OSCE focused assessment
station practice.

What to practise

Practise explaining a respiratory review, a focused neurological check or a limb assessment. Use the information supplied in the reading card; do not assume findings that were never given.

This is a preparation category, not a prediction of a particular examination station. Read the candidate instructions and respond to the person and task you are given.

Make your approach clear

• Start with the immediate concern and check for urgent danger.
• Explain the purpose of your focused checks and preserve privacy.
• Summarise relevant positive and negative findings, then tell the person what happens next.

Rehearsal prompt: “I will explain what I am checking, what I have found and what needs to happen next.” Adapt the words to the actual findings; do not memorise a claim you cannot support.

Common ways to lose the thread

• Completing a memorised routine that misses the presenting problem.
• Reporting an examination you have not performed.
• Giving a diagnostic label without supporting findings.