excel at your studies and demonstrate the key skills employers are looking for. Successful Learning in Pharmacy gives an easy-to-read and easy-to-digest guide to the essential skills you need to be an effective learner - setting you up for success in your studies, and beyond. The book is enriched throughout with relevant and useful examples to tailor it to your particular needs as a pharmacy student, with helpful advice and guidance from the authors - all experienced pharmacists and educators - to help you get the most out of your studies. With chapters covering all aspects of learning, from getting the most out of lectures to preparing for exams, and exploring the range of communication methods you will need to master, it is the perfect course companion on your path to becoming a successful pharmacist. Online Resource Centre: For registered adopters: Figures and tables from the book in electronic format For everyone: Examples of good and bad practice related to themes presented in the book