The Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCEs: Candidate Briefings, Patient Briefings and Mark Schemes

The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice - as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide.

Candidate Briefings, Patient Briefings and Mark Schemes allows you to role play a real life OSCE exam. It walks you through each station you will encounter- complete with a briefing for the actor playing the patient, a briefing for the student, and a mark scheme and questions to ask for the examiner.

Ideal for OSCE candidates as a clear, compact revision guide, this book will also make a useful day-to-day reference guide for professionals.



Companion to The Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCEs 4e
Provides a step-by-step, practical guide to all OSCE exams and revision
Practice examples of examiner questions, with model answers, to minimise the risk of surprises on the day
Written and reviewed by doctors and senior medical students - practical guidance from those in the know
Facilitates practice in groups of 2-3 as if going through the real exam



References COVID regulations for exams
New matched stations around data interpretation and ophthalmology
Multiple answers to examiner questions in each scenario